The headline says it all, and is terrifying in and of itself for all us dog-owners out there. The 63 year old man in Germany was given a rare infection from his dogs affection. The bacteria, commonly found in the mouths of cats and dogs, isn’t usually passed along without a bite. The infection began with flu-like […]
Titan, Saturn’s moon, is a great candidate to support life because it’s the only other body in the Solar System that has stable liquids on its surface and a dense atmosphere. Giving hope to scientists, beneath the surface lies an ocean of liquid water. The liquid present on the surface is methane. Methane, a gas […]
Just like the Earth orbits the Sun in our Solar System, our Solar System orbits the Milky Way, the galaxy we call home. Our Solar System completes a revolution around the galaxy every 250 millions years. This corresponds to when dinosaurs were just beginning to come into existence. NASA scientist Jessie Christiansen was inspired to create […]
Astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) received dozens of bottles of wine as part of an experiment studying the aging of multicomponent liquids during long-term storage in space. Just one problem: they can’t drink any of it. There are too many tasks to be completed and potential risks for astronauts to unwind with a glass of […]
In an effort to stymie poachers in their quest for Rhinoceros horns, scientists have been able to reproduce believable fake horns using horse hair. Rhino horns are used as an aphrodisiac in traditional Chinese medicine. With both men and women alike always looking for an edge in the bedroom, the demand won’t die down anytime soon. The […]
In a glimpse of the future, there are now companies who use your DNA to come up with what they call your “optimal” way to get high. This is based on the unique properties of different strains, the ratios of THC, CBD, and terpenes. THC is the psychoactive component of cannabis, CBD has been linked to a reduction […]
An elderly woman in Colombia had been unaffected by Alzheimers even though many members of her family had developed dementia in middle age. At the age of 73 she was flown to the United States so researchers could figure out why. They knew she posessed the same genes which caused many of her family to succumb to […]
In a news story that sounds like it came directly from Margaret Atwood’s speculative fiction, scientists have grown lumps of brain tissue then implanted them into animals. For those not familiar with Atwood’s Oryx and Crake series, there is an animal called a pigoon which was created to host human organs for transplantation. When society collapsed, these animals […]
In an effort to downsize phone cameras, scientists are looking to the natural world. The challenge: how can the next generation of cameras still see in 3D while taking up as little space as possible? The answer might lie with spiders. Jumping spiders, in particular. The tiny arachnids don’t have the same room in their heads […]
The United States Air Force spaceplane, the X-37B, landed at the Kennedy Space Center after spending 780 days in orbit. A spaceplane is a vehicle which can move like a plane in Earth’s orbit and like a spacecraft in space. The craft was launched into orbit by a carrier rocket and spent it’s time circling Earth […]
