DNA Can Now Be Used For Storing Files And Movies
Mar 03, 2017 07:30 am UTC| Science
One of the biggest problems that the engineers and programmers are facing right now is the prospect of having way too much information and not enough space to store it. Even with tech companies coming up with ways to make...
Scientists Are Close To Curing Cancer, Terminal Patients In Remission
Mar 02, 2017 08:56 am UTC| Science Health
The cure for cancer has been one of the highest priorities of the medical world for decades, with scientists in both private and public fields trying their best to finally rid the world of the deadly disease. One group is...
How genetics can uncover links in chronic pain and other conditions
Mar 02, 2017 02:34 am UTC| Health Science
In the recent Global Burden of Disease study, four of the top ten causes of disability worldwide were chronic pain conditions. Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts beyond normal healing time usually three months ...
Here's the best way to shuffle a pack of cards – with a little help from some maths
Feb 28, 2017 14:54 pm UTC| Science
Shuffling a pack of cards isnt as easy as you think, not if you want to truly randomise the cards. Most people will give a pack a few shuffles with the overhand or riffle methods (where the pack is split and the two halves...
Solar system with seven Earth-like planets found around nearby star – here's what they could be like
Feb 28, 2017 07:12 am UTC| Science
There have been many discoveries of potentially habitable planets orbiting stars other than our own over the last few years. Now things are getting even more exciting. Scientists have documented a star surrounded by no...
No animal required, but would people eat artificial meat?
Feb 25, 2017 12:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Futurists tell us that we will be eating in vitro meat (IVM) meat grown in a laboratory rather than on a farm within five to ten years. IVM was first investigated in the early years of this century and since then...
50,000 New Seed Deposits Go To Doomsday Vault In Norway
Feb 24, 2017 10:07 am UTC| Science
Norways Svalbard Global Seed Vault or the Doomsday vault, as it is more commonly known, is home to countless species of plants and crops. The facility is meant to house and protect these seeds so that in the event of a...