Scientists Want To Revive Extinct Species Via Gene Editing To Save Humanity
Dec 27, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Science
Reviving an extinct species or a whole batch of them is not a foreign concept to humans. Films like Jurassic Park and Splice have showcased what it would be like to completely resurrect dead organisms or create an entirely...
New Gene Therapy Method Could End Incurable Diseases
Dec 27, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Science
The scientific community has been trying cure diseases for a long time and for the most part, it has been successful. Previously devastating epidemics have been largely wiped out or contained such as smallpox, and others...
Scientists To Spend $1M To Chat With Aliens
Dec 27, 2016 06:34 am UTC| Science
Scientists have been aiming sensors and giant microphones at space hoping to catch some sort of signal that would signify the existence of extraterrestrial beings for years. Its basically a decades-long version of waiting...
X-Men's Wolverine Inspires Scientists To Create New Self-Healing And Stretchable Material
Dec 26, 2016 21:57 pm UTC| Science
Logan or Wolverine, as he is also known, is a mutant in the X-Men comic book, cartoon, and movie universe who possesses the ability to heal any injury almost instantly. Taking inspiration from the concept, scientists...
Scientists have discovered a new state of matter for water
Dec 26, 2016 00:56 am UTC| Science
One of the most basic things we are taught in school science classes is that water can exist in three different states, either as solid ice, liquid water, or vapour gas. But an international team of scientists have...
2016, the year that was: Science + Technology
Dec 26, 2016 00:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Science Technology
2016 may have been gruelling for some, with the political shockwaves of Brexit and the election in the US of Donald Trump, not to mention a spate of celebrity deaths. But it was a big year for those engaging the tools...
8 space reasons to look up in 2017
Dec 25, 2016 04:02 am UTC| Science
Its been a rough 2016 on Earth so I wanted to share (just some of) my reasons why I think we should celebrate New Years as 2017 is looking incredibly exciting. Everything from meteor showers and eclipses to epic space...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects