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...

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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...

Scientists Dare To Ask If Gene Editing Is A Human Right

Feb 24, 2017 10:06 am UTC| Science

For the longest time, humans have had to accept that they had limitations due to their genetics. With the advent of powerful gene-editing tools like CRISPR, however, this is no longer the case. Now, humans can potentially...

Scientists Think The Arctic Can Be Refrozen If They Had $500B

Feb 24, 2017 10:06 am UTC| Science Nature

A lot of climate experts, global leaders, and financial giants have already declared Climate Change as the single biggest threat that humanity is facing as a species. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of people and...