Study Says Even Physicists Are Scared Of Math

Nov 14, 2016 08:30 am UTC| Science

Math, mathematics, maths, whatever its called, it is the bane of students existence everywhere. Only a handful of people are ever good at it and even fewer are actually interested in practicing it. This is just something...

How biotechnology could offer hope for snakebite victims

Nov 13, 2016 16:02 pm UTC| Health Science

Snakebite is a major public health burden for low-income countries in tropical parts of the world. There are around 5 million bites and 150,000 deaths every year. And about 400,000 victims become permanently disabled...

Mutated Mice Made Simple, Mutant Humans Much Easier To Make Now

Nov 11, 2016 08:06 am UTC| Science

A new way to tinker with DNA has been gaining ground over the last few years, which made the creation of mutated mice a lot easier and more efficient. This new innovation is called CRISPR and it has turned Genetics on its...

Monkey Healed Of Paralysis Through Brain Implants, Humans Could Be Next

Nov 11, 2016 07:59 am UTC| Science

Paralysis is one of the most serious medical conditions that anyone could suffer, regardless of whether it is partial or full-body. However, new breakthroughs have shown that it can be cured thanks to brain implants....

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We've found a new family of stars in the Milky Way that could help us work out how galaxies formed

Nov 10, 2016 22:38 pm UTC| Science

One of the most fundamental questions in modern astrophysics is how galaxies first formed. The Milky Way, the galaxy we live in, is an amalgamation of about 100 billion stars, gas, dust and enigmatic dark matter all held...

Keeping warming below 1.5℃ is possible - but we can't rely on removing carbon from the atmosphere

Nov 09, 2016 19:31 pm UTC| Science Nature

This week international leaders are meeting in Marrakech to thrash out how to achieve the Paris climate agreement, which came into force on Friday. The Marrakech meeting is the 22nd Congress of Parties (or COP22) to the...

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Supermoons are big and bright, but not as rare as the hype would suggest

Nov 09, 2016 08:38 am UTC| Science

As an observational astronomer who teaches students about the behavior of the moon, Im thankful for anything that inspires people to go out and look at the sky. For me its second nature to pay attention to the moon; when...