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You're an "Avatar in a VR Game,' Scientist Claims'Meaning Reality Isn't What It Seems
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (19+ words) Popular Mechanics...
Your Body Can Beat Death, Says One Harvard Scientist'Because It Could "Remember" How to Be Young
21+ hour ago (1739+ words) What if getting old is fundamentally a problem of information loss? At its core, aging is a dysfunction in the way DNA is read and implemented in cells, says David Sinclair, Ph D. And he's basically putting all his money on…...
A "Black Hole" in Your Consciousness Makes You See a Unique Version of Reality, Neuroscientists Say
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1705+ words) Turns out we're not all watching the same version of the world unfold, just continuously updating our own personal "simulation." Now, scientists from the University of Glasgow and York University, including Muckli, are turning this quirk of perception into a…...
Elements That Power Our World Are Alarmingly Elusive. Scientists Have a Treasure Map to Lead Us Right to Them.
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (307+ words) You might say it's like striking gold, but these elements are much more valuable than that. Deep in Earth, there could be troves of a type of undiscovered treasure more valuable than any diamond or ruby or sapphire: rare earth…...
Scientists Put a Brain Through a "196 C Cryosleep. Could Real-Life Human Hibernation Change the Future of Deep-Space Travel?
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (207+ words) On the latest episode of "The Astounding Pop Mech Show," Andrew Daniels, Sean Gorman, and Jamie Sorcher unpack this groundbreaking new study and it's implications on interstellar travel. From Passengers and Avatar to 2001: A Space Odyssey and Project Hail Mary,…...
Scientists Found 71 Genetic Fingerprints of Human History. Not All of Them Make Sense.
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (258+ words) Our genes make us who we are'but are they products of chance, natural selection, or something else? Homo sapiens are one species. There are no subspecies of humans, and our last relatives in the genus Homo went extinct around 40, 000 years…...
An Engineer Says He's Found a Way to Overcome Earth's Gravity
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (589+ words) This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight'not to mention completely defy conventional physics. In 2001, British Electrical Engineer Roger Shawyer first introduced the "impossible drive," known as the Em Drive. It earned that nickname because Shawyer claimed it…...
A Scientific Breakthrough Has Unveiled the Ancient Source of Our Pain
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (350+ words) Cutting-edge genetics research reveals a startling legacy embedded in our DNA. Some people flinch at a needle prick faster than others. One possible reason, at least in a very specific experimental setting, may be old'very old'DNA. In a 2023 paper published…...
Workers Digging a Storm Basin Discovered a Mysterious Ancient Structure Beneath the Soil
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (327+ words) Archaeologists have dated the site in northwestern Bavaria to 2, 300 years ago. When construction crews started working on a storm overflow basin along the banks of the Main River in Aschaffenburg, Germany, experts were fairly certain they wouldn't find anything of…...
The Perfectly Intact Secret Subway Under New York City That Time Forgot
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (677+ words) A rogue millionaire built the subway in 1870 to fight the government. This story is a collaboration with Biography. com. It's hard to imagine New York City without its robust and bustling underground transit system. Today, the twisting web of the…...