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Mouse Brain Tissues Recover Key Activity After Deep Freeze, but Cryonics Remains Far Off
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (537+ words) Researchers recorded some activity in vitrified mouse brain tissue after rewarming. A team in Germany has shown that mouse brain tissue can regain measurable signs of activity after being preserved in a glass-like state at extremely low temperatures and then…...
Deep Brain Stimulation Reverses Schizophrenia-like Traits in Monkeys
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (711+ words) An experiment in monkeys restored a core thinking skill tied to the disorder A light pulse of electricity to the brain helped monkeys shake off a schizophrenia-like pattern of rigid thinking. They became better at recognizing change and adjusting their…...
China Beat Elon Musk's Neuralink to Approve the World’s First Commercial Brain Implant
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (909+ words) 32 paralyzed patients tested a new commercial brain chip and the results are incredible. A tetraplegic patient with a severe cervical spinal cord injury recently regained the ability to hold a cup and drink independently after more than a decade of…...
Earth’s Climate Records Are Melting. "We Have Only 5 Meters Left," Say Scientists
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (691+ words) An ice core from the Wei'seespitze Glacier collected in 2019 gave researchers a peek into the history of Earth's wildfires, volcanic eruptions, and anthropogenic activity. In the years since, much of the glacier has disappeared. In 2019, researchers collected a 9.5-meter ice…...
Scientists Say These Two Island Nations Are Your Best Bet for Surviving a Nuclear War
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (1045+ words) Even a small, regional nuclear war may results in the dimming of the sun and the disruption of agriculture. As the regional war in Iran continues to spiral into a broader, seemingly intractable crisis, a chilling specter has returned to…...
The Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century is Happening Next Year and These Are the Best Places to Watch It
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (1025+ words) Get ready for six minutes of daytime darkness during the century's greatest total solar eclipse spectacle. On August 2, 2027, the moon will completely block the sun for a staggering six minutes and 23 seconds. The alignment will plunge millions of people across…...
When Nature Didn't Heal: The Black Death Wiped Out Millions And Surprisingly Destroyed Europe's Plant Diversity Too
6+ hour, 21+ min ago (552+ words) Home " Features " Natural Sciences " Biology " Plants and Fungi New study finds that plant biodiversity collapsed in landscapes where arable production was abandoned during and after the Black Death era. Between 1347 and 1353, Europe was gripped by the most catastrophic pandemic in…...
California Condors Are Finally Nesting In The Pacific Northwest After 100 Years Thanks to Tribe's Efforts
6+ hour, 12+ min ago (718+ words) A young condor pair just made history in Northern California but surviving the wild is still terribly hard. A pair of California condors reintroduced to the Pacific Northwest by the Yurok Tribe appears to have established the species" first nest…...
Scientists Finally Solved a Massive Mystery About Static Electricity Using Acoustic Levitation
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (1471+ words) A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins. When microscopic particles of sand, ash, or dust collide in the air, they often exchange a tiny electrical charge. This tiny spark of static electricity…...
Inside the Audacious Plan to Bag Asteroids and Drag Them Into Near-Orbit for Mining
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1011+ words) A wild new plan aims to snag asteroids and drag them into Earth's orbit The aerospace industry has a new, highly ambitious (some might say crazy) plan for securing off-world resources: catching a 100-ton asteroid in a giant inflatable bag…...