Jan 10
Perhaps you remember the wildly successful but also controversial Glowing Plant Kickstarter. Perhaps you’re even patiently waiting for your glow-in-the-dark seeds, due to arrive in…September 2014.
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Apr 26
Most of your exposure to silk probably comes in the form of uncomfortably sensual linens or cobwebs in a dusty old closet. In reality, though, silk is an incredible and overlooked material. While it may have roots in the ancient past, it could also form the building blocks of the future. More »
Mar 20
When scientists Phillipe Horvath and Rodolphe Barrangou set out to find a better way to make yogurt, they didn’t expect to stumble across one of the future’s most promising discoveries: a super protein that can accurately cut DNA—and could perhaps revolutionize genetic engineering. More »
Feb 28
Do you still remember the cartoon series, Pinky and The Brain? It made me wonder why someone as smart as The Brain would want to hang out with Pinky who more often than not thwarts the former’s plan to take over the world due to Pinky’s relatively low IQ count. Well, scientists have managed to connect the brains of lab rats successfully, where communication is done straight to one another through cables. The wired brain implants pave the way for sensory and motor signals to be sent from one rat to another, which would be the first ever rat-based brain-to-brain interface.
Of course, what is the point of such a system if the receiver could not interpret the information sent correctly and accurately? Professor Miguel Nicolelis and his team at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina are the ones behind this ambitious project, where there will be an “encoder” rat, while the other rat is the “decoder”. The learning process is far from easy, taking around an hour each day, with 45 days in total to get the rat to know what’s right.
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Oct 05
There’s a fundamental stumbling block when it comes to building a base on Mars, and that’s getting all the building materials there in the first place. No problem, though, because NASA is busy engineering space bugs that will turn the crap on the planet into building materials to help make the hostile planet habitable. More »
Sep 12
There’s a reason why doctors recommend that mothers breastfeed their newborns for the first few weeks of their lives: because human breastmilk provides the infant with much-need immune system boosters.
But if for some reason the new mothers can’t breastfeed their child, there’s a new alternative: goat’s milk. Or rather, the milk of dairy goats that have been genetically modified to contain lactoferrin, which is the protein found in human milk that arms newborns with immune protection. This component also fights off fungi and bacteria and also helps strengthen the child’s immune system.
Goat’s milk is easily contaminated though, so obviously the farm and where the milking will take place should be thoroughly cleaned and sanitary.
I think this is an interesting development and could benefit millions of babies all over the world. I just wonder if there are any possible negative effects that can arise from consuming genetically modified goat’s milk. It is genetically modified, after all. And while we’re not talking about cloning or stuff like it, who knows what could go wrong if you try to tweak what nature has already provided?
[via Softpedia]
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