Two Thylacine in a cage. Credit: WikipediaScientists in Australia and the United States are starting a multi-million dollar project to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction.The last known Tasmanian Tiger, technically named Thylacine, passed away in the 1930s.The group behind the effort claims it can accomplish this using stem cells and gene-editing technology....
A 99-million-year-old piece of amber trapped this worker hell ant grasping an ancient relative of modern cockroaches in its unique jaws, which swung upwards unlike all modern ants.The 99-million-yr-old ant had scythe-like jaws that swung upward to pin prey against a horn-like head appendage.Some 99 million years back, an ant, unlike any alive today,...
Credit: Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty ImagesA recent study published in the journal Nature suggests that when we experience surprise, our brains are more likely to be attentive. Researchers, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discovered that a hormone called noradrenaline can impact brain activity and behavior in response to unexpected events. Noradrenaline is one of several chemicals...
Einride's new autonomous truck. Credit: ErnrideEinride, a Swedish company that specializes in shipping technology, has recently expanded its range of software and hardware products. They have introduced designs for an Einride Trailer and added new features and functions to the Einride Saga platform.Einride's expanding range of shipping mobility solutions for clients is better emphasized...
Magic PenResearchers at Hongtuo Joint Laboratory in Wuhan, China, have designed what seems like a mysterious yet fascinating laser pen that can write in mid-air-- an intriguing technique that could, theoretically, be an onramp to "Star Wars"- Esque hologram innovation.The South China Morning Post reported the other day that the pen utilizes ultra-short laser...
Simply ten months after the initial genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, two mRNA vaccines were shown to provide 95% effectiveness against symptomatic infections through randomized, placebo-controlled trials of more than 74,000 individuals.That unprecedented success was partially sustained by the $10 billion governmental investment in Operation Warp Speed (OWS) in March 2020 to accelerate...
Credit: durantelallera/ShutterstockA study looks to find the reason for males having more upper-body mass than women. The research is based on the assumption that men have been fighters for so long that evolution has chosen those best equipped for the task. If men combated other men, winners would have survived and reproduced, losers not...
Whether they are studying bioinformatics, history, or astrophysics, Ph.D. recipients in France will have to take an integrity oath on the day they efficiently defend their thesis in what seems to be the very first national initiative of its kind. Few scientists in France or somewhere else believe the oath alone is most likely...
Researchers have joined macro photography with DNA metabarcoding to create a brand-new botanical "CSI" device that might hold the key to safeguarding the future of Australia's critically endangered carnivorous plants.The brand-new technology-- developed by researchers from Curtin University, the Botanical and Zoological Natural History Collections in Munich, and the University of Munich-- enables specialists...
Credit: Allard Mosk/Matthias KühmayerWe can see things because light bounces off of them. Scientists say they have discovered a manner to make light pass directly via things-- the secret to invisibility.Invisibility is not science fiction anymore. Researchers have developed a single light wave that, when emitted via an item, makes the item appear invisible...
