Why Lead is Bad for Humans
You might be surprised to learn that we have known that lead is dangerous and shouldn’t be trifled with since at least 150 BC, when its effects on the human body were noted by famed Greek physician Nicander of Colophon.
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You might be surprised to learn that we have known that lead is dangerous and shouldn’t be trifled with since at least 150 BC, when its effects on the human body were noted by famed Greek physician Nicander of Colophon.
Twenty years ago, discovering another Earth sounded like a science fictional dream. But within a generation, astronomers now believe we might do just that.
We all have our own different coping mechanisms when it comes to stress. A nice walk outside. A cold beer. A punching bag. And glowing in the dark. What? Scientists believe that these millipedes evolved to glow in the dark to deal with stress (and to let predators now that they’re packing toxic cyanide). See more >>
Hearts are too valuable to risk—which is why the NSF announced Friday that it would be funnelling millions of pounds into a new effort to develop virtual hearts for medical device development and testing.
Roughly 3.3 billion years ago, Earth’s was plunged into an unimaginable hell, when a series of massive asteroids smashed into the young planet, vaporising the oceans and scorching the skies.
A new study in human blood cells finds that Viagra—or drugs like it–could be used to prevent the spread of malaria by breaking the cycle of transmission.
When mice are young, neurons can switch role, literally rewiring the brain—and in this image of a slice of brain, the yellow spots are neurons that have done just that. Read More >>
It seems a little complicated at first, but that’s because most of us were taught the more traditional way to subtract numbers back at school.
It's not people, but we did cause the problem. The team has to compete with the non-native venomous lionfish.
If we don’t do something about climate change, humanity is screwed. But do what? One bioethicist has a radical idea: Re-engineer humans for a better planet.
It’s one of the pop culture fantasy worlds that set the stage for today’s exoskeletons: wearable machines that grant you superhuman powers. Simmer down though, Tony Stark, exoskeletons aren’t quite there. Yet.
It's baaaack.
In a remote stretch of the Pacific Ocean south-east of New Zealand, the broken remains of space stations and robotic freighters litter the ocean floor, four kilometres below the waves.
Syntactic foam could completely change how military craft are design.
Since the Ebola outbreak last year, researchers feared that the virus had been able to evolve at a more rapidly. Now, analysis reveals that it mutated at a perfectly normal rate alleviating those fears.
Everyone's heard of people who implant magnets or RFID chips into their hands, but these are a different story entirely. These are the kind of hacks that could cripple you if they go wrong.
