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A slime robot that can help retrieve swallowed objects

news | Aug 11, 2022 | Med & Bio | 4

How often do children or animals accidentally swallow foreign objects that can only be retrieved with abdominal surgery?

Huge goldfish are threatening Canada's ecosystem

news | Aug 10, 2022 | Science & Education | 4

This news may sound like an April Fool joke. However, it is extremely serious because of biological invasions (the uncontrolled spread of animals or plants outside of their native habitat), often leading to the extinction of an entire species and the destruction of an ecosystem.

Scientists have discovered which neurons in the brain determine competitive success

news | Aug 09, 2022 | Science & Education | 4

In an experiment conducted on mice at the Massachusetts General Hospital, scientists have discovered the neurons responsible for the powerful desire of biological creatures to compete and win in a competitive struggle.

The "Webb" telescope could find extra-terrestrial life

news | Aug 08, 2022 | Science & Education | 3

The human map of the Universe reveals that there are more than five thousand exoplanets where life can or could hypothetically exist.

The brain can reduce memory within hours

news | Aug 05, 2022 | Med & Bio | 4

There are special neurons that are responsible for this. They mark the boundaries of events in the memory stream. Then these boundaries become a stronghold.

The smart bandage that administers medicine itself

news | Aug 04, 2022 | Med & Bio | 5

Scientists from the Swiss Empa center, led by the Chinese researchers Fei Pan and Qun Ren, have developed an innovative bandage material that controls the course of an infection and, if it worsens, can administer medication.

Psychologists from the UK have formed a portrait of a boring person

news | Aug 03, 2022 | Science & Education | 4

Very few people want to waste their time talking to boring people who seem to have nothing interesting about them. Although, who is a truly and categorically "boring person" that people will undoubtedly avoid communicating with?

A robot that is helping people deal with negative emotions

news | Aug 02, 2022 | Gadgets | 3

Scientists from the University of Tsukuba have developed a robot helping people deal with negative emotions after receiving unpleasant messages.

Fish can actually add and subtract

news | Aug 02, 2022 | Science & Education | 4

This was demonstrated by experiments with stingrays and cichlids.

Stonehenge was designed as a solar calendar

news | Aug 02, 2022 | Science & Education | 4

A professor studying this ancient civilization is certain that their calendar year was incredibly similar to our modern-day one.

Crypto market news: America fights exchanges and scammers, El Salvador refuses to return dollars, bitcoin rears its head, and hackers steal crypto again from "bridge" services

articles | Aug 01, 2022 | Crypto & Blockchain | 5

Every week we gather the most important news about cryptocurrencies and blockchain. After all, whoever owns the information owns the market! So, in this newsletter, we will tell you about cryptocurrency investigations by US regulators, another change in bitcoin value and crypto and NFT fraud.

The oldest of the ancient: the Webb telescope has discovered the oldest galaxy

news | Aug 01, 2022 | Science & Education | 4

In July 2022, the James Webb Telescope — the largest cosmic infrared observatory ever launched — sent its data to an international team of researchers at NASA.

A robot rat that can find people trapped under rubble

news | Aug 01, 2022 | Gadgets | 7

Many people are afraid of rats; however, they can be incredibly useful!

Supermassive black holes slow down the birth of new stars

news | Jul 27, 2022 | Science & Education | 3

Space is a real Pandora's box, holding a million mysteries that still baffle humanity. For more than twenty years, one of these mysteries has been how new stars form and why their births are so irregular.