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 Privately funded spacecraft spreads its solar sails A privately funded space project to demonstrate an innovative solar sail passed with flying colors despite a series of near-fatal technical issues, program managers said on Wednesday. The 11-pound (5 kg) LightSail spacecraft, tucked inside a 4- by 4- by 12-inch (10- by 10- by 3-centimeter) box, hitched a ride into orbit aboard an Atlas 5 rocket carrying the U.S. Air Force's X-37B robot space plane on May 20. Funded by members of The Planetary Society, a California-based space advocacy organization, LightSail was intended to demonstrate how a tiny motor could unfurl four thin Mylar films into an area as big as a living room. Read More »Honey-based mead may curb antibiotic resistance, say makers By Ilze Filks Scientists in Sweden are launching their own mead - an alcoholic beverage made from a fermented mix of honey and water - based on old recipes which they say could help in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Together with a brewery, the scientists who have long studied bees and their honey, have launched their own mead drink - Honey Hunter's Elixir. Lund University researcher Tobias Olofsson said mead had a long track record in bringing positive effects on health. Read More »Thrusters on Soyuz Spacecraft at Space Station Fire Unexpectedly
Beyond games, Oculus virtual reality headset finds medical uses Read More » LightSail Spacecraft Snaps Solar Sail Selfie in Space (Photo) Read More » Trek On, Spock: Asteroid Now Carries Leonard Nimoy's Name Read More » Color-Changing 'Squid Skin' Designed in Lab Read More » Ancient Church Uncovered During Highway Project in Israel Read More » Space trio leave orbital outpost for delayed return to Earth Read More » Soyuz Capsule Returns Trio to Earth After Nearly 200 Days on Space Station Read More » Multitasking During Exercise May Ramp Up the Workout In the study of older adults, researchers found that, when people completed easy cognitive tasks while they were cycling on a stationary bike, their cycling speed increased. "Every dual-task study that I'm aware of shows that, when people are doing two things at once, they get worse" at those tasks, study author Lori Altmann, an associate professor of speech, language and hearing sciences at the University of Florida, said in a statement. The participants completed 12 cognitive tasks while they were sitting in a quiet room, and then they did the tasks again as they were cycling. Read More »Insect Parts and Mouse Poop: Gross Things in Your Food Nobody wants to find insect parts, rat hairs, mouse poop or maggots in their food. For example, it's fine with the FDA for Americans to accompany their Thanksgiving turkeys with cranberry sauce containing an average of 15 percent mold filaments, based on a count made when samples of the sauce are viewed under a microscope. "Food defects are not things that cause people to get sick," said Benjamin Chapman, a food safety specialist and associate professor at North Carolina State University at Raleigh. Read More »College Rape Prevention Program Cuts Risk by 50% In the study, more than 400 women at three universities in Canada took part in a rape resistance program, which consisted of four 3-hour sessions that included lectures, discussion on rape prevention, and ways to practice what they learned. One year later, nearly 10 percent of the women in the brochure group reported that they had been raped, where a perpetrator used force, threats or incapacitating drugs to rape her. Women in the rape resistance group were also less likely to experience an attempted rape, where the perpetrator tried to rape the woman but was not successful. Read More »Some Heartburn Drugs May Increase Heart Attack Risk In the study, researchers found that adults who were prescribed proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) as a treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) were 16 to 21 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack over a 17-year period, compared with people who were not using these common medications. Popular PPIs include Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid. Read More »iPhone Will Track Your Sex Life: Is That Helpful? An update to Apple's Health app that is set for release this fall will let users track their sex lives, but experts say this tracking feature alone has little value for people's health. The sexual-activity tracking feature will be included as part of a new "reproductive health" section within Apple's Health Kit app, which will be available with the iOS9 update. A simple log of your sexual activity is not very useful by itself, except to perhaps make people feel good or bad about themselves, said Dr. Elizabeth Kavaler, a specialist in female urology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Read More »The writing's on the wall with Phree smart pen A digital pen that allows users to document and share a digital copy of a scribble, sketch or note written on any surface has been developed in Israel. When paired with a smartphone, 'Phree' frees users from the need to write on paper or the screen itself. Resembling traditional hand-held pens in size and shape, its developers say that Phree's appeal is in preserving the ancient act of writing or drawing while keeping up with technological advancements. Read More »Watch the Moon Photobomb Uranus in Slooh Occultation Webcast Today Read More » Egg or sperm? Scientists identify a gene that makes the call By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Providing insight into the sometimes mysterious biology of reproduction, researchers in Japan have identified a gene that controls whether the reproductive precursor cells known as germ cells eventually become sperm or eggs. The scientists on Thursday described experiments involving a small fish called the medaka, or Japanese rice fish, that revealed the role of a gene called foxl3 in controlling the fate of germ cells. Germ cells are present in the bodies of vertebrates of both sexes, but the molecular mechanism that drives them to develop into either sperm, the male reproductive cell, or an egg, the female reproductive cell, has been elusive. Read More »Egg or sperm? Scientists identify a gene that makes the call By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Providing insight into the sometimes mysterious biology of reproduction, researchers in Japan have identified a gene that controls whether the reproductive precursor cells known as germ cells eventually become sperm or eggs. The scientists on Thursday described experiments involving a small fish called the medaka, or Japanese rice fish, that revealed the role of a gene called foxl3 in controlling the fate of germ cells. Germ cells are present in the bodies of vertebrates of both sexes, but the molecular mechanism that drives them to develop into either sperm, the male reproductive cell, or an egg, the female reproductive cell, has been elusive. Read More »Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded? New Study Fuels Debate Read More » | ||||
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