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This may be old news but, according to this Independent article, experts have determined that the Titanic may have sank because of an enormous coal fire that rage for more than a week in the ship's bowls before its eventual sinking April 15, 1912. That determination was based on photos taken before the Titanic's departure from the Belfast shipyard where it was built. It's alleged that an order by company officials, to not reveal the fire, cost the lives of some 1,500 passengers on that fateful day in April.

We've entered the age of the hypo-spray, which is one of several devices predicted by the writers of the StarTrek series. According to this BBC report, a medical device company (Portal Instruments) will be marketing a device that delivers subcutaneous injectables without puncturing the skin. Available in 2018, the device injects a stream of inoculants in the form of steam about half the width of a human hair. Enjoy!

Technological advancements have proven to be pivotal in making life better and more pleasant. But most human jobs are going on extinction due to the deployment of robots, software and artificial intelligence. There are some plausible reasons why CEOs and business managers deploy robots and software to replace humans in offices and factories. These post gives 5 reasons why robots may soon completely replace humans in workplaces http://gulpmatrix.com/5-reasons-why-robots-may-soon-take-over-human-jobs/

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39382339 Night-time loo trips 'linked to salt in diet' I am wondering what might be the mechanism(s) involved. Salt and water seem so closely linked that (as always in hindsight) it was not already obvious there might be some connection with urination and nocturia.

It seems a Munich Detective may have solved a 5000 year old murder case. According to this New Times article, Inspector Alexander Horn was invited to investigate the murder of Otzi by the director of the Italian Museum where the mummified remains of the 5000 year old corpse is stored. Inspector Horn has determined that Otzi died as a result of an ambush after he had finished a meal rather than having managed a desperate mountain escape with mortal injuries after some combat. Otzi's wound was immediately fatal and Inspector Horn theorizes that Otzi was probably involved in an earlier conflict and was later hunted down and killed as revenge because Otzi's supplies were no…

Hope it doesn't cost too much.

Alright, here's the link. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600763/10-breakthrough-technologies-2016-immune-engineering/ The source is from the university of MIT, so I'm assuming its much more trust worthy then crack pot science sites. "The technique has now been tested in more than 300 patients, with spectacular results, often resulting in complete remission. " The process, in short, edits T-Cells with a virus and then inserting them into the blood stream, it allows the body to actively find and eliminate cancer cells, effectively curing it. Hopefully, this process will be able to be applied to all cancer types, other then just leukemia. But even if it is …

tested to more than 1200 charge-discharge cycles. works to -20C. 3x energy density of lithium-ion batteries alkali metal anode can be lithium, sodium or potassium solid glass electrolyte earth friendly safe Sounds too good. I hope they can be manufactured at low cost; if so they appear to be game changers.

According to Berkley News, scientist have created a new form of matter (time crystals) that reportedly "repeat in time because they are kicked periodically, sort of like tapping Jell-O repeatedly to get it to jiggle". Also, here is a DNews video report discussing the methods scientists used to create this new matter. I don't understand the science, but it seems a very interesting article. Enjoy!

According to this DNews video, researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have found evidence possibly supporting Francis Crick's view that a cluster of neurons called the claustrum are the structures in the brain that make "subjective consciousness" possible. For the moment, I am withholding my opinion until I have read their paper or have received a more thorough review of their findings. Enjoy!

Seems as though we now know that senescent cells, which are nicknamed Zombie cells, can cause more harm than previously thought, including cancer. So by eradicating them there's a good chance of eliminating or at least regarding many aspects of aging and disease. Peruse this link for more on this intriguing new find......... https://www.yahoo.com/news/killing-zombie-cells-improve-health-142941368.html

According to this National Geographic video, London scientists have discovered the oldest known "mircofossils". At about half the width of a human hair, scientists say these fossils are of organisms that fed on minerals expelled from sea flood hydrothermal vents about 3.8 to 4.3 billion years ago. Enjoy!

Dr. Min Tang-Schomer, Assistant Professor at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and University of Connecticut Health Center, told SelectScience® about the new direction she is taking with the 3D bioengineered brain-like tissue model she created back in 2014. After starting her career in tissue engineering, Dr. Tang-Schomer’s interest in the brain and neurology encouraged her to move into the field of neuroscience; an area in which she felt bioengineering was being underutilized. source: http://www.selectscience.net/editorial-articles/3d-bioengineered-brains--a-new-approach-to-personalized-cancer-therapy/?artID=43099 http://www.creative-bioarray.com/Produ…

According to this article's title, "Science Says We Look So Much Like Our Names, Strangers Could Guess Them". The article discusses the possibility of recognition by name based on a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The article also discusses the implications for computer applications. As to validity, I've was told that I don't look like a "DrmDoc". Enjoy!

I found this quite amusing: Background is that in the European cup there are two games to decide who wins. In the first leg, a French club beat Barcelona 5-0, so the second leg at Barcelona was not expected to be a big deal. Except it was - Barcelona won 6-1 in the last seconds of the game. The crowd, and the whole of Barcelona, went nuts, so nuts that a seismograph registered their celebrations. Here is the article (in Spanish) which shows the graph and spikes each time Barça scored. I didn't realise that these instruments were so sensitive (or that Barcelona is so crazy)

Just announced today Feb 22, 2017 (some earlier) and "just" 39 light years away https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/videos/gallery/largest-gathering-of-earthlike-planets-ever-discovered-see-it/sharevideo/5333090668001 https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/nasa-announcement-exoplanets-atmospheres/79602/ http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-released-travel-posters-for-our-new-sister-solar-system-and-they-re-cool-as-hell As seen from Earth all 7 of the planets in this solar system (3 believed to be in the "zone", rocky and expected to contain water/possible oceans) pass in front of their red dwarf star. (Trappist-1)

According to this New Scientist article, researchers at the University of St. Andrews in the UK found that this "phenomenon" may not involve false memory production as some have speculated. Researchers were able to trigger this phenomenon, through a word association method, during fMRI study of 21 volunteers. Their method involved presenting each volunteer with a series of associated words excluding a keyword linked to that association as a likely trigger. When asked under fMRI whether the volunteers recalled that keyword as part of their word association, which they did, researchers observed activity in the prefrontal cortex rather than the hippocampus. Prior to that…

Donald Trump's longtime personal doctor, Dr. Harold N. Bornstein has revealed that president takes a small dose of drug finasteride also known as Propecia used to treat male baldness. Along with this he also takes other drugs that include rosacea for a common skin problem and a statin to regulate cholesterol and lipids. advertising deleted article trimmed (copyright)

A controversial study that found there has been no slowdown in global warming has been supported by new research. Many researchers had accepted that the rate of global warming had slowed in the first 15 years of this century. But new analysis in the journal Science Advances replicates findings that scientists have underestimated ocean temperatures over the past two decades. With the revised data the apparent pause in temperature rises between 1998 and 2014 disappears. The idea of a pause had gained support in recent years with even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reporting in 2013 that the global surface temperature "has shown a much smaller …

A new study by the researchers of Nevada silent spring institute found potential toxic compounds for cancer in the wrappers used for fast foods in U.S. Fast foods are the not recommended for healthy eating. It is known that they contain saturated fats but the new study throws light about the hidden dangers associated with fast foods. Restaurants use grease proof wrappers for packing fast foods. Now it is learned that toxic compounds present in the wrappers leach into the foods and can lead to cancers, lowers fertility and associated with many other health effects. Read the complete article here http://www.chaprama.com/2017/02/researchers-find-toxic-fluorinated-compoun…

Scientists from CSIRO (Commonwealth scientific and Industrial Research organization), Australia have now found a way to convert the cooking oil into Graphene. The technique also reduces the cost involved in making the nanomaterial. Earlier researchers have succeeded in awakening the hidden superconductivity of graphene in its natural state. Read complete article here http://www.chaprama.com/2017/02/scientists-develop-technology-to-convert-cooking-oil-in-to-graphene.html

The link below is to the Hebrew University's work on how the Milkyway is not just being pulled by the Shapley Super Cluster, but is also being pushed by what has been named the Dipole Repeller. Any thoughts? http://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-016-0036

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qitm5fteL0

Has anyone read "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton? He talks about this theory that used to exist. It said the earth is made of two spheres. One is water. The other is earth. Copernicus had to address this idea. Anyhow, there is a good 3-part discussion of it (not by Wootton) on the Vatican Observatory's blog, called “Copernicus and the High Seas”: http://www.vofoundation.org/blog/copernicus-high-seas/ Follow the links from one part to the next. I want to know if anyone else has read of this.

As a child I made several of these toys, they're good fun. But, I didn't have the genus to make them into a tool. IMO it is as elegant as the space shuttle was an engineering feat. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stanford+centrafuge