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Milky or Murky: How Politics Shape Our Science
If you’ve ever heard that ‘milk makes your bones stronger,’ you may be surprised to discover that milk has strengthened far more economies than bones, all in its nearly 100-year reign over the U.S diet.
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The Key to Curing Genetic Blindness: Antibiotics and the Ocular Microbiome
Imagine if curing genetic blindness was as simple as taking antibiotics, much like treating an infection with penicillin. Recent research from this year proposed the possibility of such a revolutionary approach to treatment of retinal disease, formerly known to be incurable.
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Could newly uncovered DNA-elements be key in fighting climate change?
Assimilating genetic information from their hosts, Borgs are here to (potentially) act as our saviors! No, unfortunately, you didn’t just stumble into a really good Star Trek fanfiction.scientists speculate that these Borgs — large, linear sequences of DNA originating in some archaea — may be significant in addressing a global issue: climate change.
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Captured: How Technology Changes Filmmaking
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Mussel-Inspired Science: Sealing the Future of Fetal Surgery
In the world of medical science, the most innovative ideas often come from the most unexpected sources. From research by UC Berkeley Professor of Bioengineering Dr. Phillip Messersmith, a look into the adhesive properties of mussels provides hope to create a bio-inspired ‘glue’ that can seal delicate fetal membranes post surgery.
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Never Trust a Physicist
“The Cataclysm Sentence,” by Richard Feynman: “if, in some cataclysm, all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence was passed on to the next generation of creatures, what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words?” Feynman forces readers to evaluate: what can we define as “essential” knowledge?
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Living Machines of Tomorrow
Artificial intelligence and advanced biomedical research now have the capability to produce remarkable innovations in science. Looking into the realm of nanotechnology, scientists have pioneered a novel generation of artificial living cells. Created not by nature, but by machine. Introducing; Xenobots.
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Inconceivably Real, Infinitely Dear
Emotion is often regarded as an inborn ability among human beings, universal in both their expression and perception. However, a significant amount of human emotion is shaped by our social and cultural upbringing. How can it be that people from different cultures express emotion in such similar ways when humans differ widely in emotional experience?
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Ear-ly Bird Gets the Worm!
Think of a time when you had a tune or song stuck in your head. Was it catchy to the point it would continuously repeat? Did you feel the urge to hum or sing it? If so, you are not alone in experiencing what is called an “earworm.”
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Microplastics with Macro Effects on the Human Body
Pollution has caused adverse changes in the environment since the Industrial Revolution. Today, these human-made changes create a huge disturbance to life that directly impact our health.