Being on the organ transplant waiting list is a scary situation to be in. First, your life depends on a viable organ to become available in time. Next, you have to have surgery where the healthy organ is transplanted into your body, which comes with a varying level of risk of rejection. Scientists have been...
Global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin recently made a pretty big claim: That they have made a breakthrough with nuclear fusion energy production. The company says they have successfully created a compact nuclear fusion reactor that could essentially solve the world’s sustainable energy problem. The question is, is this actually viable? Some scientists have...
Did you know that a group of scientists developed an artificial womb that actually worked? Not only that, but these artificial wombs successfully grew baby sheep. The scientists who developed it hope their research will one day help with better outcomes for prematurely born human babies. Artificial Womb Successfully Grows Baby Sheep A group of...
Authorities, businesses, and industries in China over the past few years have been increasing their usage of facial recognition technology for a variety of purposes. One of the more controversial ones is their use of the tech in schools to monitor how well students are paying attention. They first tested it out back in 2019....
All of our lives, food has pretty much just been available to us. Open the fridge or the cupboard, and pull out what you want. Don’t have the ingredients you need? Go to the store and buy them. All of this is thanks to agriculture. Some argue, however, that the agricultural revolution was the worst...
We often think of human trafficking as a problem in other countries. The reality is it is a huge problem everywhere – including in North America. The United States Department of State estimates that there are nearly 25 million victims of human trafficking in America. This includes adults, teenagers, and even children. The FBI released...
To give birth to conjoined twins is an extremely rare occurrence – 1 in 60,000, in fact. Of those births that are conjoined twins, only five percent of them are what’s known as craniopagus twins. These are twins who are joined at the skull who have intertwined brains and shared blood vessels. It is extremely...
Did you know that time can be “created”? Neither did I, but thankfully there are scientists who do. According to a report published in Nature, a group of scientists has created a new phase of matter in which time has two dimensions while having only one singular flow of time. The research is being conducted...
The subway in New York City has always had a reputation for danger and crime. In the late 70s and early 80s, the subway was known for being one of the most dangerous places in the city. (1) Though there have been many improvements to the safety of the trains since then, the recent uptick...
Do you still have your Facebook account? If so, how often do you use it? If you answered yes to the first question and “hardly ever” to the second, take this as your hint to delete your account. VICE recently published a leaked document from Facebook engineers that proves that they actually have no way...
A murder is always an incredibly tragic situation. Regardless of what the other person did or didn’t do to provoke the other person doesn’t matter – it’s sad. A tragedy occurred last week in Florida when a 10-year-old girl shot and killed a woman who was fighting with her mother. This murder is incomprehensibly sad,...
One of the biggest reasons why people choose fast and processed foods over fresh foods is because it’s what’s accessible and available to them. However this new grocery store in Boston is changing the game and shifting the power to the lower-income populations, who want to eat healthily, but otherwise cannot afford to do so. Daily...
