Physicists confirm there's a second layer of information hidden in our DNA
Theoretical physicists have confirmed that it's not just the information coded into our DNA that shapes who we are - it's also the way DNA folds itself that controls which genes are expressed inside our bodies. That's something biologists have known for years, and they've even been able to figure out some of the proteins responsible for folding up DNA. But now a group of physicists have been able to demonstrate for the first time through simulations how this hidden information controls our evol..>> view originalFossils provide clues to ancestry of Flores 'hobbits'
The Indonesian island of Flores. Photo: Alamy Scientists have unearthed the 700,000-year-old fossilised remains in Indonesia of the ancestors of the extinct species of human nicknamed "hobbits" because of their diminutive stature.The findings, reported on Thursday in the journal Nature, reveal that these descendants of the early but large Homo erectus lineage of humans shrunk within 300,000 years of getting marooned on the east Indonesian island of Flores, or..>> view originalFish eyes life inside a jelly's belly
A fish has been pictured swimming inside a jellyfish off Australia's east coast in a remarkable and rare image that has gone viral, with more than two million online views. Underwater photographer Tim Samuel was in the water with a friend near popular ...>> view originalResearchers record space cacophony produced by 13 billion years old stars
Most of us may assume that space has no sounds as those sounds cannot reach us, but this could also be due to great distance we are from those regions. But if you hear the recording made by a team of scientists led by Andrea Miglio of the University of Birmingham, it would be nothing less than a surprise. The researchers used data collected by NASA’s Kepler missions to recreate the sounds and to assume the origin of the sounds. In order to recreate sounds, they measured the acoustic oscillation..>> view originalUniverse's first life might have been born on carbon planets
Our Earth consists of silicate rocks and an iron core with a thin veneer of water and life. But the first potentially habitable worlds to form might have been very different. New research suggests that planet formation in the early universe might have created carbon planets consisting of graphite, carbides, and diamond. Astronomers might find these diamond worlds by searching a rare class of stars. "This work shows that even stars with a tiny fraction of the carbon in our solar system ca..>> view originalMassive 'hot Jupiter' has power to 'spin-up' own star, scientists claim
Scientists studying a newly discovered ‘hot Jupiter’ in space say there is evidence that the giant exoplanet is orbiting its nearest satellite at such speed that it’s moving or ‘spinning up’ its nearby star. A planetary study of the otherworldly ‘hot Jupiter’ - a giant gas orb physically similar to its namesake in our Solar System - has found that HATS-18b has an extremely fast orbital period of less than a day.A newly-released analysis of the intergalactic find describes HATS-..>> view originalSecret Harvard Meeting Criticized For Synthetic Human Genome, Ethically Fraud Projects?
First Posted: Jun 09, 2016 04:30 AM EDT A Harvard meeting transpired three weeks ago to tackle a challenging plan to produce synthetic human genomes. Based on reports, 130 scientists, policy leaders and entrepreneurs were invited to this closed-door, invitation-only meeting, which earned a lot of criticisms. Now, the ideas that came up in the Harvard meeting have already been published in the journal Science, announcing a project to be launched to radically lessen the cost of synthesizing ge..>> view originalFlood-affected spiders are covering a town in webs
Australians have watched the recent freak storms pass through the east coast with an uneasy mix of awe and horror. The storm pushed its way through Queensland, down to New South Wales and Victoria. There were so many incredible images caught, from standing waves to collapsed pools. It’s now moving through Tasmania, and is just as powerful and unrelenting. Launceston City Council released drone footage, captured by Rob Burnett, of the crazy scale of the floods which affected most of the state. ..>> view originalMicroplastics Threaten To Destroy Fish Populations, Study Finds Perch Love Eating Plastic Over Natural Food
Thursday, June 9, 2016
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