Steinar Ellefmo, an Associate Professor in NTNU’s Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, said: “We actually know more about the moon than the seafloor.” He’s not wrong. Since 1969...
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A New Weapon in the Fight Against COVID-19: Dogs
Detecting COVID-19, the disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is not an easy task, despite the number of different testing regimes that exist. Right...
The Future Of Organ Transplants is Cultivation, Not Donation
The researchers are fully aware that implantation and testing the livers in rats is just the first step in a long road to creating fully-functional organs for humans. If and when Soto-Gutierrez’s...
NASA Unveils Its Multi Million Dollar Next Generation Space Suit.
The futuristic flight suits worn by Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken during Saturday’s successful launch look a world away from the bulky orange shuttle flight suits worn when astronauts last...
Farming the Final Frontier: The Race To Grow Plants in Space
Hollywood isn’t always known for its scientific accuracy, especially when it comes to movies about space. However, with NASA setting its sights on returning to the moon, sometimes a movie can...
Is There Anybody Out There?
For countless centuries people have looked up at the night sky and wondered. Some wondered about their gods, some tried to make sense of the patterns they saw and a few wondered if there were worlds...
A New Weapon in the Fight Against COVID-19: Dogs
Detecting COVID-19, the disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is not an easy task, despite the number of different testing regimes that exist. Right now...
Faecal Transplants: Could They Save Your Life?
Would you give it a go? Humanosity has been looking at new technologies and found something surprising. Scientists are in the process of creating a procedure which promises to cure antibiotic...
The Future of Nuclear Energy Has Arrived and According to an...
While traditional reactors are known for being large and dangerous, an Oregon-based startup is busy envisioning a better future for nuclear energy.
The Future of Your Food is Being Decided in a Small Dutch Town
Feeding the world’s population is a huge challenge, second only to perhaps climate change. A United Nations report from 2019 expects the world population to reach 9.8 billion in 2050. Our current...
10 Mathematics Equations And Formulas that Changed the World and...
Humanosity says… Mathematics is always around us everywhere we go. Complex equations and formulas with many unknowns, radical mathematical theorems dating back to antiquity, to late twentieth...
How vested interests tried to turn the world against climate...
Humanosity says..the protests by Extinction rebellion are meant to make us take the issue of climate change seriously. Even though the underlying science for it’s impact has only been getting...
Feeling Older Than You are Can Increase Your Chances of an Early...
Humanosity says….The age you feel can seriously affect your health according to the latest research. This adds to research that seems to suggest that mental well being can impact on your...
As Made-To-Order DNA Gets Cheaper, Keeping It Out Of The Wrong...
Humanosity says…There’s a whole unregulated industry using a technique called CRISPR to produce made to order DNA. There are even after school clubs where people are experimenting with...
Scientists Discover That Warp Drive Is Possible –...
Humanosity says….This article is sure to bring joy to all sci-fi fans and demonstrates how that genre is actually driving real science, especially new developments that seem to suggest that the...
A Breakthrough Reveals Amazing Mechanism Through Which Life...
Humanosity says…It’s one of life’s most enduring questions – Just how did life get started? What turned chemistry into biology? This article details the latest breakthrough...
Cannabis Oil Products are Booming – but does the Science Stack...
Humanosity says….There has been an explosion of health products derived from marijuana. Many are based not on THC but the plants other main component is CBD. Cannabis oil products range from...
Can a Computer Make you Think it is Human?
Humanosity says…Imagine thinking that you’re chatting up a real person online only to find out that you’ve been flirting with a computer or more specifically a computer programme...
Hide and Squeak: Rats ‘Jump for Joy’ While Playing...
Humanosity says….To most people rats are vermin only good for extermination. We have a long history of deciding that there are good and bad animals – ones worth saving and protecting and...
Scientists Create Tooth Enamel. Discovery Could Mean No More...
Humanosity says…It’s long been the holy grail of dental researchers who were looking for ways to save millions of us from a painful trip to the dentist. If the scientists can get this to...