The zero-energy BIQ House in Hamburg, Germany sports a “bio-adaptive façade” that uses microalgae to generate renewable energy and provide shade. Algae in the bio-reactor facades grow faster in the brighter sunlight and hence, create a natural shade when the sun is at its brightest. In addition, the bio-reactors power the building by capturing solar…
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New study indicates humans and other vertebrates evolved from common ancestor that had an additional “sixth sense”
Humans experience and interact with the world around them using five senses whereas some vertebrates, such as sharks, rays, catfish, sturgeons, and salamanders, utilize an extra sixth sense – they can detect weak electrical fields and use this information to detect prey, sense danger, communicate, and orient themselves in their environment. A new study published…
New wearable personal firewall developed for implanted medical devices – protects insulin pumps and pacemakers from hijacking attacks
News that personal medical devices such as insulin pumps, pacemakers, and other wearable or implanted devices, could be hacked sent shockwaves through the medical community but researchers from Purdue and Princeton were quick to react. They have developed a signal-jamming personal firewall to protect medical devices, such as insulin pumps and pacemakers, from being hacked.
Could humans play God and seed life on Mars? – Lichen survive in Mars Simulation Laboratory for 34 days
Scientists at the European Geosciences Union meeting reported that Lichen collected from Antarctica were placed inside Germany’s Mars Simulation Laboratory for 34 days where they were subjected to the same conditions they would experience on the Martian surface – same atmospheric, temperature, radiation, and pressure conditions. They survived.
Giant wave of plasma, many times larger than Earth, broke off from the Sun on Friday [PHOTOS]
Who told me to get out of the pool? Holy crap – it was the whale talking!
Lost in the shuffle, the news that a white beluga whale named “NOC” could speak rudimentary English was never published until colleagues encouraged Sam Ridgway, of the National Marine Mammal Foundation, to publish the news that many are not aware of – whales can mimic human speech just like a parrot. A new paper in…
6 Italian scientists sentenced to 6 years in prison for failing to predict earthquake that killed 309 people
Six Italian scientists and one ex-government official have just been sentenced to six-years in prison for multiple manslaughter after failing to accurately predict deadly 2009 earthquake. The courts found that the scientists gave falsely reassuring statements after studying tremors that had shaken the Italian city of L’Aquila. The 6.3 magnitude quake killed 309 people.
Researchers prove extreme lethal heat caused Permian-Triassic mass extinction 250 million years ago
The Permian-Triassic mass extinction occurred 252 million years ago. It is Earth’s most devastating mass extinction event with up to 96% of all marine species and 70% of land animals becoming extinct. Researchers now believe they know what caused it and why life took over 5 million years to recover – extreme, lethal temperatures up…
Mars Curiosity Rover finds more strange bright, shiny flecks in soil samples – working to identify
Unrelated to last week’s “shiny object” find, this week Curiosity Rover took three scoops from the Martian soil and found several bright, shiny particles in the sample. In an area called Rocknest, the rover was sampling and analyzing soil when it ran across a small, shiny particle. Scooping was halted and after NASA determined that…








