Data That Matters October 2017

A nearly-simultaneous universal (40 languages) interpreter was developed. Poverty has dropped to the point that it can be eradicated with Continue reading →

Flying Insects Failing

It isn’t just about the bees. Over the last 25 years, flying insects have declined by 75%. It’s an easy Continue reading →

Tardigrade Protein Found

Tardigrades are only about 0.5 mm long. For a long time they were curiosity. Then, researchers noticed they lived on Continue reading →

Possible Seat Of Consciousness Found

If not the seat of consciousness, at least the enabler of it may have been found. Rather than one location Continue reading →

Fat-Burning Brain Hormone Found

“For the first time, researchers had found a brain hormone that specifically and selectively stimulates fat metabolism, without any effect Continue reading →

Obesity Tied To Gut Bacteria

In mice. That’s the common caveat with so many studies. Now that that’s out of the way… As we’ve become Continue reading →

Seat Of Human Consciousness

“scientists have now identified two specific cortex regions that they believe could be essential to human consciousness” – World Economic Continue reading →