Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have calculated that eating US Department of Health recommended foods – fruits, vegetables, dairy products and seafood – leads to increased environmental damage. On average, in terms of calories consumed, these foods require more resources to grow or harvest, and result in higher greenhouse gas emissions than, for example, meat or bacon. “Eating lettuce… Read More »
Teens voluntarily documenting their personal lives with the help of photos on Instagram became unwitting participants in an experiment to study alcohol habits. Researchers at the University of Rochester have found it much easier to research alcohol addiction, brand popularity and other details, using learning algorithms and social media. Using neural networks and computer image recognition technologies, researchers… Read More »
During a rather long and detailed interview with Elon Musk, which he gave to Business Insider journalist Tim Urban, among other questions, the following question was asked: is there a possibility that the owner of such innovative companies as SpaceX and Tesla will turn his attention to genetic engineering issues? After all, human health, biotechnology, genetic modification are… Read More »
Scientists from the University of Utah (Salt Lake City) conducted a study on a topic that is sore in every sense for modern people, and especially for IT specialists. They wanted to know how to rid the body of the negative effects of sedentary work. Researchers studied the health status of 3,626 people over several years (including tracking the mortality of… Read More »
A gynecologist from Jordan accidentally left his phone in the patient’s stomach during a caesarean section. This is not a rare case: in the United States alone, surgeons leave 10,000 objects in the bodies of patients a year, most often instruments and tampons. A 36-year-old Jordanian citizen visited a private clinic on April 24, 2015 , where she safely… Read More »
Researchers from Canadian medical institutions, Sunnybrook Hospital and St. Michael’s Hospital, have developed a groundbreaking drug that should help fight one of the most common diseases – the flu. The principle of action of the drug is in a sense the opposite of traditional drugs. Influenza is an infectious viral disease. Its characteristic feature is… Read More »
In June 2015, the MERS coronavirus claimed the lives of twenty people in South Korea, more than one hundred and sixty people were infected, and five and a half thousand patients, their relatives and employees of medical institutions are under quarantine. The World Health Organization has held an emergency meeting. In Germany, a 69-year-old man, who arrived from the United Arab… Read More »
Hi Geektimes! What if you bought yourself an excellent expensive headphone, and only the sound card of your computer can handle them? A smartphone is barely audible, a laptop is a little better, but, again, unable to shake normal “ears” That’s right, you need to use a signal amplifier. Today we will talk about a portable amplifier (which… Read More »
American physiologists from the University of North Carolina have come up with a device that makes walking easier. The small exoskeleton is worn on the legs and does not require power supplies. The device saves up to 7% of the energy that the body spends when walking. At the same time, the device itself weighs 300-500 grams, which is… Read More »
American scientists and researchers ( Scripps Research Institute , Mayo Private Clinic, etc.) have discovered a new class of drugs that greatly slow down the aging process, reduce the effects of related diseases, improve the cardiovascular system and prolong life. The work was published in the journal Aging Cell. Scientists tested two drugs on animals. One of them is the directional antineoplastic agent dasatinib (trademark… Read More »