Weekly Roundup | Science and Space: Top 20 stories of the week of Feb 24th - Mar 3rd, 2017
"Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness." - Bill Bryson
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SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year
We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year. They have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon mission. Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind, driven by the universal human spirit of exploration. We expect to conduct health and fitness tests, as well as begin initial training later this year. Other flight teams have also expressed strong interest and we expect more to follow.
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Submitted on February 27th 2017 by sjvn
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2 +17y+ ago
Why astronauts are banned from getting drunk in space
From wine being sipped on the moon to whisky on a space station, space travel has had a long and complex relationship with alcohol.
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Submitted on February 27th 2017 by sjvn with 1 comments
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3 +17y+ ago
Terminal cancer patients in complete remission after one gene therapy treatment
A groundbreaking gene therapy treatment which boosts a patient's own immune cells has been shown to clear disease from one third of terminal patients. US pharmaceutical company Kite Pharma released results from the first six months of its trial of the new treatment, called CAR-T cell therapy. Some 36 per cent of the 101 patients on the trial were still in complete remission at six months, and eight in 10 saw their cancer shrink by at least half during the study.
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Submitted on March 1st 2017 by hxxp with 1 comments
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4 +17y+ ago
50% chicken DNA: Why your favourite fast food chicken sandwich might not be what you ordered
Canadians who opt for chicken sandwiches while dining at fast food restaurants may find a Marketplace analysis of what they contain a little hard to swallow.
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Submitted on February 25th 2017 by canuck with 1 comments
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5 +17y+ ago
Colorectal cancer doubles in Gen-Xers, millennials
At 27, Stacey Betancourt had no reason to suspect she had cancer. But she is part of a new generation at exceptionally high risk of colon cancer.
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Submitted on February 28th 2017 by Gozzin
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6 +17y+ ago
Married People Are Healthier Than Those Who Are Single: Study
A new study suggests that married people are healthier than those who are single. The study was conducted at Carnegie Mellon University and published in Psychoneuroendocrinology. To conduct the study, researchers collected saliva samples from 572 healthy adults aged 21-55 over three non-consecutive days. Multiple samples were taken during each 24-hour period and tested for cortisol. Researchers found that married individuals had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol than those who never married or were previously married.
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Submitted on February 28th 2017 by manix
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7 +17y+ ago
In 1959, British Scientists Carefully Perfected the Pickled Onion
It was all for the "notoriously fickle pickle-fancying public."
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Submitted on February 27th 2017 by Appaloosa with 4 comments and with 2 Related Links:
1. A short history of beets Added by Appaloosa on February 27th 2017.
2. Dilly Beans! Added by Appaloosa on February 27th 2017.
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8 +17y+ ago
Meet the Man Who Wants to Eradicate Hangovers by 2050
Scientist David Nutt believes a chemical called “alcosynth” is the secret to drinking without regret. As Prohibition showed, taking booze away from the public is wildly unpopular with just about everyone but Bible-thumpers and bootleggers. But what if, instead of being banned, alcohol was simply replaced with something better? Something that makes you feel talkative and sociable without also making you throw up/fall down/feel hungover/get fat/make terrible decisions/get into fist fights or any one of the other things on the shockingly long list of downsides we all know alcohol has?
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Submitted on February 24th 2017 by roxxy
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9 +17y+ ago
Apollo 8 redux: Why NASA might send humans around the moon, again
NASA could send astronauts around the moon sooner than expected, if the Trump administration has its way. But some argue the change in plans could be costly.
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Submitted on February 26th 2017 by sjvn
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10 +17y+ ago
Why do people swear? - BBC News
If you see the F-word spelled out with all four letters, are you more offended than when you read F with asterisks? And if so, why?
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Submitted on March 2nd 2017 by sjvn
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11 +17y+ ago
Given the choice, patients will reach for cannabis over prescribed opioids
Chronic pain sufferers and those taking mental health meds would rather turn to cannabis instead of their prescribed opioid medication, according to a new study. “This study is one of the first to track medical cannabis use under the new system of licensed producers, meaning that all participants had physician authorization to access cannabis in addition to their prescription medicines,” says UBC Assoc. Prof. Zach Walsh, co-author of the study.
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Submitted on March 2nd 2017 by wetwilly87
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12 +17y+ ago
A giant neuron found wrapped around entire mouse brain
Like ivy plants that send runners out searching for something to cling to, the brain’s neurons send out shoots that connect with other neurons throughout the organ. A new digital reconstruction method shows three neurons that branch extensively throughout the brain, including one that wraps around its entire outer layer. The finding may help to explain how the brain creates consciousness.
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Submitted on February 26th 2017 by ubthejudge
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13 +17y+ ago
In southeastern Colorado, robots carefully disarm WWII-era chemical weapons
Ars tours the training facility the military is using to teach humans how to help robots help us.
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Submitted on February 27th 2017 by Appaloosa
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14 +17y+ ago
Life may actually be getting better at evolving
The networks of genes in each animal is a bit like the network of neurons in our brains, which suggests they might be "learning" as they go.
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Submitted on March 2nd 2017 by socialiguana
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15 +17y+ ago
NASA Wind Tunnel Tests X-Plane Design for Quieter Supersonic Jet
Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to reality as NASA and Lockheed Martin begin the first high-speed wind tunnel tests for the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) X-plane preliminary design at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The agency is testing a nine percent scale model of Lockheed Martin’s X-plane design in Glenn’s 8’ x 6’ Supersonic Wind Tunnel. During the next eight weeks, engineers will expose the model to wind speeds ranging from Mach 0.3 to Mach 1.6...
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Submitted on February 26th 2017 by canuck
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16 +17y+ ago
Cheap plastic film cools whatever it touches up to 10°C
Material with embedded glass beads could boost power generation in solar cells
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Submitted on February 27th 2017 by Appaloosa
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17 +17y+ ago
When mammals took to water they needed a few tricks to eat their underwater prey
There are plenty of mammals that have adapted to life in water, some more than others. That meant they also had to adapt the way they feed.
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Submitted on March 1st 2017 by kxh
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18 +17y+ ago
Physicists Uncover Geometric ‘Theory Space’
A decades-old method called the “bootstrap” is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories. By Natalie Wolchover.
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Submitted on February 28th 2017 by AdelleChattre
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19 +17y+ ago
The 10 weirdest physics facts, from relativity to quantum physics
People who think science is dull are wrong. Here are 10 reasons why. By Tom Chivers (Nov. 12, 2009)
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Submitted on February 28th 2017 by AdelleChattre
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20 +17y+ ago
Younger is not always better when it comes to learning a second language
Language immersion environment best for young children, the classroom setting is better for early teenagers, while self-guided language learning is better for adults.
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Submitted on February 27th 2017 by kxh
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