Genetically Modified “Friendly Mosquitoes” Could be the Next Step to Fighting Infections
It’s common knowledge that mosquitoes kill more people than any other creature worldwide, and have been responsible for approximately 17% of global deaths from infectious diseases. The Aedes aegypti mosquito, for example, is the world’s primary transmitter of dengue, chikungunya,…
Brain Cells Grown in a Lab Dish Learn to Play 1970s Arcade Game “Pong”
Recently, scientists were able to teach a group of about 800,000 brain cells to play the 1970s arcade game “Pong.” The experiment was a part of a novel effort to understand how the brain learns, and how to make computers…
NASA’s Dart Mission Successfully Shoved an Asteroid
Can NASA really change the Orbit of an Asteroid as it hurdles over to the earth to kill us? The Dry run Misson called the DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION TEST. It was the first of it’s kind and NASA reported that…