Chinese robots-researchers will fly to the moon instead of people

DARPA invests $ 100 million in the development of genetic weapons

according to the Guardian, the Office of advanced research projects USA (DARPA) began developing weapons through genetic engineering. To work on the project, the Department has allocated 100 million U.S. dollars. New weapons will ...

Bacteria could be turned into nanobots

Nanobots could be very useful for a variety of things: they could conduct operations to explore previously inaccessible places, to diagnose the body and deliver drugs in specific locations of the human body… However, that is...

Scientists have added two new letters to the genetic code

As is known to encode a huge amount of information in the genetic code, used only 4 nucleic acids: adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine. In the genetic code, they are marked with the corresponding letters — A, G, T and C. ...

Diseases will be identified, just by scanning the retina

Periodic diagnostics and preventive examinations help to reveal a lot of disease at an early stage, but some conditions can be diagnosed only when the disease is already quite long. In addition, a life-threatening pathology can't ...

Created the first semi-synthetic bacteria with synthetic DNA

All biological life on planet Earth is based on four nucleic acid (nitrogenous) bases of DNA: A, T, C and G (adenine, cytosine, thymine and guanine). But what if man will be able to create a new artificial nucleic acid bases and s...

Astronomers have discovered 72 new galaxy

Through the use of a new scientific instrument MUSE (Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) is installed on the Very large telescope (VLT) the European southern Observatory in Chile, astronomers were able to detect 72 of the new galax...

Earthworms are able to live and reproduce in the Martian soil

Very interesting experiment was conducted by the employees in the Netherlands. They asked the American space Agency NASA for a copy , recreated on the basis of data obtained from several Mars missions, and then placed in the groun...

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with an orbital period of 27 000 years

Each planet in our Solar system has considerably different from the rest of the orbital period of rotation around the Sun. For example, if the Earth's one revolution around the star takes exactly 365.25 days, the same Mars it take...

Artificial intelligence will plunge into the universe of molecules in the search for amazing drugs

Dark night, away from city lights, the stars of the milky Way seem innumerable. But from any point visible to the naked eye not more than 4500 stars. In our galaxy, they are 100 to 400 billion galaxies in the Universe, and even mo...

Scientists have discovered how different types of alcohol affect emotions

for anybody not a secret that alcohol is directly associated with the emotional state of a person. It lifts the mood, and someone, on the contrary, depressing. Someone liberates alcohol, and someone makes a more aggressive and com...

How to increase the ability of the brain?

it is Known that with aging, all the reserves in our body are depleted and the organs and tissues gradually start to lose their function. According to numerous studies, after 40 years, the volume of the human brain decreases on av...

Is matter leave the event horizon during the merger of black holes?

as soon As you get to the event horizon of a black hole, you will never leave. There is no speed that you could gain, even the speed of light to allow you to enter. But in General relativity space is curved in the presence of mass...

The Amish have discovered a mutation that overcomes diabetes, and even aging

the Amish, also known as the Amish, — it is a religious community living in several US States and in Canada. The Amish are distinguished by their simplicity of life, dress, and reluctance to adopt most modern technologies an...

The first explosion at Chernobyl was a nuclear, say scientists

the Accident at the Chernobyl NPP occurred on 26 April 1986, has become one of the worst in the history of mankind. Previously it was thought that the explosion at the fourth unit was because in the experiment, the uncontrolled he...

In New Zealand proposed to deal with animal pests by using CRISPR

the Technology of gene editing CRISPR finds more and more different applications. In New Zealand, for example, decided to get rid of rodents and other pests. Mouse possums, rats and other rodents cause New Zealand a huge financial...

In China want to build a space Shuttle with a nuclear engine

In a new report published by the Chinese Corporation of space science and technology (CASC) is dedicated to the space program of China, contains many ambitious goals that the Corporation aims for the next 20 years. Some of them En...

To predict how will the evolution of people, impossible

we All know how the Neanderthals looked like: a prominent brow, thick nose, elongated skull, powerful bone structure, and probably red hair and freckled skin. You may look askance at the redheads when they meet in the subway, but ...

Scientists have discovered another promising templatebuy planet

Just 11 light years from the Solar system astronomers have discovered a new earth-like planet with a climate that can be expected to come to life. It should be noted that after Proxima b is the second closest exoplanet to us to ha...

13 scientifically proven signs that you are smarter than you think

Everyone wants to appear more modest. "Who is smart? I? No, I just got lucky..." this is Due, perhaps, primarily because most of us don't want to be the object of attention or someone's prejudice. Of course, there are those who ju...

NASA tested the Mars supersonic parachute

the Parachute system ASPIRE that you want to use for the mission Mars 2020, has successfully passed the first . Supersonic «space parachute» developed by engineers at the American space Agency in order to in the future t...