Tag: #YearEnder
The Best of 2013 // #78: Turning off the Down Syndrome...
Scientists have found a way to 'turn off' the extra chromosome responsible for causing Down syndrome. Outlined in July's Nature, the new technique isn't...
BEST OF 2014 // #76: Respite for Sickle Cell Anemia Patients
Sickle Cell Anemia is a disease in which a single mutation of the genes leads to a malformation in red blood cells. As these...
BEST OF 2015 // #74: A New Look at the Old...
The 1491 Martellus map has long been acknowledged as one of the best, most detailed maps made of the old world. Unfortunately, time has...
Best of 2018: The Earliest Non-Human Tools
A practical treasure trove of stone age tools found in Attirampakkam, India, have been dated at 385,000 years, and are evidence that our species...
Best of 2011 // 82: Gravity Probe B Measures SpaceTime
Gravity Probe B, a $700 million satellite launched in 2004, has four almost perfectly spherical gyroscopes onboard, isolated from all outside influences: magnetic fields,...
The Best of 2013 // #79: A New Method for finding...
Figuring out the 3D structure of a molecule - critical in food production, pharmaceutical development, forensic analysis and more - has never been as...
BEST OF 2014 // #77: New Gases are Damaging the Ozone
Earth's recovering ozone layer have been one of the few good climate stories in the past five years. Hailed as a success, it turns...
BEST OF 2015 // #75: Genome Reveals clues to Cephalopod Smarts
Octopi come from a fairly humble branch of creature; other mollusks, including snails, slugs, clams and mussels, are fairly dimwitted animals. Octopus, one the...
The Best of 2013 // #80: Why Did the Poultry Cross...
Everyone's favourite Chicken Nuggets could quickly be spending more miles travelling than you realize: in September, the United States Department of Agriculture said it...
BEST OF 2014 // #78: Finding the seat of Emotion
In June, the Cornell University neuroscientist Adam Anderson's group showed that while our emotions may seem special, our brains are transmitting them using a...
