A team of scientists led by physicist Richard Bowtell of the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, have developed the first wearable 3D-printed brain scanner, that despite movement, can detect brain activity almost like the fixed scanner. This step can be transformative in studying or tracking brain development in children or to record brain signals in adults with movement disorders like parkinson’ s disease or autism.
THE SECRET BEHIND THE ALIEN SKELETON
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By Mary Karam
A bizarre mini skeleton, that was found in an abandoned city in the Atacama Desert of Chile, was rumored to have extraterrestrial origins until recently its genomic work-up has completed and the results are in. The“ Ata” skeleton with a dramatically elongated skull and an underdeveloped jaw and face, was proven undoubtedly human, and that its misshapen skull and other deformities might be linked to a molecular complexity of bone diseases. This finding of multiple mutations causing bone anomalies have never been described before and so the search for more answers continue …
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MEET STEVE, THE UNIQUE AURORA
Sky enthusiasts were captivated by this purple streaked narrow lights, because normally green auroras— which result from the interaction of energized particles from the sun with the Earth’ s magnetic field— are familiar but these mysterious streaks were dazzlingly new. They called it“ Steve” after a joke in a 2006 animated film. Later, scientists figured out that they are caused by sub auroral ion drift, or“ SAID” but they never knew that there was any visual phenomena linked to them. They decided to keep the cool name STEVE by way of an acronym:“ Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement” which explains the phenomenon.