DNA as you've never seen it before, thanks to a new nanotechnology imaging method

Apr 27, 2019 06:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

The first revealing image of DNA taken using X-ray diffraction. Raymond Gosling/Kings College London The helical DNA staircase. The building blocks of DNA, or bases, lie horizontally between the two spiraling...

Why the idea of alien life now seems inevitable and possibly imminent

Apr 27, 2019 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

This article is an edited extract from an essay, The search for ET, in The New Disruptors, the 64th edition of Griffith Review. Were publishing it as part of our occasional series Zoom Out, where authors explore key...

Remote connections? Detangling entanglement in quantum physics

Apr 27, 2019 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Quantum computers, quantum cryptography and quantum (insert name here) are often in the news these days. Articles about them inevitably refer to entanglement, a property of quantum physics that makes all these magical...

HIV/AIDS Cure 2019: Patients Confirmed in HIV Remission Spark Hope That Epidemic Can be Cured

Apr 24, 2019 06:56 am UTC| Science

HIV/AIDS cure is still elusive but the first half of 2019 has already been promising in this field. A second patient was confirmed to have been in HIV remission for about two years since having a bone marrow transplant a...

Cancer Cure 2019: Cow Urine Heals Breast Cancer, Claims Aspiring Indian Politician; Aims to Promote Its Use Once Elected

Apr 24, 2019 06:56 am UTC| Science

Scientists are still working on developing a cancer cure but Indias aspiring politician Sadhvi Pragya it can be found in cow urine. She maintains that it is what healed her breast cancer. Cancer cure is one of the...

Explainer: what is quantum machine learning and how can it help us?

Apr 21, 2019 11:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Artificial intelligence refers, among other things, to machines capacity to demonstrate some degree of what humans consider intelligence. This process is being driven by the rapid advancement of machine learning: getting...

How science fiction and fantasy can help us make sense of the world

Apr 21, 2019 11:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

The worlds a mess. How do thoughtful people make sense of it all? In this series weve asked a number of our authors to suggest a book, philosopher, work of art or anything else, for that matter that will help to make...