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Terra CEO Discusses The Company's Blockchain Projects In This Interview

These projects Include, Terraswap, Luna, Mirror Protocol, Chai, and Anchor. In this interview we go over some of these projects.

Anti-aging Drug Acts As A "smart Bomb" To Take Out Dysfunctional Cells

Senolytic drugs have been shown to rejuvenate old cells in rodents and also increase their lifespan, while promising advances have also been made in using them to improve healthspan, or the amount of our lives we spend healthy.

DeepMind Is Developing One Algorithm To Rule Them All

They are doing some transfer learning, chaining a couple of algorithms together and seeing if they can transfer between one algorithm, making it easier to learn a separate related algorithm.

Space Perspective Raises $40M For Balloons That Can Take People Into Space

Space Perspective hopes to gently take you into space.

Aspirin Has Long Been Prescribed To Prevent Heart Attacks. Now Experts Say It Shouldn't.

The side effects are not worth the potential benefits, especially for older adults.

FDA Expert Panel Recommends All J&J Vaccine Recipients Get A Booster

The one-shot vaccine might have always been meant to be a two-dose regimen.

A Quarter Of Sun-Like Stars Consume Their Own Planets, According To New Research

This study opens the possibility of using chemical analysis to identify stars that are more likely to host true analogues of our calm solar system. There are millions of relatively nearby stars similar to the sun.

Moonshot Project Aims To Understand And Beat Cancer Using Protein Maps

A very promising area of study that could lead to breakthrough treatments, that could be combined with other therapies.

The World's Largest Direct Air Capture Plant Is Now Pulling CO2 From The Air In

A plant about four times as large as the Zurich facility has started operating in Iceland, joining 15 other direct air capture plants that currently operate worldwide.

New Study Finds A Single Neuron Is A Surprisingly Complex Little Computer

Engineers should try replacing the simple artificial neurons in today's algorithms with a mini five-layer network simulating a biological neuron.

Targeting The Sugar Coating Of Cancer Cells: FIU Takes Lead In Cancer Research

Glycans are complex sugars on the surfaces of cells that have, in the past, been difficult to study. Thanks to advances in science and technology, researchers know that changes in the structure of glycans, or even a change in their numbers, can drive cancer development.

Research Discovers Treatment For Rare Secondary Cancer In Children

Researchers are looking for ways to prevent Pediatric radiation-induced high-grade gliomas (RIGs) from forming, as well as methods to treat them once they arise.