Health

In great news for the whole world, pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer has announced a vaccine to the Coronavirus that is 90% effective to prevent Covid-19! The test was conducted on 43,500…

Narita International Airport in Japan will begin offering a rapid Coronavirus test that can yield results in 2 hours time. The tests are meant for outbound travelers that require proof…

Not all news in 2020 is bad: Scientists have announced the success of an experimental drug called ISRIB that has shown to reverse age-related cognitive decline in days! Scientists at…

While most of the world goes through a 2nd or 3rd Covid wave, Taiwan just went 200 days without any local Covid infections! A combination of near universal mask use,…

Science fiction is now science fact: the US FDA has approved an exo-skeleton for physically disabled and paralyzed people the freedom of mobility. The personal robotic assistive device from ReWalk…

The flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone from Samsung is known for its heart rate monitoring strip on the back of the device. A new update to the S Health monitoring app…

Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh announced plans to trial the first human suspended animation on 10 patients for emergency operations. Though depicted in science fiction movies for long distance space travel,…

Scientists at the Cockrell School of Engineering in Texas have created what is the world’s smallest and fastest nano motor that spins at 18,000 rpms! The microscopic devices can be…

A company in the UK has announced the availability of the first mobile ‘braille’ phone for the visually impaired. UK based OwnFone claims that the $100 phone is the first…

A team from the University of Miami has discovered after a fMRI study on a brain damaged man turned math genius, that vast savant syndrome type abilities may lay dormant…

Researchers at the University of Frankfurt have discovered a way to induce ‘lucid’ dreaming, a form of dreaming between REM and being awake, in which the subject has conscious awareness…

Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway scooter, has developed a prosthetic robotic arm that can simultaneously respond to 10 signals from the brain, simulating the flexibility of real human…

Scientists researching the anti-aging hormone “Klotho” in the human brain discovered it is also responsible for improved cognition according to the journal Cell Reports. An improvement in IQ by 6…

For the first time in the U.S., the state of Vermont has passed a law to require labeling of foods that contain genetically modified ingredients. The law takes effect July…

The oldest man in the world is 111 and lives in New York, of all places. Who’d have thunk? What’s even more surprising is there are 60 women who are…