Nasa awards $200,000 grant to a research project aimed at turning astronaut poo into food
As Nasa talks more about the growing possibility of a manned mission to Mars and beyond, the challenges of feeding astronauts in missions that last months or even years become more and more pressing. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 18, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
The world's first flower? Plant with no petals that lived underwater is 130 million years old
A plant that had no petals and lived underwater more than 125 million years ago could be the oldest known "flower", scientists believe. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 18, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
GPs should face disciplinary action for prescribing antibiotics to 'pushy patients', says Nice director
Doctors who unnecessarily prescribe antibiotics to their patients for minor infections should face disciplinary action, says a leading NHS figure. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health News Source Type: news
'Soft touch' GPs told to stop giving antibiotics to pushy patients so as to curb rise of drug-resistant 'superbugs'
Doctors will have to spend more time explaining to their patients why they cannot receive antibiotics for minor infections according to new medical guidelines aimed at reducing prescriptions and curbing the rise of drug-resistant “superbugs”. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health News Source Type: news
GPs told to stop prescribing antibiotics to pushy patients amid drug-resistant 'suberbug' fears
Doctors will have to spend more time explaining to their patients why they cannot receive antibiotics for minor infections according to new medical guidelines aimed at reducing prescriptions and curbing the rise of drug-resistant “superbugs”. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health News Source Type: news
GPs should face disciplinary action for prescribing antibiotics to 'pusy patients', says Nice director
Doctors who unnecessarily prescribe antibiotics to their patients for minor infections should face discplinary action, says a leading NHS figure. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health News Source Type: news
Single DNA molecule could store information for a million years following scientific breakthrough
Scientists have developed a way of storing vast quantities of information for up to a million years in a single molecule of DNA. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Global warming is reversing 1,800 years of natural ocean cooling, study finds
Man-made global warming has triggered a reversal of the natural ocean cooling that has occurred over the past 1,800 years, a study has found. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Climate Change Source Type: news
A Canadian company is planning to build a tower that's 20km high and could making flying to space 'like taking a passenger jet'
A Canadian space company has designed a 20km-high tower that would carry astronauts up in a giant lift and make leaving the planet “more like taking a passenger jet”. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Canadian company's plans to build giant lift that is 20km high – and takes astronauts straight into the stratosphere
A Canadian company has designed a 20km-high tower that would carry astronauts up into space in a giant lift. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Is this the Flying Spaghetti Monster? Siphonophore filmed on seabed off the coast of Angola
For a social movement only ten years old, members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster must have felt they had already reached their "Messiah Moment" when footage emerged from the deep sea near Angola. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Study finds that violent video games may be linked to aggressive behaviour
Psychologists have confirmed that playing violent video games is linked to aggressive and callous behaviour. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Scientists may have discovered why our eyes flicker when we sleep
A team of Israeli scientists may have discovered why your eyes flicker when you sleep. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Northern Lights time-lapse: Astronaut Scott Kelly captures aurora borealis from space
141 days into his year-long life in space, Nasa astronaut Scot Kelly continues to provide stunning images and footage of the beauty of Earth seen from far above. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
'Supercharged' GM tests get backing from senior government scientist
A senior government scientist has backed controversial experiments to create “supercharged”, genetically modified organisms, comparing concerns about the revolutionary technique to early fears that nuclear fission would destroy the planet. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 17, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
