Tag: cow

Strange ‘space cow’ explosion may have been the birth of a black hole

A mysterious space explosion nicknamed “the Cow” was probably caused by the explosion of a massive star which may have resulted in the birth of a small black hole Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2243666-strange-space-cow-explosion-may-have-been-the-birth-of-a-black-hole/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Frozen bull semen may have unleashed bluetongue virus on farm animals

The ongoing spread of bluetongue virus among European farm animals may have started when a cow was inseminated with infected bull semen stored from an earlier outbreak Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242014-frozen-bull-semen-may-have-unleashed-bluetongue-virus-on-farm-animals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

What the coronavirus does to your body that makes it so deadly

How the coronavirus infects and how it makes people sick. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/what-covid19-coronavirus-does-to-body-that-makes-it-deadly…

Could Cows Actually Help Solve the Climate Crisis?

Cows fertilizing the soil can replenish the land and reduce carbon in the atmosphere, reports CNN — with a farming practice called “ultra-high density grazing”. Conventional thinking says that cows are bad for climate change. After all, livestock contribute to around 14% of all global emissions. Researchers at UC Davis estimate that a single cow can belch around 220 pounds –…

Cosmic magnifying glasses yield independent measure of universe’s expansion

People use the phrAse “holy cow” to express excitement. Playing with that phrase, researchers from an international collaboration developed an acronym—H0LiCOW—for their project’s name that expresses the excitement over their Hubble Space Telescope measurements of the universe’s expansion rate. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-01-cosmic-magnifying-glasses-yield-independent.html…

Lab Cultured ‘Steaks’ Grown On An Artificial Gelatin Scaffold

Harvard University researchers have found a way to simulate real meat by growing cow and rabbit muscle cells on a scaffold made out of gelatin. Engadget reports: In the body, cells don’t just sit there in a pile. They get physical support from water, collagen proteins and nutrients, which help the cells grown and align. “To grow muscle tissues that resembled…

Tiny stature of extinct ‘Hobbit’ thanks to fast evolution

New research suggests that the tiny human species – that survived until about 18,000 years ago, later than any human species other than our own – evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/tiny-extinct-hobbit-human-species-fast-evolution…

Lab-Grown Meat Could Be On Store Shelves By 2022

Thanks to Future Meat Technologies, lab-grown meat could be hitting store shelves by 2022. The company “has raised $14 million in new financing to build its first pilot manufacturing facilities to bring the cost of production of a cell-made streak down to $10 per pound — or $4 if the meat is combined with plant-based meat substitutes,” reports TechCrunch. From the…

Cows Painted Like Zebras Attract Fewer Flies

Slashdot reader ClickOnThis writes: An article on CNN reports results from a team of Japanese researchers who discovered that painting cows to look like zebras makes them less attractive to biting flies. I think they’re a shoo-in for a 2020 Ig Nobel Prize. From the article: “A team of Japanese researchers recruited six cows and gave them each black-and-white stripes, black…