Some people are early risers, wide awake at the crack of dawn. Others are night owls who can’t seem to get to bed until well after midnight and prefer to sleep in. Why is this? An NIH-funded team has some new clues based on evidence showing how a molecular “switch” wired into the biological clocks of extreme early risers leads them…
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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…
Photos of the Pika, North America’s Cutest Mammal
The American pika may look more closely related to a hamster or a guinea pig instead of their rabbit/hare cousins. Source: https://www.livescience.com/photos-pika-north-america-cutest-mammal.html
Shapeshifting robots for Saturn’s moons
NASA is testing a 3D-printed prototype of unusual mini robots that can roll, fly, float and swim, then morph into a single machine. They’re called Shapeshifters. The team envisions them as a way to explore Saturn’s moons. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/shapeshifting-robots-for-saturns-moons…