Scientists Invent Light-Activated Bio-Glue That Stops Bleeding In Seconds

hackingbear shares a report from CNN: A team of researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, created a gel composed of a network of proteins, inspired by the matrix composition of human connective tissues, and other molecules. The product, which requires ultraviolet light to activate, can adhere within seconds and then bond to wet biological tissue surfaces without…

Yes, the Internet is destroying our collective attention span

Source: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/5/3/18514330/distraction-collective-attention-research…

What caused the Great Dying?

New evidence that volcanic eruptions caused the Great Dying, a mass extinction 252 million years ago that killed off 95% of life on Earth. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/study-volcanoes-caused-mass-extinction-great-dying…