by sagesgroup | May 27, 2023 | Food, homepage, Syndicated, The Conversation
Turmeric has been used by humans for more than 4,000 years. As well as cooking and cosmetics, it’s been a staple of the traditional medicine practice of Ayurveda, used to treat a variety of conditions from arthritis to wind. Even today turmeric remains a popular...by sagesgroup | May 21, 2023 | homepage, Syndicated, The Conversation
Saturn’s rings are one of the jewels of the Solar System, but it seems that their time is short and their existence fleeting. A new study suggests the rings are between 400 million and 100 million years old – a fraction of the age of the Solar System. This means we...by sagesgroup | May 21, 2023 | Animals, Health, Medicine, Syndicated, The Conversation
While effective vaccines for Covid-19 should have heralded the benefits of mRNA vaccines, fear and misinformation about their supposed dangers circulated at the same time. These misconceptions about mRNA vaccines have recently spilled over into worries about whether...by sagesgroup | May 21, 2023 | Astronomy, homepage, space, Space Science, Syndicated, The Conversation
Are we alone in the universe? It’s a question that fascinates scientists and the public alike. In science, the focus tends to be on our search for life elsewhere. The idea that we might be watched by a distant alien civilization, however, is usually confined to the...by sagesgroup | Apr 9, 2023 | Health, homepage, Physics, Syndicated, The Conversation
As nightmares go, being trapped in a small box deep underwater is probably high on many peoples’ lists. But one United States professor is doing this on purpose. Joe Dituri, a former U.S. Navy diver and expert in biomedical engineering, has been living in a 55 square...by sagesgroup | Apr 9, 2023 | Environment, homepage, Science, space, Space Science, Syndicated, The Conversation, Travel
On May 11, 2020, a deadly threat flew from Los Angeles to New York City in under nine minutes. It was a 20-ton Chinese Long March 5B rocket body passing around 60 miles overhead. Just 15 minutes later, the rocket body re-entered the atmosphere and broke into pieces,...