Brain organoids are 3D, lab-grown models designed to mimic the human brain. Scientists normally grow them from stem cells, coaxing them into forming a brain-like structure. In the past decade, they have become increasingly sophisticated and can now replicate multiple types of brain cells, which can communicate with one another. This has led some scientists … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Mikko Rauhala Sci-Fi Mikko Rauhala is a Finnish SF author making their foray into the English speaking world. They often write their stories in both languages, which can get frustrating when there’s no one else to blame for the occasional double … Read more
By blocking the action of a single protein, scientists have extended the average life span of the mice in their experiment by around 25%. This recent finding has raised the question of whether such a treatment could ever work for people, and so far, there are some promising early hints that it might. In the … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Danielle Ackley-McPhail Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Sci-Fi Award-winning author and editor Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form eSpec … Read more
Mercury may have a thick layer of diamonds hundreds of miles below its surface, a new study shows. The findings, published June 14 in the journal Nature Communications, may help solve mysteries about the planet’s composition and peculiar magnetic field. Mercury is filled with mysteries. For one, it has a magnetic field. Although it’s much … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Colin Alexander Sci-Fi Colin Alexander is a writer of science fiction and fantasy. Actually, Colin Alexander is the pseudonym for Alton Kremer, maybe his alter ego, or who he would have been if he hadn\’t been a physician and biochemist and … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Paul Carlson Fantasy, Sci-Fi I’m a lifelong science fiction reader who became a fan, then a writer. Now I’m fortunate to have short stories published in several venues. (I have novels completed but not yet in print.)I’ve been married to the … Read more
Astronomers are proposing a new definition of a planet, nearly two decades after a previous such change led to Pluto’s demotion. The new definition would add measurable criteria, including considerations of the planet’s mass — and it would still leave Pluto with its dwarf planet status. Currently, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines a planet … Read more
Psilocybin, the compound that makes magic mushrooms trippy, works its magic by desynchronizing the brain network responsible for a person’s sense of self, new research finds. Psilocybin warps people’s sense of time and space, as well as shifts their feelings of connection to the world around them. While most of these subjective effects wane pretty … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Michael Merriam MM Fantasy, Paranormal Michael Merriam is a writer, performer, poet, and playwright. He is the author of the steampunk series Sixguns & Sorcery, and his essays and stories have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Cast of Wonders, and Andromeda Spaceways … Read more
