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Scientists hack fly brains to make them remote controlled
Researchers at Rice University have shown how they can hack the brains of fruit flies to make them remote controlled. The flies performed a specific action within a second of a command being sent to certain neurons in their brain.

The team started by genetically engineering the flies so that they expressed a certain heat-sensitive ion channel in some of their neurons. When this channel sensed heat, it would activate the neuron – in this case, that neuron caused the fly to spread its wings, which is a gesture they often use during mating.
The heat trigger came in the form of iron oxide nanoparticles injected into the insects’ brains. When a magnetic field is switched on nearby, those particles heat up, causing the neurons to fire and the fly to adopt the spread-wing pose.

To test the system, the researchers kept these engineered flies in a small enclosure atop a magnetic coil, and watched them with overhead cameras. And sure enough, when the magnetic field was switched on, the flies spread their wings within about half a second.

Planting trees and getting dividends for it? Sounds good 🌳

Few people are interested, but scientists predict that by 2050 humanity will face an ecological catastrophe. The raging wildfires in Australia, which have already covered more than 18 million hectares, water pollution by petroleum products - all of this is detrimental to the environment.

Woodcoin Fundation is developing a new eco-campaign called WoodLandEco. The idea is simple - they want to combine modern technology and get people involved in planting trees to protect the environment, and participants in the program will receive rewards.

How will it work?
1️⃣ You download the app and choose the type of tree you want to plant. They each have their own properties and amount of oxygen production;
2️⃣ You connect your tree through a special QR code and take care of it. The more oxygen your tree produces, the more dividends you get.

WoodLandEco is in the process of attracting large eco-funds to its activities, so that means that the scale of the program will be large.

📣 The app is already in beta test and will be released to the public soon 📣

Want to watch the project developing and become a part of it? Then follow the WoodLandEco Telegram channel and join the community, where you can ask all the questions directly to the team.

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The James Webb Space Telescope May Have Already Found The Oldest Galaxy Ever Seen

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A new study finds that Google searches are an effective tool to predict a surge in calls to domestic violence helplines in Italy. The study is available (open access) here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10680-022-09619-2

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The Case of The Mysterious 'Pregnant' Mummy Reveals Another Hidden Twist

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These Amazing New JWST Images of Spiral Galaxies Are So Beautiful We Could Cry

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The Golden Ratio Test For Beauty Is Completely Bogus. An Expert Explains Why

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Russia Is Leaving The International Space Station, in a Dramatic End of an Era

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Part of a Massive, Uncontrolled Rocket Will Crash to Earth This Sunday. Here's What We Know

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An AI Just Independently Discovered Alternate Physics

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Scientists Reveal The First Images of Atoms 'Swimming' in Liquid

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Scientists have demonstrated a new system that can restore crucial molecular and cellular functions in pigs one hour after death. Experiments showed that some tissue damage from loss of oxygen can be reversed, which could widen the organ transplantation pool and may even lead to new treatments for heart attacks.

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The James Webb Space Telescope Has Its First Image of The Most Distant Known Star

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Unexpected Solar Wind Stream Hits Earth at 372 Miles Per Second

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What are the most depressing things about space exploration?

Gravity is often demonstrated in 2 dimensions like a heavy object on a bed sheet.

How does this actually translate into our 3 dimensional reality?
It actually contracts or squeezes the fabric of spacetime. But remember we live in a 4D world so you can imagine then why observers in a deep gravitational well observe time dilation.