The new scientists of this week took us into a time travel machine, the discovery of a Fossil of 506 million million of a bizarre “sea monster” which breathed through its buttocks on the death of the universe (which is Coming much earlier than scientists once thought it… Relatively speaking).
But nowadays, our house star had a particularly active week, with the The strongest solar push of 2025 so far Recorded on Wednesday morning (May 14). Solar eruptions are sudden and intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation released from the regions of intense magnetic activity on the surface of the sun.
The X2.7 rocket came less than 24 hours after another powerful class X on May 13, with two significant class M rockets reported on each side. Solar activity has triggered radio breakdowns through North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and more light rockets could lead us in the coming days.
Meanwhile, experts warned that the The United States is not prepared for the impacts of the main solar stormswhich can increase frequency in the coming years Like the maximum solar in progress coincides with a mysterious 100 -year solar cycle.
Personalized CRISPR treatment
A baby in the United States, called KJ, has become the First person to receive a personalized crispr gene therapy Designed to repair a specific mutation in a defective gene.
The infant was born with a rare genetic disorder called Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 (CPS1). This disorder results from a mutation of the gene which carries the instructions to manufacture CPS1, an enzyme which helps to break down toxic cell waste into the liver. If the CPS1 gene does not work properly, the body partially or completely loses the ability to make the enzyme and toxic compounds accumulate, injuring vital organs like the brain. About half of the children born with the most serious form of this condition die at the beginning of early childhood.
CRISPR technology allows scientists to modify genes very precisely. Two CRISPR therapies have been approved to dateBut these have a unique approach: they work by completely deactivating a specific gene. However, in certain genetic diseases, you must repair a broken gene and the mutation behind the dysfunction can vary between people. The treatment of these conditions would therefore require targeting the single mutation of a person.
About 6 to 7 months, KJ became the first person to receive such personalized treatment and, after three doses of therapy, the 9.5 month old is now booming, according to his doctors.
Discover more news on health
–Scientists discover a possible missing link between the “mono” virus and multiple sclerosis
The little mysteries of life
Mathematics are a large part of our daily life. But it has not always been at the heart of our species. SO, When math invented and when did the count have turned into complex calculation?
Yosemite’s “Ghost Volcano”
The Yosemite National Park is famous for its large meadows and deep valleys, with dominant walls up to 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) above the valley floor.
These deep canyons have long been believed to be formed by 10 million years of uprising in the mountains of Sierra Nevada in California. But new research suggests that this may not be the case. Instead, researchers think that the landscape may have been dug by a river lost for a long time on the slopes of an old volcano.
Discover more news from the planet Earth
–See the rebuilt house of “polar dinosaurs” which prospered in Antarctica 120 million years ago
Also in new scientists this week
Behind the headlines
Several media have indicated that during an eclipse, the trees begin to synchronize their behavior. It is a convincing idea, and which comes from research in spruce (Picea Abies) Cultivate in the dolomite mountains in Italy.
The researchers attached distance sensors to three healthy spruce and five strains of trees to measure their electrical activity for a partial part of two hours solar eclipse. What they found was that the trees seemed to present synchronized changes in their bioelectric activity in anticipation of the eclipse, researchers said at Live Science.
But external experts say Research is imperfectWith a lot of questions if we can really take anything from these results.
Something for the weekend
If you are looking for something a little longer to read during the weekend, here are some of the best long reads, books of books and interviews published this week.
–Could a planet really develop a brain? (Book extract)
–Images capturing a hungry tiger, fighting the bison and the vipers’ pit honored in the prices of environmental photography (Photo gallery)
–What is the Turing test? How the rise in generative AI may have broken the famous imitation game. (Explanteer)
And something for Skywatchers:
–9 Best things to see in the night sky with twins: May to July 2025
–Best telescopes for children 2025: an introduction of stars for budding astronomers
Moving science
March 28, A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck myanmarcausing thousands of deaths and leaving many more injured. New images of striking security cameras show that the ground separates through an alley near the city of Thazi, in the center of Myanmar.
We think the images are the first of its kind To show a terrestrial crack forming during a major earthquake.
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