The latest discoveries in science that can change human life

Science never stops and every year new research is carried out that contributes to the advancement of human knowledge about things on Earth and beyond. Below we have listed the latest scientific discoveries that can change human life.

These discoveries reveal secrets of the past, mysteries of the universe, treatments for diseases previously considered incurable, and technological tools that can help with everyday activities. Check it out here!

In-depth space analysis

The new James Webb Space Telescope has made it possible to look at the galaxy from further away, performing scans and images that researchers had never imagined before.

With its giant infrared sensor, the telescope is approximately 1.6 million kilometers away from Earth and aids in the exploration and discoveries of the universe.

In addition, other telescopes such as the Vera C. Rubin in Chile record several images of space with more than 3 billion pixels!

New vaccines

After the pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus, new vaccines are being developed to treat various diseases, such as HIV, cancer, cystic fibrosis and tuberculosis.

Some of the major investors in these new vaccines are the pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Moderna. Some of these vaccines are already in the testing phase and have shown promising results.

Fossils that reveal a tropical forest in the past

Researchers have discovered evidence that there was a tropical florist in southeastern Australia through some fossils found in the region that are shown to be approximately 16 million years old.

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a tool and place of study where programs capable of performing tasks that require human intelligence are developed. It emerged around 1940 and since then a lot has changed.

In recent years, several researchers have driven the progress of AI by developing and improving increasingly sensitive and in-depth algorithms, capable of understanding requests and taking into account the uncertainty of the human mind.

AI is currently present in several products we use, such as virtual assistants (like Alexa), automatic cars, social media algorithms and many others.

New discoveries about what wiped out the dinosaurs

The dinosaurs were wiped off the face of the earth and there is still much speculation about how this happened. The most widely accepted theory is that a meteor hit the earth and devastated all animals.

However, where this occurred and whether the impact was actually what wiped out the dinosaurs is still uncertain. Based on the latest research, it is believed that the culprit was actually an asteroid, which was 10 kilometers across and fell in Mexico, near the Yucatan Peninsula.

In addition to the impact, fragments of the asteroid may have fallen in other places on Earth, such as Africa, where there are craters that indicate the fall of small asteroids during the same period.

In addition, a new discovery indicates that the main reason for the death of the dinosaurs was not the fall of the asteroid but rather its consequences, in which a dense cloud of fragments, dust and gases darkened the Earth and prevented the entry of sunlight. This phenomenon lasted for years and changed the Earth's appearance.

Alzheimer's Medications

Among the diseases that have no cure, one of the main ones is Alzheimer's. This disease affects the brain and the main symptom is memory loss. However, since the beginning of 2023, a new drug has entered the testing phase to combat and slow down the destruction of the brain caused by Alzheimer's.

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