Researchers tried to communicate with lucid dreamers while they were sleeping. They taught them a few different ways of communicating, including eye movements and beeping noises. Some people couldn't remember the experience when they woke up but others remembered things like car radio voices or scenes from their dreams. The trickiest thing was not reading too much into some twitches - 18 point six % gave the right answer to question.
The surprising structure of protons, and a method for growing small intestines for transplantation.
In this episode:
00:45 Probing the proton’s interior
Although studied for decades, the internal structure of the proton is still throwing up surprises for physicists. This week, a team of researchers report an unexpected imbalance in the antimatter particles that make up the proton.
Short Bowel Syndrome is an often fatal condition that results from the removal of the small intestine. Treatment options are limited to transplantation, but donor intestines are hard to come by and can be rejected by the body. Now researchers may have developed a method to grow a replacement small intestine using stem cells and a small section of colon.