Dave Smith
Science man.
There are 3 types of COVID-19 tests on the market - which one is the best?
With a 90% effective vaccine on the horizon, there may finally be an end in sight for the coronavirus pandemic. But the vaccine still has a number or safety and logistical hurdles it needs to clear, with the elderly and vulnerable at the front of the queue. Until the vaccine becomes widely available, routine testing has never been more important. With that in mind, let's take a look at the coronavirus testing options currently available.
Dave SmithPublished 2 months ago in Longevity
A simple coronavirus test can detect antibodies in 15 minutes
A UK based laboratory has developed a rapid coronavirus testing kit that uses a finger-prick blood sample, and gives out a result in just 15 minutes.
Dave SmithPublished 10 months ago in Longevity
Do Those Cheap, Over-The Counter Paternity Tests Actually Work?
UK discount store Home Bargains famously sells a home paternity test kit that costs just £4.99. The kit contains a set of mouth swabs (one for the child, one for the potential father), consent forms, and envelopes used to send the completed kit to a UK testing lab. The company that produces the tests promise to analyse your samples and have your results ready the next working day, using cutting-edge DNA science.
Dave SmithPublished about a year ago in Families
D-Day Siblings Reunited 75 Years Later
On 6th June, 1944, allied forces undertook what became the biggest seaborne invasion in history. In what was known at the time as "Operation Neptune," 160,000 American, British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and other allied soldiers stormed a 50 mile stretch of heavily-fortified coastline in Normandy, in Nazi-occupied France, landing in amphibious craft and immediately coming under heavy fire. The operation has been re-imagined in countless movies, TV shows and video games—perhaps most famously in Steven Spielberg's 1998 film Saving Private Ryan.
Dave SmithPublished about a year ago in Serve
Has the Science Behind Gender Dysphoria Been Discovered?
Do transgender men and women carry genes that influence their gender identity? That's the basis of a new study by scientists from Augusta University in Georgia, who believe that there is genetic component to gender dysphoria—a condition where a person feels stress & anxiety due to a mis-match between their biological gender and their gender identity.
Dave SmithPublished about a year ago in Longevity
Cannabis Could Be Legal in the UK in the Next 5-10 Years
Three British MPs predict that cannabis will be made fully legal in the UK within the next 5-10 years. Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative), David Lammy (Labour) and Sir Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrats) made the statement following a fact-finding visit to Canada—the first G7 country to fully legalise the drug for recreational use (it's also legal in certain US states).
Dave SmithPublished about a year ago in Potent
Your DNA Data Can Be Used to Make a Scarf
You may have heard the often-quoted fact that humans and chimpanzees share 96% of their DNA in common. You also share 90% of your DNA with your cat, and a surprising 60% with a banana!
Dave SmithPublished about a year ago in Futurism
How Accurate Are Those Home DNA Tests?
Analysing a person's DNA was once a difficult, time-consuming, and expensive task—reserved for the police, and performed in high-tech laboratories. But these days, you can pick up a home paternity test from a discount store for as little as £5 (plus a lab fee of around £100 for processing the samples). But can you really trust a cheap, at-home DNA test?
Dave SmithPublished about a year ago in Families
