All articles tagged with #self destruction
Astronomers have discovered a unique exoplanet, HIP 67522 b, that orbits its young star so closely that it triggers massive stellar flares through magnetic interactions, leading to its own destruction by intense radiation, marking a new phenomenon in star-planet dynamics.
These five science fiction works explore the idea that intelligent tool-using beings are their own worst enemies, causing their own extinction with misapplied ingenuity. From a mad alien AI's plan to assist humanity to avoid inevitable doom to a lone explorer's invention that causes an apocalypse, these works offer unique perspectives on the Fermi Paradox and the possibility of self-extinction.
Researchers have developed a molecule that can induce self-destruction in glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer, by inhibiting the hijacked adaptive mechanisms cancer cells use to manage stress. The treatment has shown no side effects in animals and combined with chemotherapy, it can completely kill tumors and prevent relapse. The breakthrough applies to glioblastoma brain tumors, which make up about 45% of all brain tumors, and for which the prognosis is very bad.