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Far reaching Zuckerberg letter outlines globalist vision for humanity, admission of errors, and new Facebook policies

Feb 18, 2017

Business, Headlines, Innovation, Science

A nearly 6,000 word letter to the Facebook community posted by Mark Zuckerberg shows a broad vision for the future that has even led to speculation of a Zuckerberg run for the presidency. The letter elucidates ...

Cancer-detecting app: the new WebMD?

Editorial Board

Feb 8, 2017

Headlines, Health, Opinion

Ever been worried about a potentially cancerous mole? You might soon be able to use your smartphone to make an evaluation, thanks to a group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Conscious of the ...

In a global first, Irish parliament passes bill to divest entirely from fossil fuels

West Side Story

Feb 5, 2017

Environment, Headlines, Policy, Science, World

Ireland is on track to become the first country to entirely stop funding fossil fuels, after parliament passed a bill to stop public funding of fuels such as oil, gas, and coal by the €8 billion Ireland Strateg...

Data from individual monitoring shows Fukushima residents were exposed to less radiation than had been estimated

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Jan 31, 2017

Environment, Headlines, Health, Science

A new study shows that Fukushima residents have been exposed to considerably less radiation than had been estimated in the wake of the 2011 incident. The study was the first of its kind, in that it analyzed tho...

December heat wave continues pattern of extreme Arctic warming

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Dec 23, 2016

Environment, Headlines, Science

For the second year in a row, temperatures at the North Pole are predicted to reach almost 50 degrees above normal in a heat wave ahead of Christmas. News of the winter heat wave comes after temperatures in Nov...

Regulators in Britain approve mitochondrial replacement therapy, clinics set to apply for licenses

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Dec 18, 2016

Headlines, Health, Innovation, Science

On Thursday, Britain’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) announced that it would begin accepting applications from clinics to perform a controversial procedure that uses the DNA from three par...

Woman gives birth to healthy baby with transplanted ovarian tissue, frozen before chemotherapy when she was nine

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Dec 16, 2016

Headlines, Health, Innovation, Science

A woman gave birth to a healthy baby on Tuesday, after doctors had successfully restored her fertility following chemotherapy, using transplanted ovarian tissue that doctors had removed and frozen when she was ...

Bill Gates announces billion-dollar clean energy investment fund

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Dec 12, 2016

Business, Environment, Headlines, Science

Bill Gates and other tech billionaires are investing in a billion-dollar clean energy fund to fight climate change. The new ‘Breakthrough Energy Ventures’ fund directors will include Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO...

Concept of “psychobiotics” emerges to describe interactions between the gut microbiome and mental health

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Nov 11, 2016

Headlines, Health, Science

A recent paper published in the journal Trends in Neuroscience calls attention to the new concept of “psychobiotics”, in which changes in gut microbes have an effect on mental health. One author of the study...

Researchers expect sickle-cell gene therapy trials to begin next year

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Oct 4, 2016

Headlines, Health, Science

Sickle cell anemia is among the most common inherited diseases in the world. Despite its cause having been understood by scientists for six decades, a treatment has not yet become available. Finally, researcher...