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Scientists find BPS or BPA bisphenols in plastic bottles are equally harmful to humans

Cody Gash
Jan 14, 2015
Health
Scientists discovered that BPS, a substance that replaces BPA in plastic bottles, is equally harmful to humans. Manufacturers of plastic bottle claim that they heed to health alerts and have replaced BPA with a...
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North Korea threatens to attack White House, Pentagon if U.S. does not stop linking it to the Sony hack

Amanda
Dec 22, 2014
Innovation
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While the U.S. continues to hold North Korea responsible for the act of ‘cyber vandalism’ against Sony Corp, the latter has maintained that it had no role to play in the infamous hack and the subsequent threats...

US insists that North Korea must own responsibility for Sony hack and compensate them

Amanda
Dec 21, 2014
Innovation
Even as the Hermit Kingdom strongly denied its hand in the infamous hack over Sony Films and has invited the US to take part in a joint investigation, the US has rejected their claims and continues to hold them...
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Study confirms that Facebook popularity among teenagers and others is falling

Amanda
Dec 20, 2014
Innovation
A survey conducted recently has confirmed that the popularity of Facebook among teenagers has fallen. Though still the most popular social site, only 88% of American teenagers (13 to 17 year olds) are today usi...

8 million US women miss the cervical cancer screening which can reduce cancer rate by 93%

Siddhant Ghatge
Nov 8, 2014
Health
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Screening for cervical cancer saves lives, is a well known fact. Despite of which, 8 million women in U.S. have skipped the screening in age groups of 21 to 65, in the last 5 years. Cervical cancer also happens...

IPCC says Republicans care less about climate change by denying proofs

Charles Omedo
Nov 3, 2014
Innovation
US republicans continue to show they actually care less about environmental factors that drive climate changes, and they appear to continually discountenance the fact that the world faces grave environmental co...

Microsoft Surface lineup shows profit for the first time in 2 years

Siddhant Ghatge
Oct 26, 2014
Innovation
Microsoft's Surface turned a profit in the September quarter, this came in after two years and nearly $2 billion in losses, the company said Thursday. For the quarter ending on Sept. 30, Microsoft recorded $908...

Solar flare erupted from the largest sunspot in 24 years on October 24th

Siddhant Ghatge
Oct 25, 2014
Innovation
The biggest sunspot on the face of the sun in more than two decades unleashed a major flare on Friday the fourth intense solar storm from the active star in less than a week. The solar flare reached its peak at...

US airdrops weapons, ammunition and medical supplies for Kurdish militants against ISIS

Siddhant Ghatge
Oct 20, 2014
World
The United States takes opportunity in the battle against Islamic State for the city of Kobani, senior US administration officials said on Sunday night, as US cargo planes dropped a resupply of weapons, ammunit...

NASA Eclipse expert says a Partial Solar eclipse happening across eastern US on October 23

Siddhant Ghatge
Oct 19, 2014
Innovation
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On Thursday, Oct. 23, the setting sun across eastern parts of the USA will be red and crescent-shaped.“It's a partial solar eclipse,” explained longtime NASA eclipse expert Fred Espenak. The new moon is going t...
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