The 1.18-inch thick coin, with a diameter of 20.9 inches, has a face value of 1 million Canadian dollars ($750,000), Joinfo.com reports with reference to NBC News. By weight alone, however, it would be worth almost $4.5 million at market ...
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The Patent Battle Over Revolutionary CRISPR Gene-Editing Tech Just Went Global
In December, the life sciences world witnessed a milestone in the intellectual rights battle for the groundbreaking CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology in the U.S. Back then, the big winners were the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University and scientist Feng ...
Read More »Elon Musk wants to merge humans and machines via brain implants
The founder and chief executive of Tesla is simultaneously running both the automaker and Space Exploration Technologies Corp — commonly known as SpaceX. Now he wants to implant tiny brain electrodes that could one day lead to consciousness that doesn’t ...
Read More »North Korea could be in final stages of nuclear test preparations: report
Washington-based 38 North, a website that monitors North Korea, said the images from Saturday showed the continued presence of vehicles and trailers at the Punggye-ri test site and signs that communications cables may have been laid to a test tunnel, ...
Read More »Research Shows That 40% of Cancers Are Entirely Preventable
Cancer, the emperor of all maladies, is tragic under most any circumstances, but it’s even worse when the condition could have been prevented, according to Futurism. Scientists estimate that 40 percent of all cancers are preventable, and those figures include ...
Read More »Fruit Diet Helped The Primates’ Brain To Evolve
The researchers think that the ancestors of human, also known as primates, used to live on a fruit-filled diet and thus developed a bigger brain eventually, Joinfo.com reports with reference to The Science Times. According to BBC, previous studies had ...
Read More »3.7 million Hong Kong voters’ personal data stolen
Hong Kong could be facing one of the most significant data breaches in its history, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Cnet. Two computers holding the personal data of 3.7 million voters have been reported stolen by the city’s Registration and ...
Read More »The Daily Mail is getting dragged for its ‘Legs-it’ front page
The front page was first published on Twitter on Monday night, instantly prompting a stream of criticism from politicians, journalists and members of the public, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Mashable. Alas, the sexist commentary didn’t stop at the front ...
Read More »Lazy Cat Likes To Be Pulled By Remote Controlled Car – video
This fluffy cat clearly enjoys the ride. And she really couldn’t care less. Watch it below:
Read More »‘I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations’ – Victoria Herrmann
According to Victoria Herrmann’s report published in The Guardian, Trump administration continues to delete data on Arctic research and climate measurements, Joinfo.com reports. “As an Arctic researcher, I’m used to gaps in data. Just over 1% of US Arctic waters ...
Read More »Trump to dramatically change US approach to climate change
The order represents a clear difference between how Trump and former President Barack Obama view the role the United States plays in combating climate change, and dramatically alters the government’s approach to rising sea levels and temperatures — two impacts ...
Read More »Cyclone Debbie: ‘Monster’ storm batters Australia
Cyclone Debbie made landfall between Bowen and Airlie Beach in Australian Queensland as a category four storm, whipping up gusts of 263km/h (163 mph), Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. It is moving inland as a category three but ...
Read More »Today’s Horoscope for March 28th, 2017
Now it’s an ideal day to go shopping for Leos and Virgos have a lot of work. Moon is in Aries 15:13: Moon (Aries) Square Pluto (Capricorn) This square could cause extreme mood changes – accompanied by inhibitions, licentiousness, extravagance and ...
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