The combination between Friday’s solar eclipse and the Moon reaching its smallest distance from the Earth resulted in the creation of an island around the famous Mont Saint-Michel commune in Normandy, for the first time this millennium. The spectacular event, which has been deemed the “tide of the century”, has drawn a crowd of about […]
Windows 10 – Free Upgrade for Pirates, Still Considered Pirated
A plethora of speculation has surfaced in the last days about the availability of Windows 10 upgrades for existing non-genuine users. Announcements coming in the last few days from the software giant have been interpretable to say the least, with some rather bizarre and not fully explained twists regarding their future OS. Microsoft initially announced […]
Global Warming Connected to Hotter Summers, Study Confirms
Scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research have conducted a study which showed that rapidly meting Arctic caps are responsible not just for milder winters (due to a weaker Jetstream), but for summer heat waves as well. So far, it had been established that, because the Arctic is heating faster than the rest […]
Zuckerberg Involved in Real Estate Trial with Ex-Neighbor
In 2012, Mark Zuckerberg was offered a deal by Mircea Voskerician, the owner of a property near his home in Palo Alto, California. Voskerician, a local real estate developer, had previously expressed his intention of building a 9,600-square-foot mansion near Zuckerberg’s private home, close enough to have a view to the bedroom. However, on second […]
Biotech Company 23andMe Will Use Its DNA Database for the Creation of New Treatments
Founded in 2006, 23andMe is a genomics company which developed a saliva-based personal genome test, deemed the invention of the year in 2008 by the Time magazine. However, because the test had not received FDA approval, it was withdrawn in 2013. Now, the Google-backed company has announced its intention to search its very large DNA […]
The Artificial Leaf Could Convert Sunlight to Fuel Soon
Scientists from Caltech have developed a new type of leaf coating that could help transform sunlight to fuel in the near future. The process is just in its birth stage, but this new type of coating is a key step into achieving an artificial leaf that will capture sunlight and turn it into fuel. The […]
Link between Family Histories of Prostate Cancer and Women’s Risks of Breast Cancer Discovered
A new study, based on 78,171 women who had been examined in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study between 1993 and 1998, and whose evolution was traced until 2009, revealed that women who come from families with a medical history of prostate cancer or breast cancer have increased rates of breast cancer. While the fact […]
Hypervelocity Star Exits the Milky Way, Reaching a New Galactic Speed Record
Science Magazine reported on Thursday that astronomers have observed the fastest moving star ever recorded in our galaxy. Unlike other hypervelocity stars noticed so far, whose rapid movement was caused by the tremendous gravity of the black hole in the center of the Milky Way, this one was prompted on its trajectory towards the outskirts […]
YotaPhone 2 Comes to the US in April via Indiegogo
It was revealed by YotaPhone that their flagship product, the YotaPhone 2 will be launched in the United States in April and it will be available via Indiegogo. The dual-screen smartphone is already available in the United Kingdom and some parts of Europe. While there was no word on the price of the YotaPhone 2 […]
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