Apple’s recent MacBook Pro updates and “courageous” iPhone 7 have proven to be controversial, and a recent pair of news items highlights how much pent-up frustration is aimed at the device manufacturer. First, Tim Cook made several posts to an Apple employee bulletin board, detailing Apple’s thinking on thinking on …
Read More »Plutonium Acts Like Ions in a Salt, New Study Shows
Plutonium, a heavy, silvery metal with 15 isotopes that is produced by the neutron irradiation of natural uranium, is formidably complex element that does not always act as expected. New research published in the journal Physical Review B shows that plutonium does not share electrons when it bonds with fluorine …
Read More »Newly Discovered Antibody ‘Neutralizes’ Zika Virus, Shows Mouse Study
A research team led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center scientist Prof. James Crowe, Jr., has isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model ‘markedly reduced’ infection by the Zika virus. Transmission electron micrograph of Zika virus. Virus particles are 40 nm in diameter, with an outer envelope, and …
Read More »New HiRISE Image Shows Schiaparelli Crash Site in Color
The latest image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows parts of ESA’s ExoMars Schiaparelli lander and its crash site in color. On November 1, HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observed the impact site of Schiaparelli lander, gaining the first …
Read More »Sniper Elite 4 New Trailer Shows Off Preorder Bonus Mission Target: Führer Further
Sniper Elite 4‘s pre-order bonus mission, Mission Target: Führer, will, much like Sniper Elite 3, see players get the chance to alter the course of history itself by giving them the chance to take on none other than Adolf Hitler, bringing him down and hopefully bringing an end to the destructive conflict …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) Shows Up in Leaked Video
Samsung is reportedly working on the new Galaxy A series line up, which we’ve seen a few times in the rumor mill in the past few weeks. A few weeks back, we spotted some leaked press renders of the alleged Galaxy A5 (2017) as shown above, and now a leaked …
Read More »CCTV shows US snowman stabbing
The owner of a giant inflatable snowman in Missouri has released CCTV footage of it being stabbed, in the hope of catching the assailant.
Read More »Cairo church bombing: Amateur footage shows aftermath
A bombing near the Coptic cathedral in the Egyptian capital Cairo has killed at least 25 people, officials say. The blast at St Peter’s church happened during a Sunday service.
Read More »This Graphic Shows How Much Sugar Is Hiding on Your Plate
There’s a good chance that you’re consuming more sugar than you should on a daily basis. The sweet stuff hides in everything from the sauce you put on your pasta to the (seemingly healthy) almond milk you pour on your breakfast cereal. That’s not even counting all the places we …
Read More »Most students can’t tell fake news from real news, study shows
If you thought you heard the last on fake news, you were sadly mistaken. A Stanford study found that the majority of middle school students can’t tell the difference between real news and fake news. In fact, 82 percent couldn’t distinguish between a real news story on a website and …
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