1. Banting is still the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine. 2. “Diabetes” is the Greek word for “siphon”. It refers to the copious urine flow when the disease is uncontrolled. 3. The Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia, who gave the disease its name in the […]
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1. Banting is still the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine. 2. “Diabetes” is the Greek word for “siphon”. It refers to the copious urine flow when the disease is uncontrolled. 3. The Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia, who gave the disease its name in the […]
WhatsApp is reportedly investigating ways to make watching YouTube videos within its app a more seamless experience. At the moment, WhatsApp will throw users to the YouTube website or companion smartphone app whenever a video link is tapped. However, that could soon be about to change. The Facebook-owned chat app […]
The French president has his eyes on European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, dubbed the “most powerful woman in the EU” to take the top job. As a firm believer in the European project, Ms Vestager would be a perfect choice for Emmanuel Macron to plough ahead with his plans for further […]
WASHINGTON — A prominent venture capitalist who has been a key investor and supporter of commercial space efforts has left the firm he co-founded and is taking a leave of absence from the board of SpaceX. In a brief statement Nov. 13, venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) announced […]
GAME has kickstarted its Black Friday sales with deals on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and more. And it’s good news for Call of Duty WW2 fans, who can save over money by picking up a PS4 bundle with an extra controller for £249. Gaming fans can also save cash on Xbox […]
Talking about death…Jupiterimages/Getty FEW people like to contemplate their own death, but knowledge of its inevitability has some surprising upsides. According to a school of thought called terror management theory, the desire to transcend death is the driving force of human civilisation. The “worm at the core of life” inspires […]
Rescuers Are Searching Through the Rubble of the Iran-Iraq Quake That Killed 430 More (SARPOL-E-ZAHAB) — Rescuers on Tuesday used backhoes and heavy equipment to dig through the debris of buildings toppled by a powerful earthquake on the border between Iran and Iraq, with weeping women crying out to God […]