Mr Trump refused to hold back from threatening the despot during his tour of several Asian nations despite being within firing range of Kim’s deadly missiles. He even branded the tyrant “short and fat” in a personal attack on Pyongyang’s supreme leader despite the ever-growing fear World War 3 may […]
Daily Archives: November 15, 2017
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A sooty sky keeps Pluto coldNASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY By Andy Coghlan It’s cold to start with, all that way from the sun. But at -203°C, the observed temperature of Pluto’s atmosphere is around 30 degrees colder than it should be theoretically. Now, the puzzle of why it’s colder than expected […]
Protected against ageing? By Andy Coghlan A gene variant that arose decades ago in an Amish group seems to be enough to make people live ten years longer, as well as making them less likely to develop diabetes. The gene is called SERPINE1, and is known to make a protein […]
Josiah Zayner has edited his DNAThe ODIN Inc. By Alex Pearlman GENE editing is entering the mainstream. CRISPR, a cheap and easy technique for making precise changes to DNA, has got researchers around the world racing to trial its use in treating a host of human diseases. But this race […]
UPDATE: The new FIFA 18 TOTW 9 lineup has been confirmed for PS4, Xbox One and PC and will be going live now. Six Premier League players are included in the list of top ranking stars that are set to get stats boosts. Manchester City’s David Silva, Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku, […]
Zimbabwe coup: Latest pictures as army take control of Harare Wed, November 15, 2017 In order to prevent members of the public from passing through. The Zimbabwe National Army has reportedly taken control over the government of President Robert Mugabe AFP/Getty Images 1 of 23 An army officer of the […]
Getty Mosquito killer: The plan has been deemed safe but some have fears if it goes wrong. Millions of disease carrying mosquitoes are to be freed in a well-meaning bid to decimate natural populations of the malaria-spreading insects. The lab-grown versions are infected with a disease which prevents natural mosquito […]
DARPA’s Fred Kennedy: “Our savior is going to be the commercial sector.” WASHINGTON — The military space business is stuck in its old ways and missing a “golden opportunity” to capture the energy of a rejuvenated commercial industry, said a former White House space and aviation technology adviser who is now […]