View photos FILE- In this Aug. 10, 2011 file photo Tatyana Gryazeva, right, a criminalist at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, instructs Lache Rossouw, center, a visiting scientist from South Africa, and Kelsey Baker, an intern, on extracting DNA at a training lab of the New York City Office […]
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Julie Boon, director of Eudaimonia Recovery Homes poses for a photograph at one of her facility damaged by Hurricane Harvey on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in Houston. In the aftermath of flooded Houston, Julie Boon oversaw repairs at a sober-living home while giving advice to residents based on her own […]
Leading tech companies appear to be united in a belief that artificial intelligence (AI) is on track to change the world, and IBM (NYSE:IBM) has been making some big bets to ensure that it maintains a leadership position in the space. Most recently, the company announced a 10-year partnership with the […]
Quora Questions are part of a partnership between Newsweek and Quora, through which we’ll be posting relevant and interesting answers from Quora contributors throughout the week. Read more about the partnership here. Answer from Nicolas Nelson, advocate for human space development: Original question: Why do we have to wait till the year 2025 […]
I’m from the internet myself, so when we started out, I wanted to believe that the architects of my home would make things better if they just knew how. After nearly two years of working closely with tech companies, that illusion has been shattered. I’m gambling many of my relationships […]
Suppose aliens land on our planet and want to learn our current scientific knowledge. I would start with the 40-year-old documentary Powers of Ten. Granted, it’s a bit out of date, but this short film, written and directed by the famous designer couple Charles and Ray Eames, captures in less […]
View photos The devastation in Juchitan de Zaragoza caused by the huge earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast (AFP Photo/RONALDO SCHEMIDT) More Juchitán de Zaragoza (Mexico) (AFP) – Police, soldiers and emergency workers raced to rescue survivors from the ruins of Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century, which killed […]
Reddit user ‘Pwnographik’ took to the social news aggregator site to tell his tale of what happened to him when he died. He became ill in a foreign country and was forced to go on a Ketogenic (no carb) diet that ended up destroying the lining of his stomach. As […]