Japanese soft drink giant Otsuka is sending a 1 kg titanium canister of its popular Pokari Sweat drink to the moon. The international promotion will be transported aboard the Falcon…
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Archeologists have discovered a 12,000 year old human skeleton in a cave in the Yucatan peninsula, the journal Science has reported. The oldest known human remains found in the Americas,…
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An exo-planet with an 80,000 year orbit from its star has been discovered by astronomers at the University of Montreal, Canada. Orbiting the GU Psc star in the Pisces constellation,…
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A team from the University of Miami has discovered after a fMRI study on a brain damaged man turned math genius, that vast savant syndrome type abilities may lay dormant…
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New Zealand has become one of the first countries since the 2008 financial crisis to achieve a budget surplus. Its economy grew by 4% and plans to spend the surplus…
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In part due to what economists coin “Abenomics”, Japan’s economy grew by 5.9%, the fastest in the last 3 years according to the Associated Press. Strong private consumption, residential investments,…
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Explorers claim a 500 year old ship wreck off the coast of Haiti is definitively the famed Santa Maria ship that Christopher Columbus set sail in to explore the “New…
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Time to look up in a clear night sky, end of May! Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will all line up across the sky for a celestial treat starting May…
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NASA has quietly announced plans to land an astronaut on an asteroid and bring back samples in the 2020s. A replica of the Orion spacecraft that will transport the astronauts…
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High speed underwater train from China to U.S.
by editorby editorOne of four high speed international rail projects in the works, China is planning a 125 mile undersea tunnel that will connect Siberian Russia to Alaska. Passengers on the 220…
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Free Wifi hotspots at 10,000 payphones in New York
by editorby editorNew York city is converting 10,000 of its outdated payphone stations into free Wifi hotspots in a move to both re-purpose existing equipment and create ad revenues for the city…
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Gas prices in California and across the U.S. saw a continued drop in price from the last week of April, according to GasBuddy.com. The national average is expected to be…
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Mobile ecommerce to top $114 billion in 2014
by editorby editorForrester Research projects a jump in mobile device based ecommerce to $114 billion this year, up from $76 billion in 2013. What is interesting is that over 75% of those…
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Futuristic hotels in China under construction
by editorby editorWe’ve recently heard of the 1 km high Kingdom Tower that’s begun construction in Saudi Arabia, but the landscape for future skyscrapers and architecture is happening today in China. Enjoy…
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Researchers able to trigger lucid dreaming
by editorby editorResearchers at the University of Frankfurt have discovered a way to induce ‘lucid’ dreaming, a form of dreaming between REM and being awake, in which the subject has conscious awareness…
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Physicists one step closer to superconductivity holy-grail
by editorby editorPhysicists at the University of British Columbia are one step closer to the holy grail of room temperature super conductivity. Should scientists have a break through in this field in…
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At 110 light years away in the constellation Hercules, a sun-star 15% larger than our own and of the same chemical composition has been confirmed and announced in the June…
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Revolutionary robotic prosthetic arm approved for sale
by editorby editorDean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway scooter, has developed a prosthetic robotic arm that can simultaneously respond to 10 signals from the brain, simulating the flexibility of real human…
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Scientists researching the anti-aging hormone “Klotho” in the human brain discovered it is also responsible for improved cognition according to the journal Cell Reports. An improvement in IQ by 6…
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Pope Francis challenges governments to distribute wealth
by editorby editorWhile some in the U.S. accuse him as being Marxist, Pope Francis appealed to the United Nations on Friday for world governments to adopt a spirit of generosity to help…