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Day: September 7, 2016

Body implants

10 of the craziest things people have implanted in their bodies By Kristen V. Brown, Fusion From Business Insider Cyborgs are not science future; sophisticated chips and sensor implants that merge man with machine are already here. There are people…

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Chinese space theme park to send tourists to the stratosphere

By Sean Buckley From engadget ‘Future Valley’ theme park will put people in near-space high altitude balloons. Until Virgin Galactic launches, the only way to get to space as a civilian is to pay Russia a cool $20 million. If you’re…

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Hero’s welcome home for first Turks & Caicos Olympian

From NAN News Americas, PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos, Sun. Sept. 4, 2016: Turks & Caicos islanders threw an island-wide party in TCI on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 to welcome home their first and only Olympian, Delano Williams back to the…

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What to make of the Japanese market

By: Ashley Kindergan From The Financialist What’s next for Japanese corporate earnings? Well, that depends. Consider the April-to-June Japanese earnings season, which can be considered a pleasant surprise or a bleak portend based on which numbers you choose to accentuate….

As long as robots look adorable and make us coffee, we’ll be eating out of their robotic hands

  By Brian Heater From Techcrunch It doesn’t take much. For all the bluster around the conversation about Skynet and robotic overlords, we still melt when a diminutive robot flashes the slightest hint of humanity through a small set of…

Giant pandas are no longer ‘endangered,’ but eastern gorillas face extinction

BY MARIA GALLUCCI From Mashable Giant pandas, break out your best bamboo. You’re no longer considered an endangered species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Sunday moved the black-eared, white-faced bears from “endangered” to “vulnerable” on its…

Growing new coral

This Caribbean island is growing new coral. and it just got a big boost. From Caribbean Journal Bonaire’s pioneering coral restoration efforts are getting a big boost. The Dutch government has granted the Coral Restoration Foundation Bonaire new one-time funding…

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Daimler will fight Tesla with ‘at least’ six electric cars

By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s stepping up its EV game to avoid being left out. It looks like Daimler’s plans to fight Tesla are even more ambitious than first thought. Reuters sources understand that the German automaker is working…

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The UK is proposing that all victims of crimes should have the rights to meet their offenders

By Ian Paylor, From The Conversation UK From Business Insider For some victims of crime, coming face to face with the perpetrator can be a cathartic experience. Now, a new report from British MPs on the Justice Select Committee proposes…

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Tribeca launches new Cayman vehicle

From Money Management Tribeca Investment Partners has launched a new Cayman vehicle for the Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund aimed at meeting demand from international investors. Launch of the new product was confirmed by the co-portfolio manager of the fund,…