Pennsylvania firm launches Zika vaccine trial in Puerto Rico
Associated Press From FOX News A Pennsylvania drug company announced Monday that it has launched a clinical trial of an experimental Zika vaccine in Puerto Rico, the part of the U.S. hardest hit by the mosquito-borne virus. Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc….
7 ways to tell if someone is lying, according to research
Kevin Daum, Inc. From Business Insider Nearly everyone is taught as a kid that lying is bad, but the truth is that society puts up with so much falsehood that many people become liars while thinking they are truthful. Little…
Apple’s iPhone 7 ditches traditional headphone socket
From BBC Apple said its lightning connector could be used instead, which would make room for other components. It will also promote the use of wireless earphones, and has released a set of its own called Airpods. The firm said…
Technology is finally changing the apartment rental experience
By Omri Barzilay Techcrunch The real estate rental market is a highly localized, relationship-based industry driven largely by individuals living and working in their own cities, causing many to acknowledge the longstanding difficulty of streamlining disruption to this market. In…
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…
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…
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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…
The biotech empires of Silicon Valley and Europe
By Bérénice Magistretti From Techcrunch As biotechnology gains prominence among investors, two hubs have emerged as hotbeds of innovation for the resurgent industry. While the two-square-mile patch of South San Francisco bustles with more than 70 biotech firms, including Genentech, Amgen…
Cayman Islands DNA Unit celebrates 10th year anniversary
The DNA Unit of the Cayman Islands Forensic Science Laboratory, a not-for-profit, multifunctional, state of the art laboratory operated by the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) in Grand Cayman, celebrates its 10th year anniversary. Established in 2006 and internationally…
Gadget of the week-wearables
The weird world of offbeat wearables By Jon Turi From engadget While most of us have yet to morph into a gadget-laden “gargoyle” (like the one in Snow Crash) the wearable market has still lavished an endless assortment of devices…
