Month: August 2017

Medical Breakthrough Could Allow Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants
August 13, 2017 No Responses

Medical Breakthrough Could Allow Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants

Scientists are one step closer to transplanting pig organs to humans thanks to a gene-editing breakthrough Harvard Medical School and a Kendall Square start-up joined their forces and made a breakthrough in medicine that could save thousands of lives in...
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Google Calls Off Employee Meeting
August 12, 2017 No Responses

Google Calls Off Employee Meeting

Google canceled a companywide meeting on Thursday after employees expressed their fears of getting exposed to harassment online Google is still facing the aftermath of the software engineer’s memo which argued biological differences, such as women being more...
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Two “Potentially Habitable” Nearby Planets Discovered by Scientists
August 11, 2017 No Responses

Two “Potentially Habitable” Nearby Planets Discovered by Scientists

Scientists have discovered two planets located nearby Earth that could potentially be habitable by human kind The team of astronomers that includes researchers from the UK’s University of Hertfordshire and University of California Santa Cruz revealed that th...
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Guam Under Threat: US Attempts to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles
August 10, 2017 No Responses

Guam Under Threat: US Attempts to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles

The US is considering shooting down any North Korean missiles tests that are aimed at the waters that surround the US territory of Guam; experts warm technology is not guaranteed to work Pyongyang strengthened its commitment on its threats to...
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announces strong revenues
August 9, 2017 No Responses

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announces strong revenues

The Bermudian company operating cruise ships has reported high earnings in the second quarter of 2017, when compared to last year According to the official figures for the second quarter of this year, the company has registered a $198.5 million...
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Australia to Vote on Legalizing Same Sex Marriage
August 8, 2017 No Responses

Australia to Vote on Legalizing Same Sex Marriage

Australia is taking into consideration legalizing same sex marriage by the end of this year, the government announced The Australian government decided to take into consideration holding a national vote on the issue of legalizing same sex marriage. The Prime.....
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Google Employee Got Fired on Controversial Memo on Diversity
August 8, 2017 No Responses

Google Employee Got Fired on Controversial Memo on Diversity

The employee whose controversial memo that claimed that Google had an “ideological echo chamber” got fired by the company James Damore, the engineer in discussion, emailed Bloomberg and said that he was fired for “perpetuating gender stereotypes”. Goog...
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