HALF-A-MILLION INSECT SPECIES FACE EXTINCTION: SCIENTISTS

Tue 11 February 2020: (AFP) Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists have said in a “warning to humanity”. “The current insect extinction crisis is deeply worrying,” said Pedro Cardoso, a biologist at the Finnish Museum of Natural […]

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FACT OR MYTH: CAN HAIR GO GRAY FASTER FROM STRESS?

Sat 01 February 2020: Marie Antoinette’s hair turned white overnight, according to folklore, before she was executed by guillotine in 1793 during the French Revolution. The ill-fated queen embodied an extreme example of the phenomenon of stress-induced graying of hair. The biological mechanism behind such graying had long remained a mystery, but researchers said on […]

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WORLD’S FIRST DIGITAL CURRENCY CONSORTIUM ANNOUNCED

Sat 25 January 2020: The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Friday announced the first digital currency consortium to tackle the growing debates surrounding the issue. The Global Consortium for Digital Currency Governance is an initiative to bring together leading companies, financial institutions, government representatives, technical experts, academics, international organizations, NGOs and members of the WEF’s […]

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