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· Carl Samson
Asian Scientists Discover Why Durians Stink in Genome Study
Scientists in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong identified what gives durian its distinctive aroma that does not exactly please the human collective. Through advanced sequencing technology, researchers at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and Duke-NUS Medical School…
· Bryan Ke
Popular Chinese Herbal Tea Claims It Can Increase Life Expectancy By 10%
A popular herbal tea drink in China is said to have certain medicinal attributes that can increase a person’s life expectancy by 10%, but some Chinese netizens find the recent claims a bit hard to swallow. Li Chuyuan, chairman of the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group, the…
· Carl Samson
Japan Creates Chickens That Lay Eggs With Valuable Drugs in Them
Japan successfully created chickens that lay eggs containing a drug that combats diseases such as cancer and hepatitis. The drug, interferon beta, is a type of protein with antiproliferative and antiviral properties. Among others, it may also be used to treat multiple sclerosis,…
· Carl Samson
Chinese DACA Recipient Who Came to the U.S. For Life-Saving Treatment Now Fears Deportation
A Chinese woman who was brought to the U.S. at age 12 to cure of a rare disorder is now afraid she must leave after the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) expires in six months. Fan Ding, a native of Beijing, moved with her father to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1996.
· Ryan General
Chinese Scientists Become the First to Alter Human Genes to Fight Cancer
A group of Chinese scientists from Chengdu have just become the first to use CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology on an actual full-grown human being. Simply put, CRISPR-Cas9 is a technology which allows geneticists and medical researchers to edit parts of the genome (genes…
· Editorial Staff
President Obama Hints He May Head to Silicon Valley for His Next Job
As President Obama’s eight years in office comes to an unfortunate end, the soon-to-be former-Commander-in-Chief is considering what his next job could be, and it could be one that will shake up Silicon Valley. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Obama expressed his interest…
· Editorial Staff
Dogs May Have Been Domesticated Twice, According to New Finding
The debate over whether dogs were domesticated in Europe or Asia may finally be resolved after all these years. Researchers recently found the remains of a 5,000-year-old dog in Ireland, suggesting dogs could have been domesticated twice, including once in Asia and another time…
· Editorial Staff
Science Discovers That Plants Know When They Are Being Eaten — And They Don’t Like It
There’s some news that vegans and vegetarians everywhere should know: Plants are smart enough to know when they are being eaten and take action to stop it because they obviously don’t want to die. According to a 2014 study conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri,…
· Editorial Staff
How a College Dropout Became the Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire in the World
At 31 years old, Elizabeth Holmes is the world’s youngest female billionaire. She is very often compared in media profiles to her idol, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. On her company’s board of directors sits powerful political luminaries such as George Schultz, Henry Kissinger,…
· Sarah Lesnar
Here’s the 3-Minute Pitch That Earned One Entrepreneur $1.2 million
When Cindy Wu was a 22-year-old student at the University of Washington, she had an idea but needed funding. Her idea wasn’t for profit –it simply aimed to advance medical science. Wu had been part of an award-winning undergraduate team that created an enzyme which allows the…