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Image: Soccer Genomics The premise behind Yes or No Genomics is simple: Genetic disease is typically caused by a variation in at least one of the many thousands of genes in the human genome, so knowing whether your DNA code contains variants could suggest whether your health is at risk. And for just $199, the…

Photo: Mike Wilson/Unsplash You already know that texting and driving is against the law, but for a few years now cities across the US have considered making texting while crossing the street illegal. Honolulu is one of those cities. Honolulu’s City Council passed a bill Wednesday that makes it illegal for pedestrians to use their…

FRESNO – A giant muggenwolk hums in the coming weeks through the streets of the Californian city of Fresno. That is not a pest but a good thing. The population can hope that by the arrival of the swarm in the future, the Aedes aegypti, which for the first time in 2013 appeared in the…

LONDON – The American neurologist Michio Hirano will be next week, the very ill British boy Charlie Gard investigations. That has news agency PA Friday, reported with a reference to a hearing in the London court. On appeal, the court must determine whether new expertise suspending justify the earlier opinion that it is medically inadvisable…

ANKARA – Turkey has Friday, a day before the commemoration of the failed coup a year ago, again, with more than 7000 public servants, by decree, dismissed. It mainly goes to police officers, civil servants and academics. The purification of the state apparatus that the government-Erdogan after the coup of 15 July 2016 ordered, got…

Inside the old hangar for military bombers, located in Western Poland, in a short time, the start of the experiment to simulate life on the moon and Mars. Within two weeks of the “mission” called Poland Mars Analogue Simulation 2017 (abbreviated all PMAS) will be the observation of a group of six volunteers, acting as…

In these crazy days it is very difficult to maintain good eyesight and protect eyes from irritation, drying and pain. Still — if our day begins and ends with the mandatory study of social networks is before sleep or after waking up. Many smartphone manufacturers are working to minimize the impact of the blue rays…

The MIG-35 is a supersonic lightweight fighter, which is the transitional link between the MIG-29 and the fifth generation fighter. Of the key features of the aircraft, the authors say increased flight range, increased points of suspension arms and reduced radar signature. The first test aircraft took place in January 2017 in the suburbs on…

We all know that DNA is the carrier of genetic information. But can this structure to store information not only about our genome, but also any other? Numerous studies and experiments showed that it is indeed possible. And recently a group of scientists from Harvard medical school in Boston managed to record the DNA of…

Simple disposable robots can quickly perform a few simple tasks can be very useful in a number of cases. For example, if you need somewhere to climb or pass through a winding narrow passage. To do expensive robots in this situation — not the most sensible pastime, but to produce the simplest mechanism from a…