Opinion: The Dilemma of Eradicating Extremism
Promoting Nazi ideology in France, Germany and a number of European countries is considered a crime punishable by law. This is not because opposing ideas are prohibited, but rather because this ideology in particular threatens social peace and encourages discrimination. There are those who believe that the promotion of extreme Islamist ideology such as that […]
US-led air strikes kill 21 civilians in Syria
At least 21 civilians have been killed in air strikes by US-led coalition planes against areas in Syria held by the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS), a monitoring group said. In Monday’s air strikes on the northern Syrian town of Manbij, 15 civilians were killed in the […]
DNA Can Be Used To Predict Academic Achievement, Learning Disabilities
Scientists say they can predict academic achievement just by looking at someone’s DNA. The King’s College London scientists used a new genetic scoring technique and found that a genetic score comprising 20,000 DNA variants explains almost 10 percent of the differences between children’s educational attainment at the age of 16. According to a statement from […]
World’s Smallest Hard Drive Writes Data Atom-By-Atom
Dutch scientists have developed a unique solution to deal with the data storage problem. By manipulating single atoms, researchers have created the world’s smallest hard drive capable of storing 1 kilobyte of data (8000 bits) in a space under 100 nanometers across. Using this technology, one could store all the books in the world on […]
Melania Trump speech tarnished by plagiarism claim
Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, took centre stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention, but found herself in the midst of an embarrassing plagiarism controversy. The billonaire businessman’s wife appeared to have taken liberal inspiration from a 2008 speech by US First Lady Michelle Obama for her own address to the Republican convention […]