Seeking immortality: Aubrey de Grey at TEDxSalford
Source: Youtube TED Talks Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease — and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he […]
The World’s Last Male Northern White Rhino Has Died
Source: Time By ELI MEIXLER March 20, 2018 The world’s last male northern white rhino has died, according to a Kenyan wildlife conservatory and anti-poaching NGO WildAid, spelling the likely extinction for […]
Stem Cell Treatment Could Be a Game-Changer for People With MS
Source: Time By ALICE PARK March 19, 2018 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. Researchers reported encouraging results for a stem cell transplant for multiple sclerosis (MS) that some doctors and […]
Xi Jinping warns any attempt to split China is ‘doomed to fail’
Source: BBC News Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered a fervently nationalistic closing speech to parliament, painting China as the rising global power. Mr Xi said “achieving total unity” was […]
Texas explosions: Trump vows to catch ‘sick’ bomber
Source: BBC News US President Donald Trump has said that a series of deadly bombings in Texas were carried out by “sick people”, and also pledged justice for the victims. […]
Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street
Source: MSN News Sydney Maki and Alexandria Sage An Uber self-driving car hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona, police said on Monday, marking the first fatality […]
The Real Reason You Procrastinate
Source: Time By ANDREW SANTELLA March 19, 2018 IDEAS Andrew Santella is the author of Soon: An Overdue History of Procrastination, from Leonardo and Darwin to You and Me. This article would […]
Canada Struggles as It Opens Its Arms to Victims of ISIS
Source: The Washington Post By CATHERINE PORTER CALGARY, Alberta — As leader of one of Canada’s largest refugee agencies, Fariborz Birjandian, a refugee himself, has years of experience welcoming the world’s […]
After Documenting Nazi Crimes, A French Priest Exposes ISIS Attacks On Yazidis
Source: NPR BY ELEANOR BEARDSLEY Patrick Desbois, a Roman Catholic priest, has spent the last 15 years investigating and uncovering the details of Nazi massacres across Eastern Europe and Russia, crimes […]
Cardinal Keith O’Brien dies after fall
Source: BBC News Cardinal Keith O’Brien, formerly the Catholic Church’s most senior cleric in Britain, has died at the age of 80. The cardinal, who resigned as Archbishop of St Andrews […]
Decaying notion of one Ummah
Source: ET A few days ago, the whole world witnessed the epitome of political hypocrisy when the chief propagandist of a Muslim travel ban was warmly welcomed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Islam. As a result, the Saudi-government invited taunts on social media for allegedly honouring […]