BBC News : A 14-year-old girl who wanted her body to be preserved, in case she could be cured in the future, won a historic legal fight shortly before her death. The girl, who was terminally ill with a rare cancer, was supported by her mother in her wish to be cryogenically preserved – but […]
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BBC News : Private rocket firm SpaceX has applied for government permission to launch satellites that will provide global broadband internet access. In a filing to the US Federal Communications Commission (FFC), it laid out details about its plans for a 4,425-strong satellite network. It is one of several companies aiming to deploy satellite-based internet
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Twitter boss sorry . BBC News : Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has apologised after an advert for a white supremacist group appeared on the social media platform. The advert promoted an article headlined, “The United States was founded as a white people’s republic.” Mr Dorsey tweeted that the firm had “made a mistake” and
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By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News Scientists have improved “the most important biological process on the planet” – photosynthesis.The breakthrough, published in the journal Science, used genetic modification to increase the amount of sunlight energy crop plants can channel into food production. That increased yield in an experimental crop by 15%. Researchers say this is
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Health.com : A new post by Foodie Girl Fitness proves self-acceptance is everything.Ashlie Molstad knows the true value of self-acceptance. In a recent post, the social media star known as Foodie Girl Fitness shared two pics of herself taken minutes apart. In the first, she’s standing tall in a sports bra and underwear, looking sculpted
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Health.com : New research finds promising evidence for computer programs designed to sharpen thinking skills.You’ve probably seen ads for computer games designed to make you smarter and keep you feeling young—mentally, at least. But maybe you’ve also heard that their benefits have been exaggerated, if not debunked entirely. So what’s the deal with these brain training games? Are they
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ByAnthea Levi : Health.com The holiday that stars turkey isn’t easy on vegans. But vegan versions of traditional turkey-day dishes do exist—and they’re delicious. Take it from Isa Chandra Moskowitz, the bestselling cookbook author behind the new Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook ($32, amazon.com), which is packed with crowd-pleasing, animal-product-free recipes for Thanksgiving and almost every other occasion you can
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The latest feature could spell bad news for rivals such as Skype and Apple’s Facetim. WhatsApp has introduced a new feature likely to strike fear into the hearts of its competitors: video calling. After months in the beta stage, the Facebook-owned tech giant rolled out the update on Tuesday to its more than one billion monthly users.
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ByRozalynn S. Frazier Health.com She’s proving you don’t need to be “a slender, white, traditionally educated, and affluent woman” to practice yoga.Let’s talk about girl crushes. I totally have one on Jessamyn Stanley, whose class I had the pleasure of taking at The Yoga Collective in New York City. A certified yoga instructor in Durham,
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We’ve all seen her—the woman in yoga class who flows from crow pose to headstand with ease. Guess what? You too can be the envy of the yoga studio (just kidding, sort of). But seriously, getting a handle on “difficult” poses is a matter of believing in yourself, letting yourself fail, and just, plain good
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