Archivi annuali: 2021

This is the amusing moment a yellow pet iguana sunbathed on a window sill—looking for all the world like a bikini model posing on the beach. The mango-colored reptile laid on its side, flaunting its stomach while its owner watched in amusement in Thailand’s Chonburi province this January. It was even resting on one of

When Dr. Alex Oshymansky started a public-benefit company to combat the exploding prices of certain prescription drugs, he attracted the interest of Shark Tank billionaire investor, Mark Cuban. The Dallas radiologist started in 2015 with Osh’s Affordable Pharmaceuticals. Four years later, he was marketing under the name “Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Co,” and donating

The imminent execution in Iran of a man who was allegedly tortured into confessing that he belonged to a jihadist group must be stopped, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.The imminent execution in Iran of a man who was allegedly tortured into confessing that he belonged to a jihadist group must be

With the help of some truly potent pooches, the Miami Heat will be able to allow some ticket holders in to watch their games provided they get the A-okay from a team of COVID-19 sniffing dogs. Several countries have already trained dogs to sniff out COVID-19, and the combination of masks, socially distanced seating maps,

As if lab-grown meat wasn’t a head turner, a group of scientists at MIT are plotting lab-grown wooden furniture. The two projects are nearly identical, made by cultivating cells to divide and multiply into forms outside of their parent phylum, and the proof-of-concept study is a powerful first step towards finding alternatives to forestry. According