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Tuskegee Syphilis Study descendants request remaining 1974 settlement money

Several descendants of hundreds of black men who for years were left untreated for syphilis during an infamous government study…

Venezuelan opposition prepares to vote against Maduro’s regime on Sunday’s plebiscite

Venezuelans in the country and around the world are preparing to take part in an extensive consultation on Sunday to…

Maryam Mirzakhani, only woman to win mathematics Fields Medal, dies from cancer

Maryam Mirzakhani, the only women ever to have won the Fields Medal, the highest recognition in math, just died after…

Verily releases sterile male mosquitoes in Fresno to stop Zika from spreading

On Friday, Verily started releasing sterile mosquitoes in California. The company, formerly known as Google Life Sciences, released the bacteria-infected…

About 300 pigs will be slaughtered after swine influenza is detected in Ohio

Ohio state officials confirmed today that at least two pigs tested positive for swine flu and ordered the slaughter of…

Facebook’s Oculus announces Rift VR system will now cost $499

Facebook’s Oculus announced today the Rift and Touch part of its VR system will cost $100, bringing the price of the…

SpaceX and NASA will unite forces to colonize Mars

Elon Musk is helping NASA to put Americans on Mars. The agency has been planning to return to the moon…

Tardigrades wouldn’t allow the end of life on Earth

According to scientists, it is challenging that life on Earth disappears, which has been one of their biggest topics for…

Canadian fisherman dies untangling whale and causes NOAA to suspend whale rescue efforts

Earlier this week, a fisherman died in Canada after untangling a whale trapped in commercial fishing gear, and now the…

NASA says it can’t send humans to Mars by the 2030s as expected

A NASA spokesman said on Wednesday that the agency is probably not going to be able to send humans to…