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Apr 17, 2021

Uber launches electric option in London at no extra cost

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Uber customers will now be able to request an electric vehicle for the first time as the ride-hailing app looks to become fully electric by 2025.

Launching today Uber Green will give passengers in Zone 1 the opportunity to request an electric vehicle at no extra cost.

The journey will cost the same as a regular UberX journey on the app and drivers will receive a higher fare per trip.

Apr 17, 2021

Elon Musk may build Tesla’s future with high school graduates

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, innovation

OEC promoting innovation and STEM in Africa.


Tesla CEO Elon Musk is recruiting for Giga Texas, which has more than 10000 openings.

Apr 17, 2021

First-ever vaccine for brain tumors reported safe, effective in early trial

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Apr 17, 2021

Toxic chemicals discovered in water systems across the US

Posted by in category: chemistry

Apr 17, 2021

Researchers manipulate antimatter using laser for the first time

Posted by in category: futurism

Apr 17, 2021

Earth’s magnetic field flipped 42,000 years ago, study shows

Posted by in category: futurism

Earth’s magnetic field flipped 42000 years ago, study shows.

Apr 17, 2021

Scientists discover microbes that have not evolved for 175 million years

Posted by in category: biological

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Apr 17, 2021

Have physicists discovered evidence for a new force of nature?

Posted by in category: physics

Click on photo to start video.

This is why physicists are so excited at the moment.

Apr 16, 2021

More Than 500 Genes Linking Depression And Anxiety Discovered in New Study

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Find any two people with a diagnosis of depression, and there’s more than a fair chance one of them will also experience an anxiety disorder at some point in their life.

While the triggers for each condition are undoubtedly complex, it’s clear the genes we inherit can play a strong part in setting us up for a lifetime of bad mental health.

A new study led by researchers from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia has now identified 509 genes shared by both psychiatric disorders.

Apr 16, 2021

This Flying ‘Monkeydactyl’ Is The Only Known Pterosaur With Opposed Thumbs

Posted by in category: futurism

A small, flying reptile glides beneath the canopy of an ancient forest, scouring the trees for tasty bugs. She spots a cicada buzzing in the boughs of a ginkgo tree, then swoops down to snatch it up in her beak. The bug flees; the reptile follows, grasping swiftly along the branches with her sharp claws until – snatch! – she grabs the bug with her opposable thumbs.

It’s not your typical picture of a pterosaur – those iconic, winged reptiles that lived through most of the Mesozoic era (from about 252 million to 66 million years ago).

But according to a new study published April 12 in the journal Current Biology, a newly-described Jurassic pterosaur appears to have lived its life among the trees, hunting, and climbing with the help of its two opposable thumbs – one on each of its three-fingered hands.