Moody's cuts Barclays standalone rating
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's on Thursday downgradedBarclays' long-term rating outlook to negative from stable, as the British giant struggles with the fallout over an interest rate rigging scandal.
Fetal genome sequenced without the father's DNA
Clinicians seeking to pinpoint genetic diseases in developing fetuses may no longer need to know the identity of the father, thanks to a method for sequencing a fetus's genome using just a blood sample drawn from a pregnant woman.
Fetal genome sequenced without the father’s DNA
The Classic, Beautiful and Controversial Books That Changed Science Forever
Without the work of intellectual giants like Einstein, Newton and Darwin, we might still be in the dark ages. But how many scientists still read the dust-ridden texts where these luminaries first expounded their theories? Thanks to the internet, you no longer have to hunt down these yellowing tomes in a moldy library vault. Here’s the story of 10 famous publications that spun the scientific world off its orbit.
The Classic, Beautiful and Controversial Books That Changed Science Forever
Alison Gopnik explains how children learn to recognize their own reflection in the mirror - an early sign of self recognition called the "Mirror Stage".
The Mirror Stage
Kim Dotcom: Joe Biden Ordered the Megaupload Shutdown
Kim Dotcom says he knows who ordered the shutdown of his company and related sites. The Megaupload founder informs TorrentFreak that he has insider information which reveals that none other than Vice President Joe Biden directed attorney Neil MacBride to target the site. Biden is known to be one of the best friends of former Senator Chris Dodd, who’s now heading the MPAA.
Kim Dotcom: Joe Biden Ordered the Megaupload Shutdown
Scientists Discover Bees Can “Turn Back Time”, Reverse Brain Aging
Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that older honey bees effectively reverse brain aging when they take on nest responsibilities typically handled by much younger bees. While current research on human age-related dementia focuses on potential new drug treatments, researchers say these findings suggest that social interventions may be used to slow or treat age-related dementia.
Scientists Discover Bees Can “Turn Back Time”, Reverse Brain Aging
1 in 5 Americans Has Disability
53 million reported some level of disability in 1997, Census reports.
Nearly 20 percent or about 1 in every 5 Americans have some level of disability according to data released by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau on March 16, 2001.
1 in 5 Americans Has Disability
ACTA dealt major blow by rejection in Europe
The European Parliament has rejected ACTA, the controversial anti-piracy and anti-counterfeit treaty, blocking any signing EU member state from ratifying it into law.
ACTA dealt major blow by rejection in Europe
Megaupload Founder Goes From Arrest to Cult Hero
Last month, a New Zealand software developer, Ben Gracewood, replied to a Twitter post from the Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom, founder of the Megaupload file-sharing site that had been shut down by the F.B.I.
Megaupload Founder Goes From Arrest to Cult Hero
In a time when America's economy and sense of community were crumbling, one guy left everything behind--to see if he could survive solely on the support of the 21st century's new town square: Craigslist. It was in this climate that 29-year-old Joseph Garner cut himself off from everyone he knew and everything he owned, to embark on a bold adventure. Armed with only a laptop, cell phone, toothbrush, and the clothes on his back--alongside the hope that community was not gone but just had shifted--Joseph began his journey. For 31 December days and nights, everything in his life would come from the Craigslist website. From transportation to food, from shelter to companionship, Joe would depend on the generosity of people who had never seen him and whose sole connection to him was a giant virtual swap meet. Would America help Joe? Could he survive with nothing, apart from the goodwill of others?
FUTURE PRIMATE 