Andre Mitchell
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Donate money, save the world: Group seeks funds to defend Earth against asteroids
Hollywood doomsday movies have depicted enormous asteroids headed towards the Earth, threatening to wipe out the entire human race. A non-profit organization in Denmark believes this scenario can happen in real life, although to a smaller extent, and the group is seeking funds to prepare for such an eventuality.
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US records all-time-high number of Americans who renounced their citizenship
The United States government has recorded an all-time-high number of Americans who renounced their citizenship during the first quarter of 2015.
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'Man with the Golden Arm': Australian man saves 2 million babies through his blood donations
Australian man James Harrison, 78, has literally provided the lifeblood to over 2 million infants so far, by donating blood plasma from his right arm almost every week for the past 60 years.
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New study links birth month to disease risks, say astrologers
Astrologers have long linked birth months to fortune, personality and life direction, but without much data to back their claims up. Data scientists however recently found a trend that may correlate a person's birth month with risks of developing certain health problems.
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Glass deposits found on Mars: Life 'conveniently bottled' on Red Planet?
In what could be a pivotal step towards the study of whether life existed on Mars, space scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently made an unexpected discovery on the surface of the Red Planet: glass deposits.
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NSA may be transcribing your phone calls, Snowden documents reveal
The National Security Agency (NSA) may not just be listening to your phone calls. It may also be keeping transcripts of your private phone conversations.
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In some US hospitals, patients get charged over 10 times the cost of healthcare
The cost of healthcare in 50 hospitals in the United States is more than 10 times higher for uninsured patients compared to the actual cost for patient care, a recent study published on a medical journal revealed.
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Transgenders medically fit to serve military â largest US doctors' group
Seeking to overturn a ban imposed by the federal government, the American Medical Association (AMA) recently affirmed that transgender individals are medically fit to join the United States' military.
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NASA building cheaper, greener supersonic aircraft for commercial use
Will human beings be able to board planes that can fly faster than the speed of sound, but with less impact on the environment? The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is taking a step towards this direction, and it involves millions of dollars.
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A village on the moon: Europe's space agency planning to build 'Lunarville'
The incoming head of the European Space Agency (ESA) recently announced a plan to build a village on the moon to replace the International Space Station currently orbiting Earth.
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Humans will become artificially intelligent cyborgs by 2030, Google official predicts
Can you imagine yourself being a half-robot in the near future, doing Internet searches just using your brain and backing up memories like computer data? Ray Kurzweil, the engineering director of search giant Google, sees this happening in the next 15 years.
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Diabetes cure latest news: Common bacteria is found to cause metabolic disease
For years, scientists and even ordinary people that diabetes is primarily caused by genetics and unhealthy lifestyle practices. A recent research however revealed that this metabolic disease can be brought about by a very inconspicuous cause: a common bacteria.