Creepy Startup Selling Young People’s Blood to the Rich Now Accepts PayPal
A graduate of Stanford University - incubator of such famous blood-linked companies as Theranos - has launched a controversial start-up company, called…
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“Below 1%”: The Monarch Butterfly Is Approaching Total and Irreversible Extinction
The monarch butterfly, the majestic black-and-orange pollinator that once covered winter trees like leaves from the Baja California Peninsula up to Cal…
Facebook Accused of Using ’10-Year Challenge’ Meme to Improve Its Facial Recognition
While the “10-Year Challenge” spreading across social media may appear to be the latest innocuous viral phenomenon, sweeping upwards of 5 million users…
First Plants Ever Grown on the Moon Are Already Dead
Well, that certainly didn’t take long. Barely a day after the Chinese government released tantalizing photos of the first ever plants to grow on the…
China Has Just Grown Plants on the Moon for the First Time in Human History
China is racking up an impressive set of achievements in its latest lunar mission after successfully landing on the far side of the moon, and its newes…
Elephants Are Evolving And Losing Their Tusks to Survive Poaching
In recent years zoologists and biologists have noticed remarkable evolutionary changes taking place within the animal kingdom. Some are even noticing s…
Weird Things Are Happening to Earth’s Magnetic Poles and Nobody Knows Why
Has technology been on the fritz for you lately? If so, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, we don’t have many theories as to why, other than that the Ear…
You Are Now More Likely to Die From Opioids Than a Car Crash in the US
For the first time in recorded history, U.S. residents are more likely to die from an opioid overdose than from a car accident, according to a new anal…
Your Old Tweets Give Away More Location Data on Your Day-to-Day Life Than You Think
In an age where shady third-party vendors are able to parse, store, and resell private consumer data seemingly at will, it would seem obvious that we s…
US Cancer Deaths Are Plummeting, but Only for the Rich
New data from the American Cancer Society suggests that while death rates resulting from cancer in the United States have dropped by a stunning 27 perc…
