The Przewalski horse is one of the rarest in the world and has just been cloned in Texas. It’s a breakthrough that could allow us to restore genetic diversity for many other species in the future. US scientists have made a major breakthrough in restoring genetic diversity among horses...
Launching in lockdown has proved a fatal miscalculation for mobile centric streaming service Quibi. Six months ago, at the height of the first COVID-19 lockdown, veteran execs Jaffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman boldly opted to launch a mobile-centric streaming service called Quibi. Spurred by a clear consumer demand for short-bite TikTok-esque...
COVID-19 has stolen an education from the world’s poorest, as many will never get the chance to return to school. As Western nations debate the best way to re-open schools in a safe and sensible manner, Gen Z students in developing nations have faced an education interruption they’ll likely never...
#EndSARS is fast becoming the biggest change movement for young activists in Nigeria’s history. Here’s how you can help. While fights to end police brutality within the US have grabbed headlines consistently throughout 2020, Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement had been bubbling under the surface years before the heinous shootings that shocked...
Gen Z is one of the biggest drivers of dark social traffic, often blurring the line between private and public social media activity - it’s only set to increase. Dark social is commonly used to describe any online interaction or click that can’t be traced by third parties or...
China’s cultural eradication of their Islamic majority amounts to ‘genocide’, a Canadian parliamentary subcommittee concludes. Canada has officially become the first government to call a spade a spade this week and label the CCP’s treatment of the Uighur people a genocide. In an important development for the mission to liberate...
It’s the first time a leader of the Catholic Church has properly recognised the legal legitimacy of same sex couples, but it’s not indicative of actual change just yet. Pope Francis has expressed support for same-sex couples in a new documentary called Francesco that recently premiered at the Rome Film...
Scientists warn that glaciated landscapes should be looked at ‘with the same kind of glasses’ as active volcanoes. A group of concerned scientists penned an open letter to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources this May regarding a potentially catastrophic situation brewing in the Prince William sound area on...
The controversy surrounding microtransactions in gaming is back, and – you guessed it – EA is at the forefront. There are a few constants in life: the sun will rise and fall, seasons will come and go, and EA will continue to cause a raucous in the gaming community...
Banksy’s 2005 parody of Monet’s famous work ‘The Water-Lily Pond’ is a commentary on modern commercialism and the subsequent environmental damage. It’s also just made big bucks at auction. One of Banksy’s works titled ‘Show Me The Monet’ has just been sold at auction for $9.8 million USD. It’s the...
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