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Pattaya taxi drivers force tourist couple out of Uber car
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/05/2017
» As tourist husband & wife get into car in Pattaya, five men surround car in threatening manner & block it from leaving. Has also happened to real estate agents mistaken for Uber drivers.
First recycled rocket journey: SpaceX hails revolution
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/03/2017
» New era of reusable rockets & cheap space travel begins with space tourism & flight to Mars coming soon.
Brain Prize goes to dopamine, addiction neurotransmitter
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/03/2017
» Scientists who uncovered secrets of dopamine & its role in reward & addiction in the brain honoured in this year's Brain Prize.
Birth control for men: Works in monkeys, humans next
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/02/2017
» Search for long-term, reversible, non-surgical birth control for men to avoid side-effects that women suffer from birth control pills, coming soon.
Pregnant Beyonce breaks Instagram record
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/02/2017
» Singer Beyonce, pregnant with twins, sets Instagram record with 6.33 likes in eight hours with photo wearing lingerie and clutching her belly.
Thai shrimp wins in US court
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/01/2017
» Costco shrimp couldn't be traced back to slave labour on Thai fishing boats says judge who is concerned about human trafficking.
Parkinson's disease traced back to gut bacteria
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/12/2016
» Bacteria in gut (stomach, intestines) apparently release chemicals that over-activate parts of the brain that leads to Parkinson's disease, researchers at Caltech have found.
Young blood for old: Road to long life?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/11/2016
» Immortality & eternal life, a dream for thousands of years, may become more real with new blood filtering technologies.
University without teachers or tuition payments
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/11/2016
» With students teaching each other & working together on real work projects, new French university model suggests new directions for higher education.
Nobel Chemistry Prize: Tiny molecular machines
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/10/2016
» Nanomachines, the world's smallest machines, promising as parts of new materials, sensors & energy storage systems, won the prize this year.