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The Science Behind A Punch: "The Money Fight"

September 06, 2017
The recent "Money Fight" was a true head-on clash of fight styles and personalities. In one corner was the quietly confident, undefeated champion of the boxing ring, Floyd ‘The Money’ Mayweather. In the other, was the flamboyant King of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Conor ‘The Notorious’ McGregor.
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2017: A Date With Science

GE Staff
August 21, 2017
A Date With Science is here to guide you through the year of wonder ahead! Dive into a calendar that celebrates innovation, excitement and a tiny bit of geekery. It’s 2017, and this year we’re going to get empirical.
Get your year in order, with a calendar that celebrates the best in science and innovation.

You can download the calendar here. 
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The Five Coolest Things in ASEAN Right Now

August 21, 2017
As one of the fastest growing regions in the world, ASEAN is home to many young entrepreneurs and pioneers across a variety of fields, and here are some of the innovative projects and programs to catch the eye in recent weeks.
Digital Opportunity Opens Up the World

The Five Coolest Things in ASEAN Right Now

Sofia Wong
August 21, 2017
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The Weekend Edition

Editing Human Embryos With CRISPR Is Moving Ahead – Now’s The Time To Work Out The Ethics

Jessica Berg Case Western Reserve University
July 30, 2017

There’s still a way to go from editing single-cell embryos to a full-term "designer baby." But researchers at Oregon Health and Science University say they worked with single-cell embryos, inserting CRISPR chemicals at the time of fertilization.

 

The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they’ve successfully modified the genetic material of a human embryo took some people by surprise.
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The Weekend Edition

18 Science Facts We Didn't Know At The Start Of 2017

Bec Crew Sciencealert
May 28, 2017

We've learned so much already.

 

1. Lungs don't just facilitate respiration - they also make blood. Mammalian lungs produce more than 10 million platelets (tiny blood cells) per hour, which equates to the majority of platelets circulating the body.
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Crowdsourcing CRISPR: It’s Time For The Public To Chime In About Genome Editing

Megan Hochstrasser Innovative Genomics Institute
April 26, 2017

Manipulating our genetic code with CRISPR may be a controversial topic, but it offers scientists the chance to work with the public to shape the ethical future of this technology, writes Megan Hochstrasser of the Innovative Genomics Institute.

 

 

 

How GE Science Temporarily Silenced Yangon’s Ka Lay Wa Temple Bell

Achin Kumar
March 08, 2017
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A sleeping baby, an ancient prayer bell, and GE acoustic engineers were co-stars of the recent GE Unimpossible Missions (UM) video and experiment conducted at Yangon’s Ka Lay Wa Buddhist temple.
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Labracadabra Scientists! Have Yourself An Experimental Holiday

December 20, 2016
For anyone seeking to discover their inner Edison, the holidays have come a bit early this year. That’s because last week GE launched a do-it-yourself science channel on YouTube that gives viewers the recipes to perform their own simple (and safe) lab experiments. The initiative, called LABracadabra, teaches anyone to make frothing lemon volcanoes, bubbling lava lamps and foaming fountains using ingredients they can find around the house.
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Five Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
September 09, 2016
Spiders’ webs aren’t just deadly insect traps but also sophisticated information networks, Costa Rica has been running on renewable electricity for 76 days straight, and researchers in Belgium and the U.S. have assembled the first genetic tree of beer. Cheers to science, but do read on!
 

 

The Itsy Bitsy Spider’s Web Is A Sophisticated Information Network, Scientists Say
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