Scientists have unraveled the mysterious mechanism behind the armpit’s ability to produce the pungent odor of body odor. Researchers at York University traced the source of the armpit odor to a particular enzyme in a certain microbe that lives in the human armpit. To demonstrate that the enzyme was the …
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New York moped ride-sharing company closes after CBS reporter dies – Deadline
UPDATE, with details of the second death Today’s closing announcement of the New York City Revel scooter ride program came hours after the Revel scooter’s second death this month. New York police say a 32-year-old Brooklyn man died after crashing a Revel scooter into a light pole on a Queens …
Read More »Kim Jong Un Says Nuclear Weapons Will Ensure North Korea’s National Security
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised his country’s nuclear weapons as a powerful deterrent against military threats, state media reported, as prospects of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula continue to decline amid stagnant talks with Washington. “We have been able to reliably defend ourselves against any form of high-intensity pressure …
Read More »Lawmaker calls video of plainclothes officers sending teen to unidentified pickup truck during New York City protest “terrifying”
New York – Police and protesters clashed on the streets of New York City on Tuesday after an arrest that some say seemed more like a kidnapping. As reported by CBS New York, the video of the arrest posted on social media is generating outrage. Brooklyn resident Mike Laster has …
Read More »NASA is building a large balloon like a soccer stadium
The dispatch of an observatory to space is usually done by rocket. You stuff the spacecraft into a payload bay, launch it into space, and then deploy it into orbit around Earth. For NASA’s ASTHROS observatory, the space agency has devised a completely different strategy to bring its hardware to …
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