Americans who went to the polls on election day did not actually choose the president directly. They were technically voting for 8,538 voters, who meet in their respective states, according to a system determined by the constitution, and vote for president and vice president after the popular vote is counted …
Read More »Promising start of new human gene-editing trials
Zoom in / (In bed) Richard Watkins, 49, suffers from complications from sickle-cell disease. Gene therapy has a long and sometimes difficult history. Plenty of human genetic disorders can be found in problems with the same gene, and that makes them a tempting target for improvement. But someone died in …
Read More »Observations of our nearest neighboring star wet the hopes of a potentially habitable planet
When Proxima B is 20 times closer to Earth than its star to the Sun, it receives the same energy – heat and light – that the Earth receives from the Sun because Proxima Centauri is a cooler and smaller star. This puts the planet in the so-called “Goldilocks zone”, …
Read More »PSG-Istanbul Basaksir UCL match to resume: Demba Ba, Pierre Webb to face alleged racism
Paris – The clash with Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League group H Istanbul Basaksir on Tuesday was stopped and will not be resumed until Wednesday after an alleged racial abuse by an assistant manager. The match will resume at 12:55 p.m. The incident happened just 14 minutes into the tie before …
Read More »Harry Styles, BTS, The Weekend, Billy E. Lish, Shawn Mendes and more set for 2020 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball
Update (Nov. 19): Has been added to the weekend lineup. “For 25 years, iHeartaridio’s Jingle Ball has been performing for the biggest performers of the year in hit music, living on stage in front of screaming fans,” said Tom Poleman, iHartMadia’s chief programmer. “Because of the epidemic, we’re going to …
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