Plants and AnimalsVideo Shows How Okapis Suck In Their Eyes to Avoid Branches When you live in an area filled with pointed branches ready to poke your eye out, walking about with your googlies on display might be…
TechnologySolar-Powered Device Could Provide Clean Water to A Billion People, Study Suggests Approximately 2.2 billion people believed to be without access to safe, clean drinking water, and experts project that this figure will rise as rising sea…
BusinessSoftBank-backed Indian logistics startup Delhivery files for $1 billion IPO Delhivery, an Indian logistics firm, said in a filing with the local regulator that it plans to raise $998 million in its first public offering,…
TechnologyMusk Says He’d Sell $6 Billion Of Tesla Stock If UN Can Prove How It’ll Solve World Hunger Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has gotten into a Twitter feud with the president of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) over suggestions…
EnvironmentOcean Cleaning Voyages Could Powered By the Plastic They Collect Plastic gathered from the sea may turn to oil, according to research, and the conversion could take place aboard the ship, powering it and establishing…
BusinessNubank’s IPO Filing Gives us a Peek Into Nubank Economics We are progressively gaining a clearer sense of the economics of such business initiatives as the nubanking boom has grown into a collection of huge…
BusinessLivestream video shopping app NTWRK rises $50M from Goldman Sachs, Kering NTWRK, a video shopping app that helped popularize the idea of live-streamed commerce in the United States, announced today that it has raised $50 million…
BusinessGoldman Sachs spinoff Juven to back African high-growth companies with large checks Juven, a Mauritius-based and UK-based investment firm, went operational today with intentions to support African growth-stage technology and consumer startups. In a statement, the one-year-old…
ChemistrySilver Cyanide – a Chemical Compound Silver cyanide is a chemical compound with the formula AgCN. It is a poisonous compound that forms complex cyanides in silver plating and is obtained…
PharmacyAnti-Seizure Medication Helps some Alzheimer’s Patients Improve their Cognitive Function According to research published in the September 27th edition of JAMA Neurology, an affordable anti-seizure medicine significantly improves learning, memory, and other cognitive abilities in…
AstronomyIota Horologii b – an Extrasolar Planet Iota Horologii b, also known as HR 810 b, is an extrasolar planet located 56.5 light-years away in the constellation Horologium (The Pendulum Clock). It…
ManagementStaggered Board A staggered board, also known as a categorized board, is a group of directors where a portion of the board is chosen each year. Only…