NEWS, TECH

America’s most hated man, Martin Shkreli, who raised the price of AIDS drugs arrested

Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli who earned the title 'America's most hated man in September', when he jacked up the price of the anti-parasitic drug Daraprim, that benefits AIDS patients, pregnant women and cancer patients from $13.50 to $750 has been arrested. It is alleged he illegally used stock from the biotechnology firm  he owned, Retrophin Inc. to pay off debts related to his struggling hedge fund and to pay back angry investors. (more…)

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TECH

4 Female Nigerian Scientists Honored with Doctoral Fellowships at L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards for Sub-Saharan Africa!

The 2015 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Fellows Innovation in science knows no gender or race, especially when it comes to individuals breaking new grounds & creating a future we can count on. We are excited and proud to announce that the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science initiative has recognized 4 Nigerian women for their innovation and excellence in the field of science, and has awarded them Doctoral Fellowships. The ceremony, which has been organised by UNESCO and the L’Oreal Foundation selected 12 recipients from the Sub-Saharan

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Hmmm A Device To Help Men Strengthen Their Penises

Men, get ready for a different kind of workout. A new device will help you perform a variety of pelvic floor exercises -- a.k.a. Kegels -- that can boost sexual stamina and prevent leaks from your bladder, making it a nice idea for guys young and old. It's called the kGoal Boost and it kind of looks like a black and blue vagina. The thing is basically a big pulsing button that you sit on. You can put it on your office chair, your church pew, whatever. The kGoal Boost may not be the first such device, but it might be the most interactive. It connects to a

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TECH

These are the countries with the best Internet connections in the world

If the Internet is important to you, you may need to reconsider where you live based on the results of a new report from the International Telecommunication Union, which has revealed the countries with the best Internet connections in the world. According to the study, which took into account Internet speed and the percentage of people who have access to a connection, we all need to move to South Korea if we want to be better connected – it just topped the list for the second time in a row. Other developed countries, however, didn’t fare as well as you might expect.

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TECH

9 surprising Australian innovations that changed the world

By now, most Australians know that our university researchers were behind the invention of the bionic ear, but more often than not, the world tends to focus more on our venomous snakes and spiders and overly muscular kangaroos than anything coming out of our labs. But the reality is that Australia puts out 3.9 percent of the world's research, with only 0.3 percent of the world's population, and a lot of that research has been translated into inventions and products that you use everyday… like penicillin and Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, without adequate funding, these typ

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