In what appears to be a freak of nature, 323 reindeer, including 70 calves, were killed after they were struck by the same bolt of lightning in a Norwegian national park. While the numbers are staggering, it isn’t common for lightning to kill animals or individuals. India, too, has seen ... Read More »
Adding another feather to its cap, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), on Sunday, successfully tested two indigenous scramjet engines at the the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at around 6.00 am. The on-flight test of the two air-breathing engines was conducted successfully with Isro’s Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV), ... Read More »
If you search for “Hillary Clinton” and “health” on Google, you’re likely to come up with some pretty terrifying stuff — and much of it is false. Photos of the 68-year-old Democratic presidential nominee apparently so weak that she has to be helped up a short flight of stairs by aides. Speculation that the head ... Read More »
There are few things in this world Ricky Rubio loves more than basketball, the electricity he feels when he’s on the fastbreak, teammates running with him and a no-look lob pass just begging to be thrown. His mother, Tona, was certainly one of them. The point guard spent all of ... Read More »
Hillary Clinton’s chief strategist, Joel Benenson, got angry at MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Thursday when he was asked about Hillary Clinton’s health, particularly her receiving injections. Mitchell asked Benenson if he would give a rebuttal to the photo that has recently gone viral about Clinton allegedly receiving medical injections. She also asked him ... Read More »
“Doesn’t she look tired?” has always been code for “this woman is weak,” and now Trump supporters are using it to attack Hillary Clinton’s health. Last Friday, Clinton released a slew of documents, largely to increase the pressure on Trump to release his tax returns. Among these documents were her ... Read More »
In December 2012, Hillary Clinton sustained a concussion. The secretary of state had become so dehydrated she fainted, hit her head, and, as a result, was brought to New York-Presbyterian Hospital for a follow-up MRI scan of her brain. Doctors discovered a blood clot inside a vein inside her skull and ... Read More »
Donald Trump likes to insinuate that Hillary Clinton is in poor health: too weak and mentally “unstable” to fight ISIS, too “low-energy” to rally crowds. During a speech in Ohio, Trump said Clinton “lacks the mental and physical stamina” to be president. He once even insisted Clinton takes too many naps. (“No ... Read More »
India’s largest cab aggregator Ola on Wednesday said it was shutting down operations at TaxiForSure (TFS), a move seen as a bid to integrate its operation and cut costs. The decision comes 17 months after Ola acquired its cross-town rival for $200 million (Rs.1,200 crore) in a cash and equity ... Read More »
I’ve been obsessed with William Gibson’s last novel, “The Peripheral,” since it came out in 2014. It touches on many widely discussed themes in 2016, including growing economic inequality, rule by technology, and the catastrophic effects of climate change. Gibson is most famous for inventing the term “cyberspace,” which he coined in his 1982 short story, “Burning ... Read More »
Pollinator decline is not solely a governmental or individual problem but one which urgently requires a multi-organizational solution. Corporations have both a social and economic responsibility to assist in developing this solution. First, from a social perspective, corporations not only have a direct impact on pollinator decline through use of insecticides (agricultural companies), but ... Read More »
As in so many areas of business, technology is radically transforming health care and health plans. “But there’s good technology and there’s bad technology. Seamless technology and non-integrated technology. Essential, intuitive technology and bells-and-whistles technology. You get the idea,” says Kismet Toksu, president of eBenefits Solutions, an affiliate of UPMC ... Read More »
