Новости за 21.06.2016

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A Sean Parker-backed clinical trial just got one step closer to becoming the first time the revolutionary gene-editing technology CRISPR is used in humans.

An National Institutes of Health panel on Tuesday ruled unanimously, with one abstention, to let the trial run. The FDA will still need to give to OK to the trial as well before it can get underway.

CRISPR-Cas9 is a tool that allows scientists to swap a particular, potentially faulty gene with another, potentially healthy one. Читать дальше...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US State Secretary John Kerry discussed the ceasefire in Syria and the prospect of renewing Syrian peace talks in Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

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Livestream has been a pioneer in live video since it started in 2007 as Mogulus. But the product didn’t find its niche immediately, CEO Jesse Hertzberg tells Business Insider.

Now Facebook has run into the same problem Livestream intially faced: it's not always easy for media companies to jump from one form to another.

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When Livestream began in 2007, the “blogosphere” was blowing up, Hertzberg explains, though he wasn’t one of the original founders. Читать дальше...

Libertarian Gary Johnson's folksy, upbeat presidential campaign is based around a simple principle: less government. But presidents govern through policies, not just principles, and Mr. Johnson is much weaker on policy than on principle.

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Sanjay Valvani was found dead on Monday night in an apparent suicide less than one week after the hedge fund manager was arrested on insider-trading charges.

U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry said President Barack Obama “has been asking our troops to do more and more but he didn’t ask for more money to pay for it.”

CHICAGO (AP) — Sarah Rafi, a veteran editor who has helped lead Associated Press coverage of such stories as the massive tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri, and the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has been promoted to deputy…

CHICAGO (AP) — Sarah Rafi, a veteran editor who has helped lead Associated Press coverage of such stories as the massive tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri, and the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has been promoted to deputy…

Spice Fort, located in the heart of Fort Kochi, is a heritage boutique hotel offering 27 well-appointed rooms with a funky, contemporary edge. The 140-year-old eco-friendly property has been beautifully restored in strong red tones, has a large pool and is a major supporter of the Kochin Biennale.

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Ex Boston Celtics and Miami Heat star Ray Allen and his wife Shannon opened an organic fast-food restaurant in Miami, and so far reviews have been great. 

Grown opened on March 25 with the goal of making healthy food more accessible. 

"People want to be healthier, eat cleaner and feel better about what they're putting in their bodies," Ray Allen told the Miami Herald.

Grown is one of the first organic fast-food restaurants in the country, and the only one like it with a drive-thru on the East Coast. Читать дальше...

Um passo a passo completo para criar essa inovação.

Em um post no seu Facebook, o William quebrou o galho de muita gente ao hackear uma tomada comum de sua casa e transformá-la em uma tomada USB.

E a melhor parte: o modo de fazer é em formato de GIF!

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Pela explicação do GIF, parece ser algo bem fácil de fazer e requer apenas um pouco de trabalho.

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The Israeli president invited NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to visit the country.

The White House accused U.S. senators of a "shameful display of cowardice" on Tuesday and said they failed the American people by not advancing any gun control measures after the nation's largest mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, last week. "Gun violence requires more than moments of silence," President Barack Obama said on Twitter. "It requires action. In failing that test, the Senate failed the American people."

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Clinton: Donald Trump would send U.S. economy into recession.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Clinton: Donald Trump would send U.S. economy into recession.

Economists often look at the yield curve as an indication of the health of the US economy.

South Africa, West Indies and Australia will all be testing their mental fortitude in the final week of the triangular series.

Den Haag Woningcorporaties kunnen maar liefst 37 miljard euro besteden aan bijna 250.000 nieuwe sociale huurwoningen, heeft minister Stef Blok (Wonen, VVD) laten uitrekenen. Stop met klagen over de verhuurderheffing en ga bouwen, is zijn boodschap. Was het maar zo simpel, waarschuwt hoogleraar woningmarktbeleid Peter Boelhouwer.

Real Madrid look set to activate a buy-back clause to take Alvaro Morata back to the Bernabeu from Juventus, the Italian club's chief executive, Giuseppe Marotta, said.

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In a recent chat with film critics on the set of his upcoming "Justice League" film, director Zack Snyder discussed the negative backlash toward his 2015 film "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," admitting that he even incorporated fan responses into the production and changed the tone of the movie's sequel, "Justice League," which is due for release in November 2017.

"When 'Batman v Superman' came out, I was like, ‘Wow, okay, oof," Snyder admitted to Vulture... Читать дальше...

Details of the attack come one day after the Ministry of Intelligence issued a statement saying it had thwarted a major terrorist attack.