Day December 13, 2016

Heroin Now Kills More People Than Guns In America

Image: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority’s SEPTA Transit Police via AP For the first time ever, deaths in America due to heroin overdose outnumber gun homicides. And before you ask, no, the number of gun homicides hasn’t been dropping. Good lord.…

Which Altcoins Are Implementing SegWit?

SegregatedWitness (SegWit) — the proposed upgrade to the Bitcoin protocol developed by the Bitcoin Core developers — is still far from activation. Requiring 95 percent of hash power to signal support for the solution, miner-adoption has seemingly stagnated at around 25 percent for…

Scientists design the next-gen CRISPR for gene editing

CRISPR is already effective enough to be used in experimental therapies for leukemia, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease and other conditions. But a team of scientists from Western University have created an even more effective version of CRISPR by adding…

First feathered dinosaur tail found encased in amber

Scientists have found dinosaur-era feathers and evidence of them in fossil impressions before. But this is the first time they’ve discovered a full-feathered tail section preserved in amber, ripe for forensic analysis and Spielbergian dreams. Paleontologist Lida Xing of the…

Fintech Revolut raises fees as it waits for licence

Nikolay Storonsky, CEO & Founder of Revolut. Revolut LONDON — International money exchange startup Revolut has become to latest fintech to increase the fees it charges to customers. Revolut announced in a blog post on its website late last week…