The best place to retire depends on what you value.
When deciding the best place to retire, it’s important to consider affordability, quality of life, and health care.
Minnesota is the best for quality of life and healthcare, but has low affordability for retirees.
Florida is the best state for retirees, not surprising considering it has the most senior citizens.
Continue reading… “All 50 states ranked for retirement from worst to best”
Stanford researchers have set the stage for an evolution in electronics by taking the concept of ‘artificial skin’ to the next level, demonstrating not only a stretchable circuitry that can feel the touch of a ladybug, but a manufacturing process to mass produce this circuitry.
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The advance of CRISPR gene editing technology, which uses an RNA strand to guide an enzyme called Cas9 to cut a specific portion of DNA, has raised concerns and sparked debate as people envision a not-so-distant future populated by bioengineered super-crops, genetically flawless pets, and customized babies. While the method could be used for these purposes, it’s also showing potential as a valuable medical tool, with a seemingly new condition added each week to the list of what CRISPR may one day cure.
Continue reading… “New CRISPR method takes on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy”
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Self-driving cars that back up their computerized system with a remote human operator instead of a fallback driver at the wheel could be tested on California roads as early as April, the state department of motor vehicles said.
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The moon, shown here in a 1992 image captured by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, is set to get its own mobile phone network.
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Employment models are under strain like never before. There’s an increasing disconnect between employees and the traditional company hierarchy, piling pressure on HR to create more agile and productive working environments.
Continue reading… “Five trends for HR in 2018”
The cryptocurrency market, which trades various digital-based coins, can look exciting, scary, and mysterious all at once to the casual observer. Its pioneer, Bitcoin, dramatically surged in value and steeply dropped (before picking back up) in recent months. ICOs (initial coin offerings for new cryptocurrencies), meanwhile, are emerging at a head-spinning rate.
Atari, the company that dominated the early years of
the American video game industry, has fallen on hard times. Despite the company’s storied history and influence on the gaming industry, it never truly recovered from the video game crash of 1983. The company is still around, however, and recently saw its stock prices soar as it announced a new line of Atari-branded cryptocurrency tokens.
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It could transform how we track nearly every transaction.
You may have heard the term “blockchain” used when people talk about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. If you’re unsure of what it means, think of blockchains as ledgers that keep track of transactions. In the case of bitcoin, the blockchain is a record of financial transactions between parties. The blockchain is decentralized, meaning that no one is in charge of it, and the data isn’t owned or stored by any one company, but rather dispersed across many computers.
Continue reading… “7 facts you didn’t know about blockchain”
Venezuela launched the presale of its own cryptocurrency, the petro, today. There are currently 82 million tokens available, which the government plans to follow with an initial coin offering (ICO) launch in a month. It’s the world’s first sovereign cryptocurrency, built on the Ethereum blockchain and intended in part to save the country from wild inflation. The bolivar has reached quadruple-figure inflation recently, and one bolivar is currently worth 0.00004 USD.
Continue reading… “Venezuela’s own oil-backed cryptocurrency is available for presale today”
Leaders in the learning and talent development space discuss trends affecting the future of corporate training.
The creation of in vitro, or “clean,” meat involves extracting stem cells from animals
The extracted cells are grown and multiplied in a lab to create meat
Experts’ conservative estimates say clean meat will on store shelves by 2021
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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