A Startup Is Pushing the Boundaries of Biology with Synthetic DNA

Dr. Floyd Romesberg, one of the company?s co-founders, made news last year when he and a team of scientists successfully incorporated two synthetic nucleotide bases into th...

“Normal” & “Virgin” Take Doha Honors

This year’s Doha Tribeca Film Festival jury, led by Jury President Nick Broomfield, has announced the winners of the festival’s Arab Film Competition.

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Eddie Redmayne Named Ambassador of U.K. Film Charity

Later this month he’ll be donning the robes of Newt Scamander as production on the first Harry Potter spin-off – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them –...

Anupam Kher Is UN’s Newest Ambassador For Gender Equality

Veteran actor Anupam Kher has worked in countless films over the years. Not only is he a brilliant performer but he has never backed away from championing a cause he truly ...

Google Won the Internet. Now It Wants to Cure Diseases

WHEN GOOGLE CO-FOUNDER Larry Page dropped his now-famous blog post revealing that Google was reorganizing itself as Alphabet, one of the most striking things was what he ch...

Pope Francis Isn't the Only Religious Leader Calling for Action on Climate Change

Islamic leaders from twenty countries announced on Tuesday a declaration urging governments around the world to secure an international agreement on combating climate chang...

One Small Optical Chip, One Giant Leap For Quantum Computing

Today marked the unveiling of a reprogrammable optical chip that is capable of processing photons in an infinite variety of ways. This development marks a massive step towa...

Haugesund Film Fest Celebrates French, Scandi Cinema

Roar Uthaug’s “The Wave,” Joachim Trier’s “Louder Than Bombs,” Kari Anne Moe’s “Rebels,” Stig Björkman’s &l...

World Humanitarian Day 2015: George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson, Other Celebs Who Support Human Rights Causes

To quote writer J.K. Rowling, “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
Living in the 21st century entails accepting a wo...