Hot Issues

Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy childhood leukemia. Novartis Pharmaceuticals set the price for its one-time infusion of so-called "CAR-T cells" at $475,000, but...

As we become increasingly dependent on our smartphones, our smartphones are increasingly becoming targets for scammers, fraudsters, and con artists. And not just for email phishing and online scams, but for phone scams as well. It’s important to keep your guard up when it comes to the use of...

Basics and Prospects Technology comes with both gains and pitfalls. Along with developments in web technologies and emergences of newer online services, security and privacy of data has become a concern among users. That explains why the need to invent more flexible and safer online technologies for data access and sharing...

The House today voted to repeal FCC Broadband privacy rules. This means that ISPs will soon be able to sell your private internet history with only the President's signature needed to make it official. A VPN protects your internet browsing privacy by directly connecting you to an endpoint. Your ISP sees...

The world is becoming more in need of a solution to solve the problem of water pollution. As seen recently in Flint, Michigan and perhaps all over the country, America is not that different from other countries that are searching for answers to this pressing problem. Since water is a basic...

Wearable technology has quickly gone from The Terminator movie set to quickly becoming a normal part of our everyday life. How far into the future do we have to look for this same technology to be embedded under our skin? The time is now and with the subtle and socially acceptable...

"$%^@ Me" is what many parents heard this holiday season after thousands of children opened and played with this popular toy. We don't recall the Tickle Me Elmo having any expletives emitted from its furry face. The hottest toy of 2016, on the other hand, has other plans. Which toy...

Members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum issued their statement on the last day of the Marrakech climate conference. In an effort to show that even the world's poorest countries are committed to dealing with global warming, the Climate Vulnerable Forum members have issued a promise to fully green their economies...

E-liquids have come under scrutiny following a spate of sensationalist news reports on poisoning incidents. While the nicotine in e-liquids means that they need to be handled and stored with care, they're no more dangerous than other common household items. A few common-sense measures could prevent poisonings from occurring. E-cigarettes...

As well as a potential source of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine, the technique could open up new avenues of research into disorders such as Down's syndrome. Human pluripotent stem cells for use in regenerative medicine or biomedical research come from two sources: embryonic stem cells, derived from...