Daily Archives: May 16, 2013

Puerto Rico delegate seeks vote for statehood

Posted on May 16, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico AP — Puerto Ricos representative in Congress is seeking an unprecedented yes-or-no vote on whether the island should become the 51st state, submitting a bill Wednesday that riled many in the U.S. territory.The proposal by Pedro … Continue reading →

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A Human Stem Cell Has Been Cloned For the First Time

Posted on May 16, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

Almost two decades ago, scientists succeeded in cloning Dolly the sheep. Now, the same process has been allowed scientists to clone embryonic stem cells from fetal human skin cells for the very first time. There are no more barriers between … Continue reading →

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8 Objects That Signal a New Industrial Revolution

Posted on May 16, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

Are we on the verge of a third industrial revolution? The editors at The Economist certainly think so. But while rapid prototyping and the open source movement have been around for decades now, we had yet to see anyone take … Continue reading →

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Oldest Water Cache Ever Discovered May Hold 1.5 Billion-Year-Old Life

Posted on May 16, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

After kindly asking a group of Canadian miners for a sample of some water theyd struck, a team of scientists who had been investigating similar finds discovered that the fluid they were looking at may have been sealed up for … Continue reading →

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