OPEC is Sticking to Its Cuts, Exhibited by Oil Shipments

As OPEC, the group of oil producing countries from the Middle East, implements production cuts aimed at erasing a global surplus, oil supplies from OPEC are plunging this month, as mentioned by tanker-tracker Petro-Logistics SA. The Geneva-based consultant said that in January, the first month of the accord’s implementation, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will…

AC Milan is Worth Less than This Chinese Soccer Team

Putting it on par with some of the best teams in the West, including seven-time European champion AC Milan, a recent investment in Chinese soccer team Beijing Guoan pegs the value of the club at more than $800 million. According to a statement issued yesterday, taking over from previous owner Chinese conglomerate Citic Ltd., Beijing-based property developer Sinbo…

Trump’s attempts to muzzle the scientific community will receive a very public backlash

Apart from the Women’s March, all those who oppose Trump’s attempt to block the flow of the dissipation of scientific knowledge and data will march against Trump’s policies. Access to scientific knowledge and data cannot be allowed to be obfuscated or placed beyond the reach of every citizen of this planet. As a result of…

Gene-alteration in ants has the potency for medical breakthroughs

According to the study, even an insignificant alteration of the ant’s DNA can impact its social behaviour. The study has the potential to impact research on complex biological systems such as autism, depression and even cancer. What is the percentage of societal behavior dictated by genetics, could be a million dollar question. Before you jump forward…

U.S. Agricultural Department rescinds gag order after vocal outcry from the scientific community and the public

The U.S. Agriculture Department had temporarily been ordered to not share its research regarding the effects and impact of climate change with taxpayers, the very people whose money is used to fund the research. Thankfully it didn’t last long: it was just day before yesterday that the United States’ Department of Agriculture had issued an…

Upcoming Elections in European Countries Might Not Have to Worry About Fake News’ Influence

Measures are being unrolled across the continent to safeguard against fake news interfering with campaigning with a series of major European elections in the calendar for 2017. However the phenomenon, which is thought by some to have led to U.S. President Donald Trump’s electoral success, is already past its peak, according to one analyst who spoke…

MIT Researchers create sensors powerful enough to detect changes in a single protein

This new sensor array system could potentially lead to new breakthroughs in biopharmaceutical treatments. Although carbon nanotubes have since long been associated with new breakthroughs in computer science, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have now found an alternative use for them – medicine and chemical engineering. Researchers at MIT have published a paper…

EPA officials disclose Trump’s plan of pulling climate change data from the EPA’s website

This is despite gag order. Scientists are planning to take their protest to the streets in March. Despite receiving a gag order, officials from the U.S Environmental Protection Agencies have disclosed to Reuters that their paymasters have instructed them to remove this page from its website. Meanwhile on the official White House website, a page devoted to…