New cancer treatment beats chemotherapy without the toxic side effects

New cancer treatment beats chemotherapy without the toxic side effects: "If a locked door must be opened, explosives can be used, but normally it is better to use a key. The conventional treatments for cancer, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, have a range of terrible side effects that resemble the use of explosives. Now a key has been found to treat various forms of leukemia and lymphoma with only very minor side effects. The drug ibrutinib has proven sufficiently safe and effective in early clinical tests by physicians at Ohio State University that it has been given breakthrough drug status by the FDA."

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How Life Will Be | Science Fiction Writers Tell All | Popular Science

How Life Will Be | Science Fiction Writers Tell All | Popular Science: "Pickle-jar technology hasn’t moved an inch in nearly three hundred years, and the cap on the jar in my hands won’t move either. The kids find it hilarious, and their fingers fly above the table as they sketch ghostly images for my benefit. My visual augments display their bright illusions in the air around me—there’s the framework of an unlikely Rube Goldberg device, along with a caricature of me caught in the grip of a huge anthropomorphic pickle jar about to twist my head off."

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Sharp unveils THX-certified, 70-inch Ultra HD television

Sharp unveils THX-certified, 70-inch Ultra HD television: "Sharp has opened CE Week in New York by unveiling a new flagship for its AQUOS line of televisions – the 70-inch AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV.

Boasting four times the pixel resolution of high definition displays, the new model makes use of its dual core processor to optimize the original picture quality which is then interpolated and upscaled to a "4k-like" 3840×2160 image."

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SRT releases $460,000 Viper GT3-R race car

SRT releases $460,000 Viper GT3-R race car: "First there was the 2013 SRT Viper. That Viper attacked time. Then SRT attacked the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Viper GTS-R. Now it's opening the races up to private teams and drivers with the Viper GT3-R."

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‘Magical’ Ultra-Waterproofing Spray Now Coming to a Hardware Store Near You | Video | TheBlaze.com

‘Magical’ Ultra-Waterproofing Spray Now Coming to a Hardware Store Near You | Video | TheBlaze.com: "Earlier this year, we wrote about an amazing demonstration of a water-repelling substance that kept any surface it was applied to clean and dry. Now, a similar concept is being brought to some local hardware stores under a popular paint and coatings brand."

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Even an Insect Expert Was ‘Terrified’ Confronting This Massive Wasp Nest | Video | TheBlaze.com

Even an Insect Expert Was ‘Terrified’ Confronting This Massive Wasp Nest | Video | TheBlaze.com: "A Florida entomologist — a fancy name for an insect expert — is giving an up close and personal look at a wasp nest that he estimates to data back to the time of the dinosaurs."

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Video: Tightrope Walk Across Grand Canyon Without Safeties | ActionHub

Video: Tightrope Walk Across Grand Canyon Without Safeties | ActionHub: "Seventh generation tightrope walker Nik Wallenda set out to walk across the Grand Canyon Sunday, and he succeeded. Wallenda crossed the 1,400-foot wire in just under 23 minutes as a national audience watched courtesy a live telecast on Discovery Channel."

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Rover electric scooter prepares to tackle road or dirt

Rover electric scooter prepares to tackle road or dirt: "Kick scooters like those from Razor can make first/last mile journeys a bit more fun, but they can also be hard work. If you've got a bit of time on your hands, and some technical know-how, you could funk it up a bit with an electric drive and chunky tires for both street and off-road action. "

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Self Freezing Coca-Cola (The trick that works on any soda!) - YouTube

Self Freezing Coca-Cola (The trick that works on any soda!) - YouTube: ""

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What is the Highest Point on Earth?

What is the Highest Point on Earth?: "If you ask people what is the highest point on Earth, the answer from most would be Mount Everest. Depending on how you measure the highest point, Everest is not right if you measure from the center of the Earth, and not from sea level."

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