Source: Japan stuns world by announcing it will resume whaling in Antarctic Ocean despite ban

The World Trade Organization’s push to ban the US’ labeling of dolphin-safe tuna provides us with a window into America’s dark future with the TPP. >>>

Security researcher warns hackers could steal personal information and turn the microphone of the doll into a surveillance device Source: Hackers can hijack Wi-Fi Hello >>>

4.8 million records from a Hong Kong toy company were compromised. Source: When children are breached: Inside the massive VTech hack | Ars Technica UK

A new study published in the Biology Letters overturns the popular assumption that the mitochondrial evolution is only visible over long time scales. Source: Mitochondrial >>>

India has approved the sale of generic versions of hepatitis C drugs. The move will bring down the standard course of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir (generic >>>

The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans’ phone records by Sunday and replace the practice with more tightly >>>

An international group of researchers has identified genes that disable HIV-1, suggesting a new strategy for battling the virus that causes AIDS.

A rapid increase in our knowledge of alien worlds has dramatically changed the way scientists are interpreting the famous Drake equation. Source: Astrobiologists Revise the >>>

The first global autonomous car racing championship will start in 2016, the creators of Formula E have announced Source: RoboRace: Formula E announces 300kph autonomous >>>