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@laymanave

Singaporean, introvert, interest in all things & have many questions!

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@laymanave Jan 16, 2017, 5:24 AM UTC

Most powerful Passports in 2017

Globalization is part of our lives now. Big part of globization is the traveling to different countries either for leisure or business. The ease of global travel seems to depend more on where you com…

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@laymanave Jan 13, 2017, 5:10 PM UTC

Japan's toilet cares!

We all know that Japan has the world's best toilets. They take pride in giving the best comforts even in the toilet. In terms of cleanliness, thoughtfulness and comfort, it is hard to find better toi…

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@laymanave Jan 12, 2017, 5:18 PM UTC

Exceptionally Rare Photograph of Lincoln's First Inauguration Will Go on Display Today

Today, Bowdoin College is set to show off an incredibly rare acquisition—a vintage photograph of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration from 1861. The image, one of only three known to exist, shows a large c…

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@laymanave Jan 12, 2017, 8:35 AM UTC

Natural common cold / flu remedies! Which is your goto formula?

As January drags on and even the hardiest of us begin to ponder the grim truth that the season will drag on until March, we’d like to take a moment to talk about one potential winter helper: the hot…

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@laymanave Jan 11, 2017, 6:31 PM UTC

There are over 100 definitions of "life" and all are wrong

Most of us probably do not need to think too hard to distinguish living things from the "non-living". A human is alive; a rock is not. Easy!Scientists and philosophers do not see things quite this cl…

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@laymanave Jan 11, 2017, 6:22 AM UTC

Cultural Differences May Leave Their Mark on DNA

A UC San Francisco-led study has identified signatures of ethnicity in the genome that appear to reflect an ethnic group’s shared culture and environment, rather than its common genetic ancestry.The…

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@laymanave Jan 10, 2017, 5:15 PM UTC

GM partners with Girls Who Code with $250K grant for after-school activities

GM is teaming up with Girls Who Code (GWC), the national no-profit seeking to help close the gender gap in STEM education and professional fields. The partnership will see GM provide a $250,000 grant…

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@laymanave Jan 10, 2017, 8:38 AM UTC

New York State Once Introduced an Anti-Flirting Bill

Considering that the United States has been around for about 240 years, it’s no surprise that states have come up with all kinds of laws that to our eyes might seem a bit wacky. While some weird ones…

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@laymanave Jan 9, 2017, 11:59 AM UTC

Blockchain will revise banking reality ( William Mougayar & Steem )

Centralization makes many people, but especially bankers, comfortable, secure, and able to sleep at night. As much as bankers may beef about regulators and “inside the Beltway” thinking, the idea of…

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@laymanave Jan 9, 2017, 8:57 AM UTC

Meet our robot overlords and how they will serve you?

CES 2017 will always be remembered as the show where we met our future robot overlords -- and were foolishly disarmed by how darn cute they were.Even when, back in December, we predicted the robots w…

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