Global Economy Explained | How Much is Worth the Dollar in your Pocket?|

What if you ever thought about what is the worth of the dollars in your pocket? what if you really don't want to know?. Ok, let's find out. We all know that the USA is the world's biggest economy (GDP= 18,624.48 billion dollars), actually, the U.S economy is bigger than the BRIC's economies (Brazil-GDP=1,796bn, Russia-GDP=1,283bn, India-GDP=2,264bn, China-GDP=11,199bn, South Africa-GDP=295bn) all put together. But what will it happen if we see it in some other way, how about GDP per person?. China will move down because of its massive population,...

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Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes |An Awesome Way to Teach |

What if you could see the world's history of wealth and life expectancy in a really good looking chart, like if you could see how we all went from the sickest and poorest state to where we are now. If could be awesome for us to see why the early XX century was so important to us all. Let's get ready to see how the world was 200 years ago when we all shared misery in an equal manner, that is in 1810, when all countries in the world were sick and poor when life expectancy was 40 years or less, when only the richest countries, like the UK, had families...

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Cannabis Associated with Immune Cell Frequency Reduction in ART-Treated HIV Patients

Recently, studies found that the regular use of Cannabis is associated with the activation of the immune system and the reduction of systemic inflammations in regards "ART" or antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected individuals. All the above means that, for these HIV-infected individuals, a heavy and regular use of cannabis, will decrease frequencies of activated T-cells and inflammatory antigen-presenting cell subsets, in other words,...

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Promising cancer vaccine would use patient’s own cells to train the immune system

Now, there is a new hope for cancer patients. It is a new vaccine that reprograms adult cells to act as embryonic stem cells (ESCs). The way it works is to inject the patient with these reprogrammed cells to trigger an immune response that ends up with the body’s immune system rejecting cancer cells, which is possible since the reprogrammed cells share proteins with the cancer cells. The idea behind this therapy is to create a cancer-specific...

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Rocket Engine Part Recovered by Amazon CEO Has Apollo 11 History

I wish the title would leave a little a little room to intrigue you so I could ask you. Do you know what this is?, well guys, this is the base of a Saturn V engine thrust chamber recovered by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and just in case you can't see it, the serial number "Unit No 2044". This was amazing and although some people think this is nothing more than the expensive hobby of a filthy rich guy (they might be right), I think that...

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What if Clean Energy was the Way to Go

And you know the answer, that is a big yes, but while every person in the world knows that the way to go is clean energy, on January 22, 2018, president Trump imposes 30 percent tariff on solar panel imports which he thinks is a bid to protect domestic manufacturers, therefore taking a more aggressive approach in regards his commercial relations toward China. Now, let’s make some numbers, since this $28 billion...

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