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'Final Fantasy 7 Remake' updates: Release date, new game details
Game director Tetsuya Nomura and game producer Yoshinori Kitase shared new details about the much anticipated game.

Nexus 6 price discount: Save $300 when buying Nexus 6
Since the release of the more recent devices, the Nexus 5X and 6P, Nexus 6's price has been slashed off several times.

Blackberry Priv 2 rumors: CEO John Chen hints at Priv successor
Priv carries a hefty price tag, which easily puts off buyers, but Blackberry CEO John Chen hints that the company may have plans for a mid-range phone.

'Fat but fit' a myth; regular exercise doesn't lower risk of death in obese individuals
Low BMI (body mass index) early in life is more important than high physical fitness, says study author Peter Nordstrom.

It came upon the midnight clear: The story behind the hymn
This carol has been condemned as not really a hymn at all, just an ethical song.

Flesh-eating bacteria spreading in Syria, adding to civil war and ISIS woes
This disease, scientifically known as leishmaniasis, has been affecting Syria for centuries now, but has only turned into a serious problem for the nation over the past years. Just recently, the head of nonprofit organisation Kurdish Red Crescent, was reportedly infected by this disease.

Pets improve mental health function among adolescents with psychiatric disorders
Researchers wanted to determine how animal-assisted Therapy (AAT) can help improve mental function among children and adolescents with acute mental disorders.

HIV cure update: Bionor's Vacc-4x/Romidepsin shows promise in reducing latent HIV reservoir, controlling viral load
Both Vacc-4x and romidepsin, when given together, were also found to be safe and well tolerated by the patients.

iPhone 7 rumors: What specs and features will the device carry?
According to several reports, the iPhone 7 will be considered the thinnest device ever to be produced by the Cupertino-based company.

Folic acid supplements and folic-acid fortified flour could have prevented 2,000 birth defects in U.K. babies, study says
Known as vitamin B9, folic acid should be an important supplement among pregnant women to help prevent formation of defects during fetal development.

Like human brain: Artificial intelligence system can tell how memorable pictures are
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory developed an artificial intelligence system which can tell just how "memorable" a photograph is.

Technology used to make nuke weapons now being harnessed to fight cancer
In the highly secure Los Alamos National Laboratory in northern New Mexico, nuclear technology is being tapped for a very noble cause: to find a cure for cancer.

U.S.-Russia tensions dissipate in space where Russians and Americans depend on each other for survival
American and Russian space scientists rely on each other to jointly operate the International Space Station in the Earth's low orbit.

Greenland has lost gigatons of ice over the past century, and the melting continues
An extensive new research conducted by 16 scientists recently quantified the amount of ice the Greenland ice sheet has lost since the year 1900, and the figure is simply staggering: 9,103 gigatons, a unit equivalent to a billion metric tons.

Warming in Arctic happening more than twice as fast than anywhere else in world, scientists reveal
In in its annual Arctic Report Card, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) noted how the average air temperature over the Arctic hit 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.3 degrees Celsius) this year up to the month of September--the highest since observations began in 1900.

Next world war may be fought online, and ISIS can win, warns cybersecurity expert
Security expert John McAfee however warned that the next war between nations may not be fought with actual arms or soldiers. For him, the war may erupt online, and worse, the Islamic State (ISIS) is capable of winning it.