Technological Revolution

NEW YORK (PNN) - January 5, 2017 - From Battlestar Galactica to the Imperial Death Star, the world of fiction is rife with gargantuan spacecraft capable of supporting thousands of residents with their own personal quarters and facilities.

But for real astronauts, spaceflight is not quite so, well, spacious. Take the International Space Station (ISS), which is the largest spacefaring vessel ever built, as well as the most expensive single construction project in human history, costing the Fascist Police States of Amerika alone around $100 billion. Its first module was launched in November 1998, and its first long-duration crew, consisting of three people, arrived onboard two years later.

SILICON VALLEY, Kalifornia (PNN) - January 1, 2017 - Nothing may have had as bad of a year as the Internet.

The Internet was hit with an onslaught of criticism and suffered several setbacks in 2016: from relinquishment of Amerikan control over web address management, introduced surveillance measures in the Fascist United Kingdom, social media backlash for users’ hate speech and terrorist affiliations, to censorship and fake news.

CONAKRY, Guinea (PNN) - December 24, 2016 - If there is to be a silver lining in the massive Ebola outbreak to recently sweep through West Africa, it is the progress being made toward developing an effective vaccine. The World Health Organization (WHO) last year reported some very promising signs during the early stages of a trial involving a vaccine called rVSV-ZEBOV, and now the final results are in, confirming the previously seen 100% protection rate from the deadly disease.

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