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A fascination for what lies beyond Earth has been present in our society for years and has surely crossed many people’s minds during their lives. Yet, people in our day and age either don’t know or don’t seem to appreciate the breakthroughs we have made in the domain of space exploration, as well as its exciting future.

Very few people nowadays have not heard of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The death toll this year has already surpassed 2,000 people, including 79 health workers, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Regardless of the efforts employed by various organizations to slow down the outbreak, it seems to be speeding up instead, raising concerns over this devastating disease.

U.S. special ops are on their way to becoming the first to sport some of the most advanced military technology in the world. The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) project is still in the prototype stages, but, by 2018, the first high-risk military units might be going into battle looking like characters straight out of a video game.

For years, nail polish shelves at department stores have been dominated by the likes of Sparrow Me the Drama, Pink Friday, My Address is Hollywood, and countless other shades that are known under equally ridiculous names. Other than adding a little more color to the fingers of its users, these nail polishes serve little to no purpose, but that is all about to change!