Artificial human life could soon be grown in a laboratory, scientists believe, after they successfully created an embryo using only stem cells for the first time. Cambridge University used two types of mouse stem cells to create a living mouse embryo which formed after just four days.

With 2017 in full swing, we’ve already had a taste of what’s in store for the retail industry in the year ahead. With innovation driving technological advancements and online consumers demanding speed and convenience, we’ve outlined three key trends that all retailers need to pay attention to in order to compete.

For over two years the collective AMD vs Intel personal computer battle has been sitting on the edge of its seat. Back in 2014 when AMD first announced it was pursuing an all-new microarchitecture, old hands recalled the days when the battle between AMD and Intel was fun to be a part of, and users were happy that the competition led to innovation: not soon after, the Core microarchitecture became the dominant force in modern personal computing today.

How consumers shop, explore, and discover brands is being reinvented and fast. Here are my picks for the biggest consumer engagement trends starting in 2017.

As a past extraterrestrial traveller, Garneau is telling the crowd at an aviation conference that current visits are longer and harder on the body than his own trips – he says he used to be able to go out to a restaurant the same day he returned to Earth. Via video, he asked U.S. astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson questions like how they trained for their mission.

Renaissance Technologies LLC decreased its position in shares of PDL BioPharma Inc by 4.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission . The fund owned 12,875,700 shares of the company’s stock after selling 597,154 shares during the period.

The brokerage currently has a hold rating on the specialty pharmaceutical company’s stock. A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on AMAG.

According to Zacks, “Visa’s strategic acquisitions and alliances, technology upgrades and effective marketing efforts bode well for long-term growth. The company’s earnings per share outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate aided by the acquisition of Visa Europe and solid growth in payments volume as well as processed transactions.

Dna Features Viewer is a Python library to visualize DNA features, e.g. from GenBank or Gff files, using the plotting library Matplotlib: Dna Features Viewer is meant to automatically produce simple and clear plots even for sequences with lots of overlapping features and long labels. The plots can be output to many different formats , e.g. for report generation or LIMS interfaces.