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Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has planned to invest about $200 million in SnapChat, a photo messaging application that allows users to share self-destructing photos. The application is currently banned in China. According to an individual at Alibaba familiar with the deal, Imran Khan was the key to the deal. Imran Khan was hired by Snapchat as Chief Strategy Officer in December 2014.

Mental decline in elderly can be slowed if they include regular walk, healthy food, and proper management of metabolic and vascular risk factors in their routine.

In the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER), study researchers evaluated the effects of a comprehensive intervention on brain function. The intervention was designed with an aim to address some of the most vital risk factors linked to age-related dementia, like high body-mass index and heart health.

A volcanic island, which was formed recently in the Pacific Ocean, is attracting a lot of attention. Last month, the new island started forming off the coast of Tonga and according to experts, in the beginning, a volcano was formed under the water surface of ocean and then it expanded into the island and a mile long, cone-shaped formation was created.

Three people took amazing pictures of the volcanic island after reaching the highest point on the new island. According to the Telegraph, the men who reached the island told that the surface was still hot.

According to scientists, they have solved the mystery behind how growth of animals is controlled by environment factors. Scientists at McGill University said that they decided to identify a mechanism by which environment factors also known as epigenetic factors have an overarching effect in making quantitative variation in complex traits like skin color, intelligence, height and tendency to develop certain diseases among others.

Epigenetic experiments on ants were conducted by the researchers. It has been informed that ants were from the species Camponotus floridanus which is better known as the Florida carpenter ant. As per the researchers, the degree of DNA methylation of a gene included in controlling growth called EGFR has increased.

Experts have been warned a lot many times that global warming has changed the Arctic significantly. There is a high possibility that scientists will declare that this winter, sea ice cover in the Arctic has built up to a record low level.

For the past many years, sea ice cover of the Arctic is declining rapidly. Generally, the sea ice's maximum level forms in March. But since the start of this month, scientists have been observing a decline in sea ice and rise in ocean temperatures.

Beekeepers in Florida said that they need state funding and some help to maintain healthy population of honey bees. As per the Florida State Beekeepers Association, it needs $3.5 million for an apiary research center at the University of Florida.

According to the state's beekeepers, honey bees play an important role in agriculture and the economy. The state is the third largest honey-producing state in the United States. Florida reported crop value of $22.7 million in 2013.

About a decade ago, Florida had just 1,200 beekeepers, but now, the state in the southeastern region of the United States has approximately 3,500 beekeepers. The state's 400,000 honey-producing bee colonies face several kinds of threats including parasite called varroa mites.