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Osborne pushes for UK to be given EU renegotiation demands

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Chancellor George Osborne warned Germany on Tuesday that the UK will not veto a treaty to save the Euro from collapse as long as...
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Ant Man said the black ants tasted quite good

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Reginald Foggerdy, aged 62, who survived for six days on his own in the Australian outback with no food or water, said the black...
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A crashed drone on Mars?

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A photograph of what looks like a machine that has crashed on Mars or was abandoned there, may have been a drone, says a...
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14,000-year-old hunter-gatherer settlement found in Jersey

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Remains of a 14,000-year-old hunter gatherer settlement have been discovered by archaeologists from University College London (UCL) and the University of Manchester. They say...
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Human-to-robot empathy is possible, say researchers

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Is human-to-robot empathy possible? That is, can we feel empathy toward humanoid robots? Researchers from Toyohashi University of Technology and Kyoto University believe we...
Fortingall Yew in Perthshire

Europe’s oldest tree is changing sex

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A 5,000-year-old Fortingall Yew in Perthshire, Scotland, possibly the oldest tree in Europe, is changing sex, a scientist from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh informed....
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AIG third quarter earnings dropped 60 percent

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American International Group Inc (AIG) posted a steep decline in quarterly earnings on Monday. The insurance giant posted third quarter after-tax operating income of $691 million,...
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ClearSky Data raised $27 million in Series B funding

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ClearSky Data, a new startup firm focusing on technology solutions in enterprise infrastructure, landed $27 million in its Series B funding round to boost...
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ConAgra selling private-label unit to TreeHouse Foods for $2.7 billion

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ConAgra Foods Inc is offloading its private-label unit to TreeHouse Foods Inc for $2.7 billion after difficulties turning the business around. ConAgra acquired the Ralcorp...
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Snapchat offers the most positive social media experience, says study

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According to a recent study, the communication experience on Snapchat is more positive than Facebook and other social media. Researchers at the University of Michigan...