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European farming

Northern Europeans initially rejected farming during the New Stone Age

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Northern Europeans initially rejected the practice of farming while the rest of the continent was embracing the transition from foraging during the Neolithic period (New...
Mars surface

Mars has giant frozen water glaciers under its surface of dust

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Below the thick layer of dust on Mars there are glaciers of frozen water, enough to cover the whole planet in over one meter...
Dino fight

Tyrannosaurs had fights and ate each other

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A new international study found that tyrannosaurs inflicted injuries on each other and were cannibalistic, with skull evidence of a genus of tyrannosaur called...
electromagnetism

Electromagnetism breakthrough may lead to computer chip antennas

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A breakthrough in the understanding of electromagnetism may lead to antennas so small that they would fit on computer chips, which scientists from the...
Organic molecules in space

Complex organic molecules found in distant star system

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Complex organic molecules vital for the eventual creation of living organisms have been detected in a young star’s protoplanetary disk, just like the ones...
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Alcoa shares plunge despite “strong first quarter 2015 profits”

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Alcoa shares dropped by over 3% in after-hours trading despite posting a 7 percent increase in revenue on a year-over-year basis and reporting “strong...
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Google to launch ad-free YouTube subscription service

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There have been rumours circulating about YouTube implementing an option to watch videos on the site without ads popping up for a while. Well,...
Collision early Earth

The Moon formed after Mars-sized body struck and merged with Earth

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A huge body about the size of Mars struck and merged with Earth, hurling a massive cloud of rock and debris into space, which...
Morgage Demand

Mortgage demand down sharply in first quarter, third quarterly decline in a row

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Mortgage demand declined steeply in the UK in the first quarter of 2015, according to the Bank of England’s Credit Conditions Survey, making it...
Aldi and Lidl

Aldi is now the UK’s sixth-largest supermarket, beating Waitrose

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Discount retailer Aldi continues to gain market share in the UK and has now overtaken Waitrose as the country's sixth-largest supermarket chain. The British supermarket landscape is changing,...