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Warren Buffett

Buffet would not raise rates by much if he ran the Fed

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Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said that if he ran the Federal Reserve he would not raise interest rates by much. When Buffet was...
Ants

Ants cope with zero gravity in space amazingly well

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Last year some ants were sent into space to see how they would cope in a zero-gravity environment. Today, researchers say that although the...
Polar bear

Polar bears relying more on birds’ eggs because of melting ice

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Melting Arctic ice means there are fewer hunting seals, the main food supply of polar bears, which have been forced to raid the nests...
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Roll-up TV and computer screens developed by Tel Aviv University scientists

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A roll-up TV and computer screen which emits a full range of colors in one pliable pixel layer will soon become a reality, say...
University of Sheffield

Glowing tampons help identify sewage pollution in rivers

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Tampons that glow in the dark under ultra-violet light have been used by University of Sheffield engineers to help them identify where waste water...
Hawking Trademark

Stephen Hawking name to become a trademark, Brian Cox too

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Professor Stephen Hawking, the world-famous English theoretical physicist, has applied to trademark his name at the Intellectual Property Office. Physicist Brian Cox, professor of...
IBM

IBM pumping $3 billion into new Internet of Things (IoT) unit

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IBM is pumping $3 billion over the next four years into a new Internet of Things (IoT) unit. The Internet of Things is a network...
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Sony launches Spotify-powered music streaming app

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Sony has officially launched its new Playstation Music app. The Japanese tech giant teamed up with Spotify to make a music streaming service available on...
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Mercury is dark because of carbon dusting from passing comets, study says

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Mercury’s surface is dark and barely reflective because of a steady dusting of carbon from passing comets which covered the planet in a soot-like...
twin sunset

Tatooine-like planets with twin sunsets likely widespread

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Tatooine, a fictional desert planet, Star Wars’ Luke Skywalker’s home, has twin sunsets because it exists in a binary star system (solar system with...