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Crater on the Moon

Moon has more hydrogen on its Pole-facing slopes

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The crater slopes on the Moon that face its Poles have 23 parts-per-million-by-weight more hydrogen than its Equator-facing slopes, according to recent observations by...
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Twitter posts poor growth in active monthly users, CEO blames trolling

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Twitter announced impressive revenue and profit figures, but the social media company posted lower than expected growth in user numbers. It has become a pattern...
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PwC promotes tax avoidance “on an industrial scale”, says Public Accounts Committee

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The Public Accounts Committee accuses PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) of promoting tax avoidance “on an industrial scale”. It says the London-based multinational professional services network has...
Grey Seal

Grey Seals’ corkscrew injuries may be due to cannibalism

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The Grey Seals’ corkscrew injuries, which led experts to suspect ship propellers were the cause, are more likely to be the result of cannibalism...
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Termites may halt the expansion of deserts in Africa, Asia and S. America

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Deserts in Africa, South America and Asia are expanding, and so far nothing has managed to halt their spread, except for perhaps termites, says...
Chimps

Chimps learn new language when they move to a new group

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Chimpanzees have specific words (grunts) for different types of fruit, and after some time, can adopt a different language with novel sounds after joining...
Eve Robot Scientist

Eve the robot scientist discovers new drugs on her own

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An artificial intelligence, a robot scientist that researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Aberystwyth have called ‘Eve’, could well make drug discovery a...

Pfizer to buy Hospira for $17 billion in a cash deal

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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. announced on Thursday it is to acquire Hospira Inc. for $90 per share in an approx. $17 billion cash deal....
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Humans can now sense magnetic fields with a sensor placed on the skin

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Magnetoception, the ability to sense magnetic fields, is something birds, insects, turtles, sharks, stingrays and bacteria have to perceive direction, altitude or location, but...
Global Warming

Warm period 3m years ago confirms IPCC climate change predictions

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Between 2.3 and 3.3 million years ago, atmospheric CO2 levels were similar to what they are now, and the Earth was about 2ºC warmer...