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Venus flytrap attracting a fly

Venus flytrap can count and uses skill to avoid false alarms

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The carnivorous Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) can count, a skill it uses to avoid false alarms and conserve energy, a team of scientists from...
Charging the Volvo C30 electric car

Volvo capping top speed of its vehicles to 112mph from 2020

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Volvo is making it abundantly clear that vehicle safety is one of its main priorities. The Swedish automaker announced that it will cap the...

Hony Capital buys PizzaExpress

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Hony Capital buys PizzaExpress for about £900 million ($1,540 million). The Gondola Group, which owns Pizza Express and belongs to Cinven Ltd., confirmed the...
NASA Humanoid Robot

Humanoid robot for Mars proposals from two universities selected by NASA

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Two humanoid robot proposals have been selected by NASA to help its astronauts on their journey to Mars. A humanoid robot is a robot...
Gripen NG

SAAB wins Brazilian fighter jet contract worth $4.5bn

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Amid fierce competition from US’ Boeing and France’s Dassault Aviation, Sweden’s SAAB wins the Brazilian fighter jet contract to supply 36 aircraft worth $4.5...
Whale died on beach

Beached sperm whale died on Norfolk beach despite major rescue operation

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A beached sperm whale died on Friday night on a Norfolk beach despite a major rescue operation to get it back into the sea....

Bromide battery breakthrough: a safer, smarter solution for energy storage?

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Energy storage is a tricky problem. Renewable power sources like solar and wind are amazing, but they don’t always produce energy when we need...
Pro Football on the Field

The most valuable NFL teams

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This Market Business News information article includes a ranking of the most valuable NFL teams. The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 and it...
Lie detecting software does not touch subject

Lie detecting software created on real world court data

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A unique lie detecting software is being created using real world court data, i.e. material from past trials where some of the speakers are...
GDP Canada 2014

Canada October 0.3% GDP growth higher than expected

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Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.3% in October, a much higher figure than most analysts had expected, after expanding by 0.4% in...