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Slack is eyeing a healthcare play as part of its IPO
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The first ever picture of a black hole was taken earlier this month – some 54million light years away. But former NASA scientist Louise Riofrio…
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The group, DXE Brighton, describe themselves as “a community of animal rights activists dedicated to achieving total animal liberation through non violent direct action“. In this…
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Neanderthals hunted golden eagles 130,000 years ago and may have prized their talons and feathers Researchers examined how frequently they found bird remains at ancient…
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Climate change is making British cities hotter than they were in the 20th century — and they may have already overshot Paris Agreement targets, suggests…
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A kidney has been delivered by drone for the first time, marking a major milestone for organ transplants. The incredible delivery was co-ordinated by AiRXOS…
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“Horrible sloppy repair. The drawings didn’t look sloppy” Kris Reid Jo Caveney commented “this is brilliant” and Andrew Hayes agreed, saying “What an excellent idea…
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Researchers used sonar radar to discover an anomaly at the bottom of the North Sea which stretched over 30 metres long. Now, after three months…
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Using NASA observatory images, conspiracy theorists believe they have spotted a strange UFO leaving the surface of the Sun. In the photos from the Solar…
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The wayward planet Nibiru is believed to pass through our solar system on an incredibly elliptical orbit every 3,600 years or so. When Nibiru arrives…
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King Tutankhamen, or King Tut as he is affectionately known, inspired public interest in Ancient Egypt when his tomb was discovered in 1922. The Pharaoh’s…
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The Large Hadron Collider’s biggest claim to fame is the 2012 discovery of the Higgs Boson particle, which physicists believe interacts with and gives other…
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Nearly 700 measles cases have been reported in the US this year, with the bulk ofcases in New York and Washington states. That’s the highest…
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Many Rust Belt cities are littered with empty properties after the decline of the US manufacturing industry. To save themselves from decay, a few cities…
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Driverless cars won’t be ready for at least a DECADE, experts say, despite Elon Musk declaring Tesla would have a million on the road by…
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The fast-moving space rock, dubbed by NASA Asteroid 2019 HS2, will zip past the Earth on an “Earth Close Approach” trajectory. NASA’s dedicated asteroid trackers…
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Dead Facebook account holders ‘could outnumber living members in fifty years’, University of Oxford researchers say At least 1.4 billion of Facebook’s roughly 2.3 billion…
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A 15,600-year old footprint discovered in southern Chile is believed to be the oldest ever found in the Americas, according to researchers.…
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Mystery of the coral reef ‘halos’: Strange rings of light-colored material that can be seen from space could be a sign of reef health, experts…
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Human rights group alleges Google may be helping the U.S. government conduct warrantless searches in ‘massive file scanning program’ The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed…
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Both emerging economies and developed countries arereleasing more carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere than ever, making the climategoals set in the Paris agreement even…
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The new evidence shows the universe is expanding about nine percent faster than was initially projected, casting doubt on the cosmological models which explain what…
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AI gets painting down to a fine art as algorithm learns to mimic the unique styles and brushstrokes of master artists including Van Gogh, Vermeer…
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Rare dodo skeleton is expected to fetch more than half a MIILLION pounds at auction The skeleton was pieced together using bones from different dodos…
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China made history at the start of the year when its Chang’e 4 lander and Yutu 2 rover becomes the first to explore of the…
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Unlike other government agencies, such as NASA or the armed forces, it’s hard to see how the CIA will be able to consistently deliver the…
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Giant prehistoric MAMMOTH tooth is discovered on the banks of River Thames by a veteran mudlark The discovery was made by a 50-year-old Londoner scouring…
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