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Inside the struggle to oust pro-Brexit Labour MP Kate Hoey
Pro-Brexit Labour MP Kate Hoey lost a vote of confidence in her local party in Vauxhall, London. However, a vote to deselect Hoey would be “tricky” according to sources, as despite her support for...
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This record-breaking Everest climber has reached the summit nine times. She...
Lhakpa Sherpa holds the women’s world record for Mount Everest summits. She’s reached the peak nine times, and says she’s readying to complete trek number 10 in 2019. For the 10 months of the year...
View ArticleScientists revived tiny Siberian worms that had been frozen in permafrost for...
Russian scientists have revived tiny worms that had been frozen for 42,000 years. After being removed from Siberian permafrost, the worms were gradually thawed in a lab until they started moving...
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How a group of students turned their discovery of a cheaply-made Soviet...
Lomography, a company dedicated to selling analog film camera products, is still surviving despite the introduction and takeover of digital photography. Their story started in 1991, when a group of...
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Trump is reportedly thinking about making a rare move to try and lower gas...
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering tapping emergency oil reserves ahead of the November midterm elections. But some analysts doubt a release would be effective. They see it as a way to...
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You can now buy Roger Federer’s entire 5-piece Uniqlo tennis outfit for $120
Roger Federer’s five-piece Uniqlo uniform is available to pre-order for $120. The Uniqlo outfit includes a shirt, shorts, socks, wristbands, and a sweatband. Federer left clothing giant Nike for...
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The 10 best soccer players in the world right now, according to FIFA
FIFA, the world governing body in soccer, has announced a shortlist of 10 candidates for The Best FIFA Men’s Player for 2018 just weeks after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The winner of...
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China is so desperate to win its war on drugs, it’s started analyzing...
China has been going hard in its war on drugs. Its efforts are so intense that some cities have started analyzing sewage for traces of drugs to root out users and dealers. That work has helped catch...
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Inside ‘the reality distortion field’: An early Apple employee told us what...
Joe Shelton joined Apple in 1979, when the company had fewer than 100 employees, and his desk was 30 feet from founder Steve Jobs. He was the first product manager for the original Mac. Shelton told...
View ArticleThis company creates mosaic glass tiles by hand using recycled bottles
Oceanside creates a wide range of handmade mosaic glass tiles. They recycle 900,000 kilos of old bottles each year to create their tiles. During the process, the glass is heated up to 1600°C....
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A fake Picasso, private investigators, and fart spray: Inside the nasty...
Bill Gross, the world’s most famous bond investor, has been mired in a contentious divorce for over two years. Sue Gross, the billionaire’s ex-wife, alleges he trashed their $31 million California...
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A leading medical institution created a simulation that shows how a new...
The Clade X simulation, created by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, shows how vulnerable the world is to the spread of a pandemic virus. In that simulation, political experts from the US...
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There’s a very good reason why Microsoft has an original Apple Macintosh on...
Microsoft has an Apple Macintosh on prominent display at its Redmond headquarters. It might surprise some who remember the decades that Microsoft and Apple spent as the fiercest of...
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Truck drivers’ salaries are experiencing an ‘unprecedented’ jump, but it’s...
Truck drivers’ salaries are on the rise, thanks in part to a shortage of drivers. The shortage has been brewing for decades, but the recently passed ELD mandate has exacerbated trucking‘s tight labor...
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‘I can’t feel my body right now’: Goldman Sachs held its annual Wiffle ball...
Every year, Goldman Sachs hosts a day of Wiffle ball on behalf of DREAM, the Harlem non-profit that runs a charter school and after school programs. The brainchild of Goldmans’ global co-head of...
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Netflix says it wants Aziz Ansari to start making shows again, 6 months after...
Aziz Ansari has been laying low since he was accused of sexual misconduct by a woman he went on a date with. A long, first-person piece published by Babe.net described a date in which they had a...
View ArticleNetflix explains why it canceled ‘Everything Sucks’ after less than two months
Netflix canceled “Everything Sucks” because a lot of people didn’t finish the first episode, and the series generally. The first episode of the coming-of-age comedy set in the 90s is only 23 minutes...
View ArticleCigna’s CEO says that the problem with healthcare in America has nothing to...
The CEO of health insurer Cigna, David Cordani, says the problem with America’s healthcare system is that most of the money is being spent on intervention after people already are sick. Cordani...
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3 great TV shows to watch on Netflix this week, including the new season of...
Is peak TV stressing you out? We’re here to make it a little less overwhelming. We know what it’s like to spend too much time making important decisions like what to binge-watch on Netflix in your...
View ArticleOne key staffing change makes the Fed even more likely to keep raising...
Shifts in staffing at the Fed, in particular a surprise vote to alternate member Esther George of the Kansas City Fed, makes the central bank more likely to keep raising interest rates beyond what...
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