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  In the last few years, electric vehicles have seen a significant rise all over the world. It was such a big hit that the biggest automakers in the market started making plans to go electric. It is also expected that very soon, we can see a 100% switch from diesel cars to EVs. One of the biggest reason to…
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  The Danish government is considering giving stores and gas stations the option of becoming cash-free as a measure against crime. Lawmakers are to consider easing current rules which make it compulsory for the vast majority of stores to accept cash payments, DR reports. Suggested changes to the rules would allow…
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    NASA’s ongoing, decades-long survey of polar ice has yielded some truly incredible photographs over the years, but one recent still captured what appears to be a perfectly, almost impossibly rectangular iceberg. Snapped by NASA’s ICE mission, as part of Operation IceBridge, the giant tabular iceberg…
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  Scientists have discovered a gigantic cavity growing under Antarctica that they say is roughly the size of Manhattan and stands almost 1,000 feet tall. The huge opening at the bottom of the Thwaites Glacier – a mass known as the “most dangerous glacier in the world” – is so big it…
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Al-Rumahiya, Saudi Arabia, Jan 22, 2018, REUTERS: The dromedaries paraded down a dusty racetrack as judges rated the size of their lips, cheeks, heads and knees. Crowds of men watched from the bleachers, hooting when the beasts representing their own tribe loped down the track. A…
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  The “discovery” of places or living things in nature about which very little is known or reported seems to pique our interest. This is perhaps because they are usually things that are existing or occurring right under our nose. One delightful example comes from Australia-based entomologist Tim Heard,…
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  Ancient Origins A strange chalice made its way into the British Museum’s collection in the 1950s. It is a 1,600-year-old jade green Roman artifact called the Lycurgus Cup. The image on the chalice is an iconic scene with King Lycurgus of Thrace, but the element that sets this cup apart is the effect…
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  In 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel testified on the 2015 espionage scandal involving Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND). However, according to the member of the German FDP party Jimmy Schulz, the German government failed to learn its lesson and make any conclusions from the spying scandal. The…
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Gender-selective abortions and boys’ better nutrition and medical care blamed for gender disparity More than 63 million women are “missing” statistically across India, and more than 21 million girls are unwanted by their families, government officials say.The skewed ratio of men to…
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  Two major airlines – United Airlines and Delta – notified the National Rifle Association that they will no longer offer discounted rates for NRA members in the display of corporate backlash to the pro-gun organization.United cancelled its program for discounted rates to the NRA’s annual meeting…
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