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A “hard Brexit” could cost the UK £27 billion

Jun 17, 2018

A new report from global consultancy firm Oliver Wyman says that a worst-case scenario Brexit outcome, with the highest tariffs and other regulatory trade hurdles, could cost the British economy £27 billion. Su...

Scientists call for a collaborative AI research institute in Europe

West Side Story

Apr 25, 2018

Innovation, Science, World

An open letter from top European scientists calls for a major artificial intelligence research institute to compete with the US and China, where many of the world’s top AI companies are based. Dubbed the Europe...

Strain on resources and bad behavior sparks tourism backlash in Europe

West Side Story

Aug 11, 2017

Policy, World

In a summer of sweltering heat, a new resentment is sweeping across Europe: Anti-tourism sentiment, in the form of demonstrations, anti-tourist organizations, and new legislation. Tourism challenges a destin...

Forget rats, they didn’t bring Bubonic Plague to Europe, gerbils did!

Charles Omedo

Mar 3, 2015

Innovation

NORWAY – For over 200 years, Americans have been deceived into blaming black rats for bringing the Bubonic Plague to Europe, but scientists at the University of Oslo in Norway have come out to claim that rats d...

Inactivity or lack of exercise kills twice as many as obesity in Europe every year

Amanda

Jan 15, 2015

Health

Lack of physical exercise and the resulting inactivity could be killing twice as many as those killed by obesity, latest research has now pointed out. And all that you need to do to cut down your risk of early ...

Rosetta comet 67P stinks like rotten eggs, horse pee, and bitter almonds, say scientists

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 25, 2014

Innovation

The Rosetta comet smells a bouquet of odours: like rotten eggs, horse pee, alcohol and bitter almonds, European scientists said. An instrument aboard the probe Rosetta has detected some intriguing chemical sign...

Comet Siding Spring makes astronomical history as it passes by Mars

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 20, 2014

Innovation

At 126,000 mph, Comet Siding Spring whizzed past Mars. Its core of ice and dust barely missed the Red Planet. Siding spring is the cosmic leftover of the planet-building process, veered 16 times closer to Mars ...

David Cameron urges international community to take action on Ebola

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 17, 2014

World

David Cameron has said to the international community that they should "look to their responsibilities", to help tackle the Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of West Africa. The Britain Prime Minister insisted that...

As many as 500 migrants feared to be dead

Abby Smith

Sep 15, 2014

World

As many as 500 migrants from north Africa and the Middle East are feared to be dead after traffickers intentionally drowned their boat. International Organisation for Migration described it "the worst shipwreck...

History of Western culture smushed into a minute (VIDEO)

Platonium

Aug 2, 2014

Innovation

New animations made by art historian Maximilian Schich show the remarkable paths that Western culture took over the last 2,000 years in just a minute. Schich and his colleagues used Freebase, which is a data...

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