Apple announced Wednesday it would pay about $38 billion in taxes—likely the largest payment of its kind—on profits repatriated from overseas as it boosts investments in the United States.
Business
Jan 17, 2018
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Think of them as extra-large parasites. A small group of fishes—possibly the world's cleverest carnivorous grazers—feeds on the scales of other fish in the tropics. The different species' approach differs: some ram their ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2018
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Everything on the surface of the Earth rests on massive tectonic plates that resemble a jelly sandwich, with two rigid pieces—the upper crust and the upper mantle—enclosing a gooey middle layer of very hot rocks, which ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2018
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Double stranded RNA (dsRNA) can effectively reduce house fly fertility, and shows promise as a pest control method, according to a study published January 17, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Neil Sanscrainte from ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 17, 2018
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A widely-used computer software tool may be no more accurate or fair at predicting repeat criminal behavior than people with no criminal justice experience, according to a Dartmouth College study.
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2018
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How do decisions get made in the natural world? One possibility is that the individuals or components in biological systems collectively compute solutions to challenges they face in their environments. Consider that fish ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2018
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Researchers have completed the first survey of valuable materials they say are waiting to be mined from Europe's vast landfills and scrapyards.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 17, 2018
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China and Europe are jointly testing new technology that could help satellites peer through clouds and analyze storms.
Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2018
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Google says humans will now review video from its most popular YouTube creators after recent complaints.
Internet
Jan 17, 2018
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Economic growth in Africa picked up steam last year and is set to accelerate strongly in 2018, but "massive investments" are needed in infrastructure, the African Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday.
Business
Jan 17, 2018
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