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Bank of England believes Brexit could cost 75,000 finance jobs

TheBankofEnglandbelievesthatupto75,000jobscouldbelostinfinancialservicesfollowingBritain'sdeparturefromtheEuropeanUnion.TheBBCunderstandsseniorfiguresattheBanka

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Applying for a credit card? Please take a selfie

Theselfieiseverywhere–Facebook,Instagram,Twitter–andsoonyourbankcouldbeaskingforoneinordertoapproveyourpurchaseorcreditcardapplication.PaymentprocessinggiantVis

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Catalan crisis: EU leaders rule out involvement in crisis

EuropeanCouncilPresidentDonaldTuskhasexplicitlyruledoutanyEUactionoverCatalonia,despitethe"concerning"situation."Thereisnoroom,nospaceforanykindofmediationorint

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Study: Self-driving cars could cut traffic, but encourage urban sprawl

AnewstudyinspiredbyBoston’searlyexperimentswithself-drivingcarsfindsthatthetechnologycouldeasecongestion,butmightalsoleadtomorecarsontheroadandfurtherincreaseur

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Study says better land use could slash carbon emissions

Plantingmoretrees,farmingmoresustainablyandconservingwetlandscouldsignificantlyslashtheamountofcarbonemissionsthathumanityspewsintotheatmospherethroughfossilfue

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Criminals worry as dark net markets disappear

FourofthelargestcriminalmarketplacesonthedarknetwereunreachableonFriday,promptingspeculationaboutpoliceactivity.Allfourmarketplaces-theDreamMarket,theTradeRoute

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NASA Langley puts supersonic X-plane model to the test

AdaytriptoMoscow?Parisforlunch?NASA’squestforlow-boomsupersonicaircrafttechnologycouldonedayrevolutionizecommercialairtravel.NowNASALangleyResearchCenterinHampt

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Chinese shadow puppetry: A tale of light and shadow

Chineseshadowpuppetry,orshadowplay,isprobablyoneofthemostancientartsusinglightandshadow,thousandsofyearsbeforeitsmuchmorepopularsuccessor,thefilm.However,unlike

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Scientists create 'tooth cracker' device to harvest stem cells

Thatpeskywisdomtoothyou'regladyougotridofisapparentlyagreatsourceofstemcellsthatcouldsavelives.However,it'snoteasygettingtothetoothrootpulpthatcontainsthosecell

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Alibaba denies Tsai in deal talks with NBA's Brooklyn Nets

ChineseInternetconglomerateAlibabaGroupHoldingLtddeniedonThursdaythatitsvicechairman,JosephTsai,isinadvancedtalkstobuyastakeintheBrooklynNetsoftheNationalBasket

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Experts: Bali volcano "more than likely" to erupt

Everyvolcanohasitsownuniquecharacteristics,sowhilescientistscan’tpredictwhenMountAgungwillerupt-orbetotallycertainthatitwill-theysayit'smorelikelytoeruptthannot

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Australian Navy facing up to 20 years without submarines: report

TheAustralianNavycouldbewithoutsubmarinesfortwodecades,anindependentreporthasfound.TheAustralia'sFutureSubmarine(FSM):GettingThisKeyCapabilityreport,compiledbya

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Researchers can use the size of your heart to unlock a PC

Mostbiometricsecurityhasoneinconvenience:youhavetotakeanactivesteptosignin,whetherit'sputtingyourfingeronapadorstaringatsensors.Wouldn'titbeniceifsimplybeingnea

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Zuck and Bezos back seed stage scout fund Village Global

ProductHunt’sfirstemployeeErikTorenbergisreadytofundfreshnewstartups,notjustrevealthemtotheworld.TodayisthesoftlaunchofVillageGlobal,aseedandpre-seedearlystagev

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ESA-backed scheme eyes lunar villages by 2030, families by 2050

By2040,ahundredpeoplewillliveontheMoon,meltingiceforwater,3D-printinghomesandtools,eatingplantsgrowninlunarsoil,andcompetinginlow-gravity,"flying"sports.Tothose

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DNA 'robots' could sort molecules in your blood

Robotsarealreadygoodatsortingthings,sowouldn'titbeniceiftheycouldsortthingsoutonamuchsmallerscale?Theymightsoon.Caltechresearchershavedevelopeda'robot'madefroma

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Beijing agrees with UN response to DPRK nuclear test

ChineseForeignMinistryspokesmanGengShuangsaidBeijingagreeswiththeUNSecurityCouncil'sfurtherresponsestoPyongyang'ssixthnucleartest,hopingaconsensuscouldbereached