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Mind blown: Modern brains evolved much more recently than thought

Skulls of early homo from Dmanisi, Georgia (specimen D4500, L) and Sangiran, Indonesia (specimen S17, R). /AFP Modern brains are younger than originally thought, possibly developing as recentl

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Put your city on the TC map — TechCrunch’s European Cities Survey 2021

TechCrunch is embarking on a major new project to survey European founders and investors in cities outside the larger European capitals.Over the next few weeks, we will ask entrepreneurs in these citi

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Google promises better 3D maps

Google is announcing a handful of major updates to Google Maps today that range from bringing its Live View AR directions indoors to adding weather data to its maps, but the most tantalizing news R

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One in three women worldwide face violence, says a landmark WHO report

Almost one in three women globally faced physical or sexual violence at least once or more during their lifetimes, said a largest-ever study released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wedn

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Swiss maker of meat alternatives Planted will expand and diversify with $18M Series A

Planted, a startup pursuing a unique method of creating a vegetarian chicken alternative, has raised an $18M (CHF 17M) Series A to expand its product offerings and international footprint. With new ke

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Six cases of Brazilian variant found in UK for first time

Six cases of the Brazilian coronavirus variant have been identified in the UK for the first time./Getty Images Public Health England (PHE) on Sunday said that six cases of the Brazilian coron

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The Nord Stream 2 project will be completed despite U.S. pressure

The logo of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is seen on a large diameter pipe at Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia, February 26, 2020. /Reuters Editor's note:Djoomart

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Trafi takes its mobility-as-a-service platform to LatAm, starting with Bogota

Trafi, the Lithuanian startup that created a platform that lets users plan, book and pay for various modes of transportation within a city, is expanding beyond the European market where it got its sta

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Epidemics lead world's biggest short-term risks: World Economic Forum

Epidemics lead world's biggest short-term risks. /CFP Infectious diseases and livelihood crises led the rankings of risks expected to pose a critical threat to the world in the next two years,

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ETH spin-off LatticeFlow raises $2.8M to help build trustworthy AI systems

LatticeFlow, an AI startup that was spun out of ETH Zurich in 2020, today announced that it has raised a $2.8 million seed funding round led by Swiss deep-tech fund btov and Global Founders Capital, w

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Sporting moments of the week (December 14-20)

U.S. golfer Tiger Woods (R) and his 11-year-old son Charlie warm up for the PNC Championship golf tournament at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, U.S., December 20, 2020. /CFP

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Lucy Bronze and Robert Lewandowski win FIFA Best Player Awards

Manchester City's Lucy Bronze won the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Best Women's Player Award and Bayern Munich's Polish forward Robert Lewand

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Europe to revive international night train links

Four European rail companies announced Tuesday they plan to boost the continent's network of night train connections by reviving routes that were dropped several years ago for cost reasons.German

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Europe's top sides handed straightforward routes to Qatar

England were pitted against old rivals Poland in their World Cup qualifying group on Monday after a draw which left Europe's top sides with apparently straightforward routes to the 2022 tournament

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Getsafe, the European digital-first insurance startup, scores $30M Series B

Getsafe, the digital-first insurance startup that initially launched with an app for home contents insurance, has closed $30 million in Series B funding.Swiss Re, the reinsurer giant, led the round. E

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ANYbotics, Swiss company behind quadrupedal ANYmal robot, announces $20M A round

ANYbotics, the creators of ANYmal, a four-legged autonomous robot platform intended for a variety of industrial uses, has raised a $22.3M Swiss Franc (~$20M) round A to continue developing and scaling

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Blatter, Platini suspected of fraud in 5-year FIFA case

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini now face a more serious charge of fraud after Swiss federal prosecutors this week intensified a five-year investigation into the pair's past dealings at FIFA.The op