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How our brain 'joins the dots' while we are asleep

02:17 "I'm looking for my friend Sam," says Helen Barron, a researcher at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford. "Someone tells me

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How aviation's impact on global warming has doubled

02:14 What's the environmental cost of flying? According to a newly published study, the contribution of aviation to global warming nearly doubled between 2000 and 2018.That's mainly b

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Not just an urban legend: Heart of Belgian mayor dug out of fountain

For more than a century, a spine-chilling story has circulated through the residents of the Belgian town of Verviers – that inside Fountaine David, was buried the heart of Pierre David, the city's fi

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Study shows light pollution reaches the sea floor, harming marine life

01:04 Besides almost obliterating the stars from our night skies – more than a third of humanity is no longer able to see the Milky Way nowadays – light pollution has become a problem

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Global Business: Facebook launches TikTok rival, 'Mulan' skips cinema

A "one off" is how Disney's new CEO Bob Chapek has described the decision to release its blockbuster Mulan directly on its streaming platform, skipping the big screen.Cinemas, which have been hit har

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UK man one of three charged over Twitter hack

Three men have been charged by the authorities over the major Twitter breach earlier this month that hacked the accounts of high-profile U.S. figures to perpetrate a Bitcoin scam that netted at least

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Roche arthritis drug fails COVID-19 trial

Companies such as Roche have been trialing existing drugs to see if they can alleviate COVID-19 patients' symptoms. /Roche Roche's bid to repurpose its arthritis drug, Actemra, to help patient

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France's 'green' outdoor heaters ban 'distracting from bigger issues'

France has announced plans to ban heaters in outdoor cafés and restaurants throughout the country, starting early next year.The ban has been presented by Ecology Minister Barbara Pompili as a step to

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Global Business Daily: Gold hits record price, travel shares plummet

"It seems to be a badly managed over-reaction."This is what Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary reportedly told investors after the UK's decision to impose a 14-day quarantine on travelers arriving from Spai

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COVID-19 vaccine: What are the next stages of approval?

Promising study results from a few candidate COVID-19 vaccines around the world – including the one being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the one by Chinese company CanSino Biologi

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Polish opposition party challenges presidential election results

Poland's main opposition party filed an official protest with the Supreme Court on Thursday over what it describes as large-scale irregularities in last week's presidential election, in which conserv

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Global Business Newsletter: German watchdog's EU inquiry, KLM bailout

"We need to clarify what went wrong."This is how Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU's vice president for financial services policy, explained to the Financial Times why the European Commission has ordered an

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What is life like now for cabin crews?

02:49 The aviation industry has been one of the worst hit by the pandemic, with the coronavirus grounding entire fleets and halting traveling for airlines and passengers.As traveling r

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The future of tourism could be flightless in the post-pandemic world

02:02 As lockdowns are gradually lifted across the world and the summer season approaches, many countries are reopening their borders for international travelers, hoping to restore tou

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Will a four-day working week become the norm in a post-pandemic world?

In only a few months, the coronavirus pandemic has revolutionized the way we live, including the way we work. Millions of people around the world holding office-type jobs have been working from home

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For you, it's a late delivery; for them, it's months trapped at sea

02:47 Hundreds of thousands seafarers are currently stranded on high seas or on shore by the coronavirus pandemic. They kept working through the crisis to keep global trade afloat and

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Global Business Daily: JustEat/GrubHub $7.3bn merger, Unilever unifies

"The structure of the company is outdated . We didn't get a bloody nose in 2018 to now kick the can down the road for a few more years."This is what Nils Andersen, chairman of Unilever, told reporter