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Nobel physics prize: ‘Ground-breaking’ win for planets and Big Bang
James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz were announced as this year's winners at a ceremony in Stockholm
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Climate change: Polarstern icebreaker begins year-long Arctic drift
The ship, which will head the North Pole's biggest scientific expedition, will settle next to a thick ice floe on the Siberian side of the ocean basin
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HSBC plans to cut 10,000 more jobs worldwide, says report
HSBC plans to lay off up to 10,000 staff as it embarks on a fresh cost-cutting drive just months after ousting its chief executive
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This is how New Zealand is leading the world in parent-friendly politics
As New Zealand lawmakers vigorously debated fuel prices in parliament this week, speaker Trevor Mallard called for order while feeding baby
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Apple, Google, and Netflix don’t require employees to have 4-year degrees, and this could soon become an industry norm
Students assume getting a four-year degree — and taking on the thousands of dollars of student-loan debt that comes along with it — is the only way
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Where Companies Go Wrong with Learning and Development
Organizations spent $359 billion globally on training in 2016, but was it worth it?
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‘Depressing’ gender pay gap widens in fund management firms
The fund management sector is facing fresh criticism over its widening gender pay gap, after a new report says there are signs of “resentment” from professionals who have dismissed diversity…
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Moo-ving to the future? Cows try ‘Floating Farm’ in Rotterdam
Dutch businesswoman Minke van Wingerden looks on proudly as one of her 32 brown-and-white cows makes a pit stop at an automated milking
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Hypersonic ‘space plane’ promises four-hour London to Sydney flights by 2030s
Flight times from London to Sydney could be 80% shorter by the 2030s, should a hypersonic rocket engine being developed in the UK get off
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Elon Musk unveils Starship designed to take crew on round-trips to Mars
Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system and land
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