Researchers trained African giant pouched rats to detect commonly smuggled items, including rhino horns and elephant tusks

Found in a rock in Argentina, the six-inch-long tadpole sheds light on the history of frog metamorphosis

ICTSI said it will use all legal channels to make sure that a Maersk subsidiary, "is not successful in holding the Durban port, and indeed the South African economy hostage to their interests".

It took less than a week for one of Citigroup's recommended Trump trades to sink under water.

Attorney General Kathy Jennings today co-led a coalition of attorneys general from across the nation in denouncing four of the world’s largest credit card companies for walking back their commitment to implement a new merchant code for gun sales that would help prevent mass shootings and curb gun violence. “Gun violence has become so endemic in our country that it is now the leading cause of childhood death. […]

IFTTT (If This Than That), a web-based software that automates and connects over 600 online services/software raised a $24M Series C led by Salesforce. Other investors include IBM and the Chamberlain Group and Fenox Venture Capital.

The latest round brings IFTTT’s funding to $63M and it will use the funding proceeds to provide integration for enterprise and IoT services and hiring. In IFTTT’s platform, applets are code/script users need to deploy to integrate two or more services (such Google Drive’s integration with Twitter/Facebook).

Investment in IFTTT reveals that Salesforce is consolidating its presence in enterprise IoT space. It also acquired Mulesoft, an integration platform that rivals Microsoft’s BizTalk.

IBM’s investment in IFTTT is also noteworthy as the former is pushing its IBM Watson IoT platform. The following statement also shows its keen interest in IFTTT.

Other recent investments in IoT companies include $30M Series B of Armis and Myriota's $15M for its IoT satellite-based connectivity platform.

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IQUIQUE, Chile — Over a thousand years ago, the hundreds of giant geoglyphs carved into the desert in northern Chile were a bustling scene. They marked sources of water in the vast arid landscape and were where locals came together to trade skins, animals and fish. Now the carvings are scarred with hundreds of tire tracks from motorcycles and off-road vehicles tearing through the art creations in the landscape and permanently disfiguring them. "It's practically destroyed by motorcycles, off-roaders," said Jose Barraza, general director of the regional national patrimony office. He said various groups were trying to preserve the site to prevent any more destruction - but also without restoring it to its former glory, to show the error of people's ways in the future. "[It] will be an example that shows future generations what not to do with our heritage, no matter how painful or how much anger, discomfort or resentment we feel towards it," he said. Local resident Angelo Araya says the community has been working with a local museum and authorities to try and "put an end to the destruction." The goal, Araya says, is to stop motorcycle and off-road vehicles from damaging the site further and "to make everyone aware that this is not just a heritage site, but that it belongs to all of us." The site has gone through many phases, going from a place to barter, to an abandoned site, to one where people were looking for gold. Eventually Chile's national forests association CONAF turned the area into part of the Pampa del Tamarugal National Reserve. Sand board instructor Franco Diaz said the government should physically close off access to the sites as the geoglyphs are difficult to spot. "If a jeep driver goes behind the hill, he won't notice if there's a geoglyph," Diaz said. "They should close the perimeter and protect these sites that are over 1,000 years old."

African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species including rhino horn and elephant ivory

Research has found the universe is remarkably similar in structure to the human brain. But does this mean the cosmos has a consciousness of its own?

Research has found the universe is remarkably similar in structure to the human brain. But does this mean the cosmos has a consciousness of its own?

As a 15-kilometre crack formed ahead of the recent eruptions, magma flowed into it at the highest rate observed anywhere in the world

International numbers are on the up but not everything in tourism is rosy

The plane is hailed as 'one of the most advanced aircraft available on the market'

In the centre of a distant galaxy, a supermassive black hole has swallowed up a star 9 times the sun’s mass in the biggest and brightest such cosmic meal we’ve ever seen

Astronomers have identified patterns within the motion of stars stretching across the Milky Way, hinting at the presence of a vast wave

The success of the all-civilian spacewalk on SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission shows that private space flight is starting to catch up with government space agencies

The long-standing mystery of how supermassive black holes grew so huge so quickly could be solved by decaying dark matter

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole, which lived among the Jurassic dinosaurs 160 million years ago.

Actor Tony Todd, known for his haunting portrayal of a killer in the horror film Candyman and roles in many other films and television shows, has died, says his longtime manager.

Left me pondering

Every spring, as the sun rises in the Arctic after months of darkness, life reawakens. Polar bears emerge from their winter dens, arctic terns return

Mumbai-based drug maker i TechInvention Lifecare /i in partnership with South Korean Eubiologics, has launched an oral cholera vaccine in India

Huge consolidation is afoot in the world of gaming. Today Take-Two Interactive announced a plan to acquire mobile games giant Zynga, in a deal valued at $9.86 per share — $3.50 in cash and the remaining $6.36 in shares of Take-Two common stock. Zynga’s enterprise value in the deal works out to $12.7 billion. The […]

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Take-Two has completed its $12.7 billion acquisition of mobile games giant Zynga, the company announced on Monday. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Zynga shareholders received $3.50 in cash and 0.0406 shares of Take-Two common stock per share of Zynga common stock. The deal, which was first announced in January, will bring Zynga’s popular […]

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Well that was quick. U.K.-based hyper fast grocery delivery startup Weezy — which only raised a pre-seed for its 15-minute delivery services of supermarket fare last year (after founding the biz in 2019) — has been bagged by Turkish 10-minute delivery app Getir. It’s the latest slice of consolidation to hit Europe’s hyper competitive on-demand […]

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Starbucks trails only McDonald’s as the largest restaurant chain by market capitalization. WSJ’s Heather Haddon explains why mobile technology has become a business priority for Starbucks and garnered it a loyal customer base. Photo: Stanislav Kogiku/Zuma Press

In our technology driven world the movers and shakers of the tech industry always want to be on the right side of the law. They want to show their humane face to the global audiences. But is that the truth?A new

Meta's ambitious plans for an AI data center encountered an unexpected obstacle: a rare bee species. The Financial Times reported that this discovery disrupted Meta's discussions with a nuclear power plant operator in the US. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg mentioned during

India's e-commerce sector is once again in the regulatory spotlight as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) shifts its focus to two of the largest players, Amazon and Flipkart. In response to allegations of foreign investment law violations, the ED is now preparing

Why Bertelsmann India Investments puts it money in sectors teeming with disruptors

We’re very pleased to see Glen Huser’s review of Marion Douglas’s The Game of Giants in Alberta Views. Huser writes: “Calgary writer Marion Douglas’s latest […]

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Reports from Downdetector.com revealed access issues, with X users unable to view posts and encountering a “Welcome to X!” message, while X Pro (previously TweetDeck) experienced loading problems displaying a “Waiting for posts” pop-up.

Executives from each company warned investors this week that their splurge will continue next year, or even ramp up

Qatar Airways and Airbus lock horns over safety concerns

Chainsaw Artist Griffon Ramsey turns a giant cedar log into a majestic flaming throne. Griffon salvages a large piece of wood and gets to work, explaining the different chainsaws and techniques she uses to get these incredible results.

GM Joe Schoen said that the injury guarantee in Daniel Jones' contract will not influence the Giants' decision about whether they bench their starting quarterback.

“I started because I was curious enough and this issue was not being fixed by the app stores,” says Babu Lal

“The results are obviously good for us in a way,” said the Aussie fast bowler.

Byju’s remains solvent with plans to settle ₹158 crore dispute

Two men smiling, eyeing each other as they briefly let their guard down, with no care of what the world around them is thinking, that has almost never been shown in a Bollywood film, notes Aseem Chhabra.

The meteorite would have delivered a large amount of phosphorous, a nutrient for microbes crucial for the molecules central to storing and conveying genetic information.

Water loss from the gypsum crystal surfaces is a primary degradation pathway

Water loss from the gypsum crystal surfaces is a primary degradation pathway

Seed companies say Europe will miss out on important innovations and benefits