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A team of researchers at Columbia University has developed a way to allow DNA strands to store more data. In their study, published in the journal Science, the group applied a small amount of electricity to DNA strands to allow for encoding more information than was possible with other methods.

​2020 was truly the year to be a digital trader in the UK above any other. Boosted by a final flourish in December, overall online retail sales last year leapt 36% on the previous year.

​2020 was truly the year to be a digital trader in the UK above any other. Boosted by a final flourish in December, overall online retail sales last year leapt 36% on the previous year.

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The lefty can mash, but can he play everyday?

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For the second straight year, LGT’s readers picked Jones as Cleveland’s top prospect.

PureVPN in brief:

• P2P allowed: Yes, select countries
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• Number of servers: 6,500+
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We haven’t taken a good look at PureVPN in more than two years, and in that time the service has been busy updating network infrastructure... Читать дальше...

Certain provisions in the NDAA could promote this work.

On this week’s episode of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck chats with UFC welterweight Stephen Thompson (4:57) to recap his unanimous decision win over Geoff Neal in the main event of UFC Vegas 17 this past month, gives an update on the leg injury suffered in the matchup, talks being one of the more underappreciated fighters in the promotion, his callout of Jorge Masvidal, thoughts on Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement, and when he thinks he’ll be able to return.

Facebook hopes to make it easier to get work done within Workplace via new productivity features — some natively built, others from third parties — and other changes it has in mind this year for Workplace, its enterprise social network. 

Renewable energy, mostly solar and wind, are set to account for more than two-thirds of the new electricity generation capacity that the United States will install this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its latest inventory of electricity generators on Monday. A total of 39.7 gigawatts (GW) of new electricity generating capacity is expected to start commercial operation in 2021, with solar photovoltaics (PV) accounting for 39 percent of the new capacity. Wind power generation... Читать дальше...

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It’s a question if the mark he tied is really the record or not

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The alcohol industry is applying for a deferment of the payment of excise duties until the alcohol ban is lifted, trade association the South African Liquor Brandowners Association (Salba) has said. It stated in a January 12 media release that the industry pays the South African Revenue Service (Sars) an average of R2.5-billion a month in excise tax contributions for locally produced and imported products.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in desperate need of some therapists. At least, that’s what Elizabeth Olsen, who plays Wanda “Scarlet Witch” Maximoff, tells The A.V. Club in the video above. After all, when last we saw Maximoff and her Avengers pals, half of the universe had just disappeared for a few years and then…

We need to agree on the evidence—so we can disagree on what to do in light of it

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This is an update to our press release of 5th January, and follows a meeting of the Stallion Approval Panel held on 8th January.

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These were the worst calls by the refs during the opening round of the 2021 NFL playoffs.

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Another day, another heartbreaker. The Raptors are good and fun again, but it’s not resulting in wins… yet.

1. Dow Jones Today, Stocks Mixed As 10000 Troops Head For Washington; Walmart Partners With Robinhood Backer  Investor's Business Daily
2. Stocks are flat as Wall Street tries to rebound from Monday's losses  CNBC
3. Charting a bull-trend pullback: S&P 500 digests break top 20-day volatility bands  MarketWatch
4. How major US stock indexes fared Monday  Taiwan News
5. Stocks Flat Near Record Highs As Earnings Ramp Up Ahead Of Big Economic Releases  Forbes
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KATE MIDDLETON and Prince William ignored warnings from the Scottish Government against travelling to Scotland for their Royal Train tour but SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon's "spikey" comments sparked backlash among royal watchers.

The final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has found that 923 children who were associated with Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork died.

The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes could find little information referring to a mother-and-baby home that operated at Mountjoy Square and Merrion in Dublin in the 1920s and 1930s, because its records are part of a larger file that has not yet been fully processed.

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At last, a free agent signing!

"I’m so jealous but happy for my girl."