2014年12月16日 星期二

2014-12-17 U.K. Spotlight


BBC News
   
Top 10 physics breakthroughs listed   
BBC News
Landing on a comet, nuclear fusion with lasers and a tractor beam are among the 10 physics breakthroughs of 2014, as chosen by a leading science magazine. The Philae spacecraft's touchdown on comet 67P was named as the year's most significant ...


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Financial Times
   
Too big to resist: Wall Street's comeback   
Financial Times
There will be another crisis. No law can stop it, no regulator can foresee it. Matt Kenyon illustration ©Matt Kenyon. When Washington is on the brink, who has the clout to persuade legislators to keep government open? The obvious answer is the US president.

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The Economist
   
Planetary science   
The Economist
EARTH aside, Mars is the most-studied planet in the solar system. Over the past half century a fleet of probes has photographed it, prodded it, sniffed it and blasted it with lasers. Most of the data those probes have gathered suggest Mars is biologically and ...


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BBC News
   
Man Utd v Liverpool: A strange kind of sporting love affair?   
BBC News
It is a supposedly toxic rivalry fired by both history and modern menace: ship canals and industrial struggle; title battles or European charges; managers trading insults and players refusing to shake hands; loathsome chants about death, songs ridiculing ...


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Financial Times
   
Prepare for the coming Japanese boom   
Financial Times
If you're thinking of coming to Japan for a spring break, you'd better book fast. Occupancy rates for Tokyo and Osaka hotels are at 22-year highs as big-spending Asian tourists flood into the country. The impact is felt not just at the high end. Asakusa ...


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IsoHunt unofficially resurrects The Pirate Bay   
VentureBeat
Update on December 15: The Pirate Bay has released its first official statement. The team hasn't decided yet if the site is coming back. Update: Readers are reporting that for popular searches there is a clear overlap (identical in most cases) between ...


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BBC News
   
Marco Polo brings Mongol empire to Netflix   
BBC News
Following on from the success of its original dramas House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Netflix is banking on its next series, Marco Polo, being a similar hit. The adventures of famed explorer Marco Polo in 13th Century China are being told in a new ...


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Financial Times
   
Crowd-pleasing is no substitute for wise judgment   
Financial Times
The wisdom of crowds” has become a modern cliché. And a strange one — the crowds that attended the Nuremberg Rallies, or cheered the tumbrils of the Reign of Terror, were anything but wise. Many adjectives might be applied to the assemblies that gather ...


   


Telegraph.co.uk
   
NS&I Pensioner Bonds: the rates, the catches and how to apply   
Telegraph.co.uk
Pensioner Bonds, issued by the Government through National Savings & Investments, will pay 2.8pc and the three-year bond will offer pensioners 4pc. Because interest earned on Pensioner Bonds is taxable, the accounts may not beat tax-exempt returns ...


   


Gizmodo
   
Another Torrent Site Has Resurrected the Pirate Bay   
Gizmodo
The popular torrent site Isohunt just launched a new fully functional website—oldpiratebay.org— that lets you search through the Pirate Bay archives. This is a little bit silly, since Pirate Bay's archives have been public for years. But it's also a little bit useful if ...


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