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Researchers in Chile discover 20 underground caves which could help unlock mysteries about how continents are formed The Telegraph (UK) Chilean and French scientists have discovered a network of underground caves on a remote island in Patagonia that could provide valuable clues as to how continents were formed. The group found the system of around […]

Australia: Sydney is going digital-only TV on March 18, 2014 Australian Government Some TV channels are changing their frequency as the final step in the move to digital-only TV. Australians will need to retune their TV, set-top box or digital recorder when these changes happen in their areas. If Australians don’t, they won’t be able […]

Japan’s tallest building Abeno Harukas fully opened Osaka challenges Tokyo with tallest skyscraper Bloomberg Japan’s tallest building will open Friday in Osaka, as Asia’s third-biggest metropolitan economy aims to lure tourists and stem businesses from moving to Tokyo. Kintetsu Corp., one of the main railways in western Japan, spent ¥130 billion and four years constructing […]

NASA’s Kepler Mission announces a planet bonanza, 715 new planets NASA NASA’s Kepler mission announced Wednesday, Feb 26, 2013 the discovery of 715 new planets. These newly-verified worlds orbit 305 stars, revealing multiple-planet systems much like our own solar system. Nearly 95 percent of these planets are smaller than Neptune, which is almost four times […]

Spain opens door to Sephardic Jews after historic expulsion The Spanish conservative government plans to make amends with a law expected to be passed within weeks or months that offers citizenship to the descendants of legions of Jews forced to flee in 1492. By Aron Hellerjorge Sainz The Associated Press MADRID — They were burned […]

Tequesta Native American village artifacts uncovered in downtown Miami By Andres Viglucci The Miami Herald Miami’s historic preservation board on Friday roundly rejected a developer’s plan to carve out and display a prehistoric remnant of a recently uncovered Tequesta village in downtown Miami, and instead set the stage for potentially designating the site a protected […]

A massive mixed-use project could add 3 skyscrapers to Midtown Atlanta Amy Wenk and Douglas Sams Atlanta Business Chronicle A massive mixed-use project that could add 3 skyscrapers to Midtown Atlanta — including one that could be Atlanta’s tallest tower at 60 stories— is moving forward. On Feb. 5, 2014 plans were formally filed in […]

Germany: 32-story AfE Tower comes down in Europe’s largest controlled demolition The largest controlled demolition in Europe’s history took place in Frankfurt, Germany Sky News Tens of thousands of spectators have turned up to watch the demolition of a 116-metre (380-ft) skyscraper in Frankfurt. The former university tower AfE came down in seconds in the […]

Ten years of Facebook Deutsche Welle Since its launch in 2004, Facebook has become one of the world’s most important social networks. What began as a student network at Harvard University has developed into a perfect advertising machine. For businesses, media enterprises and political parties, it’s now considered the number one internet marketing platform. Ten […]

People over age 65 years old will triple by 2050 BBC News The number of people across the world over 65 years old will triple by 2050, drastically altering some countries’ demographic make-up, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. Perceptions of this shift vary widely across the globe, the report says. […]