Image copyright Ricky Boleto These days, your shiny new gadget is likely to be rendered obsolete by software updates (or a lack of them) before it physically grinds to a halt. A recent report by the consumer campaign group Which? suggests the lifespan of a smart fridge could be just a few years if the […]
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When entrepreneurs start a business, their goal is for it to keep running forever. With that in mind, have you ever wondered about the oldest company in the world? A new and incredible infographic (with some great graphics) from Businessfinancing.co.UK thoroughly answers that question. If you say the oldest company is 100, 200, 500, or
Archaeologists recently discovered the world’s oldest known natural pearl off the coast of Abu Dhabi. (Photo Credit: AETOSWire) The world’s oldest known natural pearl has been unearthed at a Neolithic site off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Archaeologists found the “Abu Dhabi Pearl” at an excavation site on Marawah Island, the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism
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Radiocarbon dating on a 17000-year-old coprolite reveals parasitic roundworm eggs preserved inside. Scientists have found the oldest parasite DNA yet recorded, dating back 16,570 to 17,000 years ago, in the faeces of a pre-historic puma that roamed Argentina’s mountains as the last ice age was drawing to an end. It is the DNA of the
This is the face of a member of a proto-human species called MRD (Photo: CMNH / MattCrow / SWNS) The face an ancient ancestor who roamed the Earth 3.8 million years ago has been reconstructed from a remarkably preserved skull. Scientists simulated the face of a male member of an ape-like species called Australopithecus anamensis
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While agile design efforts is current best practice, there remains a tremendous amount of work being constructed according to frameworks long in motion. ITIL and traditional legacy models of building and releasing versions of software every six months or once a year still is the standard for many firms throughout the globe. While each approach
Google is celebrating the first day of the Wimbledon championships today with an animated image to mark the tennis tournament’s 140th anniversary. The doodle was designed by doodler Gerben Steenks and leads to a search for “Wimbledon championship.” The top right corner of the image includes a tribute to the Rufus the Hawk, a mainstay
