How investors are valuing the pandemic

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Endangered ferret is cloned from a long-dead ferret

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Meet “Elizabeth Ann.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday the successful birth of a cloned black-footed ferret. Scientists cloned Elizabeth Ann from a ferret that died 30 years ago.  This cloning, which can understandably sound Sci-Fi, is an innovative conservation effort. The Fish...
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Australian news app beats Facebook in App Store

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Take that Facebook.  A homegrown app from Australia Broadcasting Company (ABC) topped iOS download charts in Australia, outpacing Facebook.  That’s important for one big reason: Facebook just banned news from appearing on Australian newsfeeds in response to a law that would require the social giant...
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