We’ve only seen one interstellar object, a rock called ‘Oumuamua that passed by in 2017, but they may be crucial to speeding up the planet-building process
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
Renewable energy won't make Bitcoin 'green,' but tweaking its mining mechanism might
The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is known for its energy footprint. Now, a researcher suggests that renewable hydropower production cannot supply the large quantities of energy needed to power machinery used to validate Bitcoin transactions.
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Ex-Twitter CEO to Elizabeth Warren: There's not a one-size-fits-all way to break up Big Tech
"Companies are very different from each other, you can't just break them up similarly," says Dick Costolo.
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Sea otters' tool use leaves behind distinctive archaeological evidence
Researchers have analyzed the use by sea otters of large, shoreline rocks as 'anvils' to break open shells, as well as the resulting shell middens. The researchers used ecological and archaeological approaches to identify patterns that are characteristic of sea otter use of such locations. By looking at evidence of past anvil stone use, scientists...
Wild African ape reactions to novel camera traps
An international team of researchers analyzed video from remote camera-trap devices placed in ape-populated forests throughout Africa to see how wild apes would react to these unfamiliar objects. Responses varied by species, and even among individuals within the same species, but one thing was consistent throughout: the apes definitely noticed the...
Bernese Mars camera CaSSIS returns spectacular images
Three years ago, on March 14 2016, the Bernese Mars camera CaSSIS started its journey to Mars with the 'ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter' spacecraft. The camera system has been observing Mars from its primary science orbit since April 2018 and provides high-resolution, color images of the surface. On 2 March 2019, CaSSIS also delivered its first image of...
'Tingle' wearable device improves position tracking accuracy utilizing thermal sensors
In a new study researchers report that a wearable tracking device they developed achieves higher accuracy in position tracking using thermal sensors in addition to inertial measurement and proximity sensors. The wrist-worn device, called Tingle, was also able to distinguish between behaviors directed toward six different locations on the head.
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Microsoft to Bring Xbox Live Features to Android and iOS Games
Microsoft will open up Xbox Live features such as achievements, gamerscore, friends lists, and clubs to Android and iOS game developers with a new software development kit (SDK).
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Apple is expected to reveal its new iPhone and Mac software on June 3
Apple will host WWDC 2019 from June 3 to June 7, and a keynote where it unveils new software for iPhones, iPads, Macs is expected June 3.
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MongoDB's cloud service is withstanding the threat from Amazon, and the stock is surging
Twice in recent months MongoDB shares have plunged on concerns about competition from Amazon.
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IBM announces programme for developers
In a bid to recognise the contribution of developers in the open source community, Information Technology (IT) major IBM, in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Nasscom, on Thursday announced a new multi-year programme called "India Developer Champions".
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Critical materials: Researchers eye huge supply of rare-earth elements from mining waste
Researchers have examined a method to extract rare-earth elements from mining waste that could provide the world with a reliable supply of the valuable materials.
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New technology accelerates the science of deceleration
While it's not a case of reinventing the wheel, researchers are looking at ways to improve standard braking equipment on trains and cars. By mixing carbon fibers into polymer-based brakes, researchers were able to design brakes that are self-lubricating.
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Researchers use algorithm from Netflix challenge to speed up biological imaging
Researchers have repurposed an algorithm originally developed for Netflix's 2009 movie preference prediction competition to create a method for acquiring classical Raman spectroscopy images of biological tissues at unprecedented speeds.
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50 million cyber threats detected during second half of 2018, says report
Researchers detected close to 50 million cyber threats targeting enterprises during the second half of 2018, according to a new report from Seqrite, the enterprise arm of global IT security firm Quick Heal Technologies.
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US investigating Facebook over data deals with tech firms: Report
Facebook is facing criminal investigation in the US for the data deals it had entered into with smartphone makers and other technology giants, The New York Times reported.
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The iPhone's steady cash flow makes Apple more like a safe bond than a stock, Cowen says
Add Cowen to a list of Apple bulls as firm sees the steady iPhone business driving the stock another 20 percent higher.
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Wolves lead, dogs follow -- And both cooperate with humans
The statement is a bold one, especially as wolves have received a lot of negative attention in recent years. A recent study conducted by behavioral researchers, however, shows that dogs and wolves both work equally well with humans, albeit in different ways. The allegedly unequal brothers are thus much more similar than often assumed.
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A cosmic bat in flight
Hidden in one of the darkest corners of the Orion constellation, this Cosmic Bat is spreading its hazy wings through interstellar space 2,000 light-years away. It is illuminated by the young stars nestled in its core -- despite being shrouded by opaque clouds of dust, their bright rays still illuminate the nebula. Too dim to be discerned by the naked...
Walmart is planning to sell its own tablets
Walmart is making its own tablet in a move to challenge tech giants Amazon and Apple.
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Tesla steps into hottest auto segment with Model Y debut Thursday
Tesla dives into one of the hottest auto segments with the long-awaited debut of its Model Y crossover utility Thursday night.
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Paytm Payments Bank's Mobile Banking App Launched in India for Android, iOS
Paytm Payments Bank app will be available for download through Google Play and Apple's App Store.
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Google Maps Rolling Out Feature to Report Accidents, Speed Traps
Google Maps for Android has been updated to let you report accidents and speed traps.
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Facebook, Google should be investigated for dominating digital advertising, UK finance minister says
U.K. Finance Minister Philip Hammond urged the Competition and Markets Authority to launch a review of Britain's digital advertising market.
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Researchers reverse the flow of time on IBM's quantum computer
Researchers have managed to return a computer briefly to the past. The results suggest new paths for exploring the backward flow of time in quantum systems. They also open new possibilities for quantum computer program testing and error correction.
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Researchers reverse the flow of time on IBM's quantum computer
Researchers have managed to return a computer briefly to the past. The results suggest new paths for exploring the backward flow of time in quantum systems. They also open new possibilities for quantum computer program testing and error correction.
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Tesla's Kirkhorn takes over as CFO. Corporate Controller Taneja promoted to Chief Accounting Officer
Tesla's new CFO officially took office Wednesday, the company said in a filing. The company also promoted its corporate controller Vaibhav Taneja to the role of Chief Accounting Officer.
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Telegram Gains 3 Million New Users During Facebook, WhatsApp Outage
As Facebook and its chat apps grappled with an outage spanning globally, Telegram added three million users in just 24 hours.
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Interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua may have helped form Earth
We’ve only seen one interstellar object, a rock called ‘Oumuamua that passed by in 2017, but they may be crucial to speeding up the planet-building process
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Facebook employees have special hotlines to get faster customer support for their friends and family
Facebook has a special internal email hotline, commonly referred to as "Oops@", where employees can get priority support.
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Interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua may have helped form Earth
We’ve only seen one interstellar object, a rock called ‘Oumuamua that passed by in 2017, but they may be crucial to speeding up the planet-building process
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Scientists use a blender to reveal what's in our smartphones
Scientists blended an entire smartphone to dust before conducting a chemical analysis of the dissolved results to demonstrate why we should all take a keener interest in what is contained within everyday electrical items.
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Samsung is working on phone screens that make front cameras invisible
Samsung is working on new screens that hide the camera entirely under the display, which would allow for truly full-screen devices.
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Changes in rat size reveal habitat of 'Hobbit' hominin
A study of rat body sizes shifting over time gives a glimpse into the habitat of the mysterious hominin Homo floresiensis -- nicknamed the 'Hobbit' due to its diminutive stature.
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Origins and nature of 'math anxiety'
A report out today examines the factors that influence 'math anxiety' among primary and secondary school students, showing that teachers and parents may inadvertently play a role in a child's development of the condition, and that girls tend to be more affected than boys.
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3 arrested for duping people across India in the name of Reliance Jio
The accused have been identified as Sanjay Kumar (28), Santosh Kumar (29) and Arjun Prasad (26).
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On-the-spot genome analysis
By fine-tuning how algorithms carve up DNA data, researchers have made it possible to do genomic analysis on a smartphone.
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Microsoft's HoloLens 2 headset is smarter and more comfortable than its predecessor
Eye-tracking technology on the HoloLens 2 feels like the future, and the new design is more comfortable for getting things done.
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Snap shares surge after longtime skeptic upgrades to buy
Shares of social media company Snap rallied more than 6 percent Thursday after BTIG upgraded the stock citing better advertising outlook.
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Facebook Struggles Into Day Two of Global Outage
Facebook struggled to restore its services fully on Thursday after a 17-hour partial outage made the world's largest social network inaccessible to users across the globe.
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WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton Urges Deleting Facebook Accounts
Brian Acton urged Stanford University students to delete their Facebook accounts, as he explained his reasons for selling the app to Mark Zuckerberg in the first place.
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Nvidia's stock is at a make-or-break level, says chart watcher
Shares of chipmaker Nvidia are on a tear this week, and technical analyst Matt Maley says one critical level will determine whether the surge can continue.
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TCS to drive Blockchain adoption
The new TCS solutions will use Microsoft Azure Blockchain Cloud while harnessing the full potential of R3's "Corda Enterprise"
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Google Drive Gets Material Design Update on iOS, Coming to Android Soon
Google Drive for Android users will see the Material redesign starting March 18.
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WhatsApp co-founder urges people to delete Facebook accounts
Facebook acquired the messaging service in 2014 for $22 billion.
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Bharti Airtel appoints Nakul Sehgal as Corporate Chief Financial Officer
"Over the years, Bharti has always attracted the best of talent from across industry verticals and geographies.
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SoftBank, Toyota Said to Be in Talks to Invest $1 Billion in Uber's Self-Driving Unit
The investment would provide a cash injection for Uber's self-driving program that is costing the money-losing startup hundreds of millions of dollars without generating revenue.
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Google Says It Banned 2.3 Billion Misleading Ads in 2018
In its 2018 "Bad Ads Report", Google said six million bad ads were banned everyday.
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PUBG Mobile Ban: Rajkot Police Reportedly Arrest 10 for Playing the Game
It seems that Gujarat's PUBG Mobile ban has resulted in the arrest of 10 people for playing the game in Rajkot.
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Google Removes Over 200 Android Apps Infected by ‘SimBad’ Adware With Millions of Downloads: Check Point
Google has removed over 200 apps from the Play Store that were infected by an adware called “Simbad” and collectively had around 150 million downloads.
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Twitter Unveils Redesigned Camera for App, Rolling Out Over 'Next Few Days'
Twitter is rolling out the redesign of its camera feature that would now allow users to capture media, overlay location, and more.
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Indians lack 'the required skill sets': IBM chief Ginni Rometty
According to CMIE, as of February, there were as many as 31.2 million youth actively looking for jobs.
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Instagram Back Up After Several Hours, Facebook Still Down for Some
"Anddddd... we're back," Instagram tweeted along with GIF image of Oprah Winfrey screaming in excitement.
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A Day Not to 'Like' for Facebook, Hit by Outage, Criminal Probe
The New York Times reported that US prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the social network's practice of sharing users' data
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Samsung Galaxy M20 available via open sale on Amazon, starting today
Samsung Galaxy M20 is powered by 1.8GHz Exynos 7904 octa-core processor. It will be available on Amazon through open sale from today.
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Apple Said to Race to Get Studios Signed Up for New Streaming Service
Apple is said to be is racing to secure movies and TV shows to offer alongside its own original videos and is offering concessions to get deals done by a Friday deadline.
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Apps Down for Some Users Across the World
Facebook took to Twitter to inform users that it was working to resolve the issue, which had been plaguing some users for over 10 hours.
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E-Commerce players team up to launch new trade body TECI
E-Commerce players, including Snapdeal, ShopClues, UrbanClap, and Shop101, have joined hands to launch a new trade association, The E-Commerce Council of India (TECI).
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Google Reveals 10 Indian Startups for Latest Launchpad Accelerator Programme
The final 10 selected startups are based out of cities across the country, including Bengaluru, Mumbai and New Delhi, Google said in a statement.
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Offline App and WhatsApp as an Inspiration: Inside Uber’s Bengaluru Development Centre
Uber Lite app was launched in India as a pilot programme back in June last year.
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It Takes Deep Pockets to Fight Netflix, Competitors Find
"Starting a direct-to-consumer service takes an incredibly strong stomach for losses," said BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield.
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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Game Previewed, Goes Up for Pre-Registrations for Android
The Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game makers have also released a first look of the mobile video game giving fans a sense of what to expect.
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WhatsApp Temporarily Banning Users of Third-Party Apps Like WhatsApp Plus, GB WhatsApp
WhatsApp has announced through an FAQ post that it is temporarily banning accounts that use third-party versions of the instant messaging app.
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Google Allo Shutting Down Today: How to Download Chat Messages, Media
Google has revealed that the company will officially shut down Allo today i.e., March 12. Google Allo was unveiled back in 2016.
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Facebook faces criminal probe into data deals: NYT
At least two companies that make smartphones and other devices have received subpoenas from a New York grand jury related to how they used Facebook user data they received under deals with the social networking company.
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Cramer Remix: Why I still have faith in Boeing
Jim Cramer reveals why he hasn't given up on Boeing despite its woes.
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Dell CEO: We're positioned to 'help our customers with the digital transformation'
Jim Cramer talks with Dell CEO Michael Dell about move the company is making since making its return to public markets in late December.
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Cloudera plummets on a disappointing forecast
Cloudera fell sharply after reporting worse-than-expected earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter
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Everything we know about Haven, the Amazon joint venture to revamp health care
Amazon, J.P. Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway are building a team to fix health care for their employees. Here's what we know about the group so far.
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Cloud company MongoDB soars after crushing earnings
The company saw a massive boon from revenue in its Atlas segment, its fully managed cloud database product.
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Potential cystic fibrosis treatment uses 'molecular prosthetic' for missing lung protein
An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing or dysfunctional in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, operating as a prosthesis on the molecular scale, says new research.
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Looking back and forward: A decade-long quest for a transformative transistor
Transistors have been miniaturized for the past 50 years, but we've reached the point where they can't continue to be scaled any further. Researchers review negative capacitance field-effect transistors, a new device concept that suggests traditional transistors can be made much more efficient by simply adding a thin layer of ferroelectric material....
Bat flight model can inspire smarter, nimbler drones
Engineers have captured the full complexity of bat flight in a three-dimensional computer model for the first time, potentially inspiring the future design of better drones and other aerial vehicles.
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Testing the symmetry of space-time by means of atomic clocks
According to Einstein the speed of light is always the same. But according to theoretical models of quantum gravitation, this uniformity of space-time does not apply to particles. Physicists have now tried to detect a change in the uniformity of space-time using two optical Ytterbium clocks.
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Testing the symmetry of space-time by means of atomic clocks
According to Einstein the speed of light is always the same. But according to theoretical models of quantum gravitation, this uniformity of space-time does not apply to particles. Physicists have now tried to detect a change in the uniformity of space-time using two optical Ytterbium clocks.
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Neural networks predict planet mass
To find out how planets form astrophysicists run complicated and time consuming computer calculations. Scientists have now developed a totally novel approach to speed up this process dramatically. They use deep learning based on artificial neural networks, a method that is well known in image recognition.
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Big stats, human stories change attitudes about global issues
New research sheds light on the types of statistical and narrative evidence that are most effective at persuading people to pay attention to global issues.
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Facebook has been down for an hour, Instagram and Whatsapp also affected
Facebook acknowledged that users were reporting issues loading its family of apps Wednesday, which includes Instagram and WhatsApp.
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UK needs to overhaul competition rules to tackle Facebook, Google and Amazon, says review
Britain needs to overhaul its competition rules to tackle the dominance of tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon, and increase consumer choice, a government review said on Wednesday.
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Nano-bot can probe inside human cells
Researchers have built a set of magnetic 'tweezers' that can position a nano-scale bead inside a human cell with unprecedented precision. The nano-bot has already been used to study the properties of cancer cells, and could lead to enhanced diagnosis and treatment.
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Review of noise impacts on marine mammals yields new policy recommendations
Marine mammals are particularly sensitive to noise pollution because they rely on sound for so many essential functions, including communication, navigation, finding food, and avoiding predators. An expert panel has now published a comprehensive assessment of the available science on how noise exposure affects hearing in marine mammals, providing scientific...
Inactive ingredients in pills and capsules may cause allergic, adverse reactions
The majority of oral medications available to consumers contain ingredients that can affect sensitive individuals.
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Nano-bot can probe inside human cells
Researchers have built a set of magnetic 'tweezers' that can position a nano-scale bead inside a human cell with unprecedented precision. The nano-bot has already been used to study the properties of cancer cells, and could lead to enhanced diagnosis and treatment.
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Tracking urban gentrification, one building at a time
A new deep-mapping computer model can detect visual changes to individual properties, allowing researchers to more rapidly track gentrification within neighborhoods and cities, according to a new study.
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Prehistoric Britons rack up food miles for feasts near Stonehenge
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the earliest large-scale celebrations in Britain - with people and animals traveling hundreds of miles for prehistoric feasting rituals. The study is the most comprehensive to date and examined the bones of 131 pigs, the prime feasting animals, from four Late Neolithic complexes. Serving the world-famous monuments...
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