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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.Photo: Cliff Owen (AP) Amazon is reportedly investigating whether independent merchants operating on their platform are greasing the palms of staff to divulge confidential information about the site, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. According to the report, Amazon staff (primarily located in China) are taking bribes of anywhere from $80…

Although last year’s discovery of gravitational waves last year, born of the collision of neutron stars, it was awesome, it added extra dimensions to our understanding of the Universe — literally, anyway. Astronomers at the University of Chicago found no evidence of the existence of extra dimensions in the Universe, starting from the gravitational wave…

Imax CEO Richard Gelfond.Photo: Richard Drew (AP) Every major streaming video service has approached the Imax theater chain about the possibility of theatrical releases, Imax CEO Richard Gelfond told investors at a conference this weekend. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Gelfond told attendees that Imax releases were an ideal way for services like Netflix and…

Despite the fact that at dusk and in low-light conditions, we can navigate, full of night vision we have, unfortunately, no. However, it is possible that this ability is all the same “built in” to our retina. Just in the course of evolution, humans have lost this property, but in theory it is quite possible…

Every living organism on our planet is influenced by such a process as aging. It is inherent in our nature, but people always wanted to find the cause of this phenomenon and to influence it. The victory over the aging process is not yet mentioned, but the genes responsible for these processes, it seems, has…

BMW says it iNext should be treated like the project i 2.0. Project i — this branded lineup, which included a relatively good mediocre i3 and i8. But both of these electric cars become niche rather than mass; for the mass appeal need a crossover. Actually, he introduced BMW: bold design, the embodiment of visionary…

Superconductors are gaining momentum, and the champion may be overthrown at any moment. Appeared immediately two studies on the topic of superconductivity — the transmission of electricity without resistance at temperatures that are higher than observed before. The effect is manifested in the compounds of lanthanum and hydrogen, compressed under very high pressure. All known…

In the Cultural center of the canadian town of Dawson city exhibited the mummified remains of a wolf and a reindeer that lived 50 000 years ago. They were discovered in 2016 mining companies and transferred to the researchers. Thanks to mummification, the wolf remains well preserved up to the hair, skin, and muscle tissue.…

Tracking the level of the ice on the Earth’s surface is important as never before. Noticing changes in the climate, climate scientists are trying to identify their causes. For example, they need to identify the degree of influence of melting glaciers on global sea level and counting the number of forests in each territory. To…

Photo: Bill Ingalls/NASA (AP) NASA’s last Delta II rocket blasted into the atmosphere from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday carrying the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), Space.com reported, in the rocket’s 155th and final mission. First entering service in 1989, the Delta II was NASA’s workhorse rocket, with Saturday’s launch…