Solar Plane Begins Round World Flight President Obama Pushes for Equality on International Women’s Day Ukrainian Rebels Pull Heavy Weapons from Front Line Dawn Probe achieves Ceres Orbit FARC to help Clear Landmines UK Business Costs Fall US Adds 295000 Jobs in February Mosques & Police Work Together to fight Domestic Abuse Baby saved after […]
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Big move by Vodafone today, with an offer including a minimum of 16 weeks fully-paid maternity leave, plus a 30-hour week on full pay for the first six months for new mothers returning to work. If that wasn’t enough this will be Global Maternity Equality, so for all their staff around the world, representing a […]
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Fans of Silicon Nomad will know that I’m a sucker for great art, especially after last week’s post about Henry Moore. This week is no exception with a Gauguin making a record breaking $300m at auction, an unknown work by Vivaldi getting its World Premier and a copy of the Magna Carta worth £10m found […]
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As a big Cyberpunk fan it’s hard not to be excited about molecular robots and machines. In living memory we’ve gone from computers the size of Atlas and EDSAC, to the Apple 1, Sinclair Spectrum, Smartphones and now machines the size of an atom. Simply Wow. Everyday small steps taking us towards ever greater leaps. […]
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If you ever needed a good news story for a Monday morning this surely fits the bill. A little girl left her Teddy Bear on an East Coast train and a nice lady saved the bear and ran a social media campaign to return the much loved fuzzy friend to their Human. We are overjoyed […]
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Somedays you need a hero, well especially if you’re an English cricket fan hearing the news from Australia. Last week we saw Marvel Comics reveal a new look Ms. Marvel. As nice as it is to see a young Pakisani lass in New York I have to say the sight of Qahera – a hijab […]
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