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SlideShare is hiring in India, San Francisco

SlideShare is hiring in India, San Francisco

Content-sharing site SlideShare, acquired by LinkedIn, is hiring for various positions in India and San Francisco. Co-founded by two Indians, SlideShare is being acquired by world’s largest professional networking site LinkedIn for about USD 119 million. SlideShare is recruiting people for as many as 23 positions and about 18 of them are in New...

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Moon to be closest to earth on Sunday

Moon to be closest to earth on Sunday

The moon will be closest to the earth tomorrow than it will be on any other night in 2012 and will appear significantly larger. The phenomenon, called supermoon, this year coincides with ‘Buddha Purnima’. On May 6 at 9.05 pm, the distance between the earth and the moon will be 3,56,955 km, the closest...

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Dog faeces to be used to light street lamps

Dog faeces to be used to light street lamps

Not such a waste after all! A Briton has come up with an ingenious idea to collect four tonnes of dog poo in a day from one county and turn it into electricity. Gary Downie, 41, a former banker, came up with the pioneering scheme and has now struck a deal with the council...

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Water can also float on oil: Scientists

Water can also float on oil: Scientists

Can water float on oil? Yes, says a new study defying conventional wisdom which researchers say could have important applications in cleaning up oil spills that often endanger seashores and fisheries. Normally what determines whether something floats or not is its density. For instance, hot-air balloons float because hot air is less dense than...

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Water can also float on oil: scientists

Water can also float on oil: scientists

Can water float on oil? Yes, says a new study defying conventional wisdom which researchers say could have important applications in cleaning up oil spills that often endanger seashores and fisheries. Normally, what determines whether something floats or not is its density. For instance, hot-air balloons float because hot air is less dense than...

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Earth-like rocky planets ‘may be common in universe’

Earth-like rocky planets ‘may be common in universe’

Earth-like rocky planets that humans could live on may be more common in the universe than stars, says an international team of planetary scientists which included an Indian-origin researcher. Aditya Chopra at Australian National University and colleagues claim that determining whether these planets are habitable has become the new holy grail of astronomy. “The...

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