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Science and technology in the United States

Hiroshima 70 years on: Was the Armageddon worth it?

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Hiroshima 70 years on: Was the Armageddon worth it?

By J Brooks Spector

Amazon's Jeff Bezos unveils $2 bn philanthropic fund

Business Maverick

Amazon's Jeff Bezos unveils $2 bn philanthropic fund

By AFP

AT&T and Time-Warner – a media/communications monster of a future kind

Analysis

AT&T and Time-Warner – a media/communications monster of a future kind

By J Brooks Spector

This Weekend We’re Watching: Steak Revolution, Williams and Patrick Melrose

Television

This Weekend We’re Watching: Steak Revolution, Williams and Patrick Melrose

By Antoinette Muller

Supplier and SAPS supply chain management team on 2011 Old Trafford jaunt

Scorpio

Supplier and SAPS supply chain management team on 2011 Old Trafford jaunt

By Marianne Thamm

Newsdeck

Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on moon, dead at 82

By AFP

Newsdeck

NASA astronaut casts lone vote from space

By AFP

While you were sleeping: 22 September

South Africa

While you were sleeping: 22 September

By John Stupart

Newsdeck

Zuckerberg fund pledges $3 bn to banish disease

By AFP

Newsdeck

French national rail backs futuristic Hyperloop

By AFP

The most powerful African you’ve never heard of

Africa

The most powerful African you’ve never heard of

By Simon Allison

A politics of chaos: Vetocracy, the SA way

South Africa

A politics of chaos: Vetocracy, the SA way

By Stephen Grootes

Global top dogs: Putin pips Obama in Forbes rankings of who’s hot and who’s not

Business Maverick

Global top dogs: Putin pips Obama in Forbes rankings of who’s hot and who’s not

By J Brooks Spector

Ebay Founder to launch independent mass-market news venture

World

Ebay Founder to launch independent mass-market news venture

By Reuters

Scientists who took chemistry into cyberspace win Nobel Prize

Maverick Life

Scientists who took chemistry into cyberspace win Nobel Prize

By Reuters

Microsoft and getting softer: a CEO exits, to applause

Business Maverick

Microsoft and getting softer: a CEO exits, to applause

By Richard Poplak

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to buy the Washington Post

Business Maverick

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to buy the Washington Post

By Reuters

The return of Nikola Tesla, the man who lit up the planet

Maverick Life

The return of Nikola Tesla, the man who lit up the planet

By Rebecca Davis

US military's secret mini-shuttle lifts off from Florida

Newsdeck

US military's secret mini-shuttle lifts off from Florida

By Reuters

US economists win Nobel for applying match-making

Newsdeck

US economists win Nobel for applying match-making

By Reuters

Due diligence on Dylan: writer found fraud in first chapter

Newsdeck

Due diligence on Dylan: writer found fraud in first chapter

By Reuters