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In 2010 astronomers made a marvelous discovery: buckyballs, also known as buckminsterfullerene molecules, inside a planetary nebula that formed from a dying star. These are molecules composed of 60 ...

Nicknamed the George Clooney of finance, this rock-star central-bank governor is now turning heads as a Prime Minister. Mark Carney first came to global fame during the 2008 financial crisis when, ...

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