An unusual maternity test conducted on ancient bones from Spain has revealed that the melting pot of Ice Age Europe was unexpectedly diverse. Lee Hotz reports on the News Hub. Photo: Javier Trueba/Madrid Scientific Films.
Technology companies have leased 40 percent more San Francisco office space since the start of 2010 than during the five-year dot-com boom. The sector represented 61 percent of all office leasing last year, a historical high. Since 2009, tech has created 23,500 jobs - 86 percent of all new office positions in the city. [...] they're also a revealing glimpse into San Francisco's reliance on the health of a single sector historically prone to intense booms and busts. [...] non-tech companies are actually contracting in the city. Читать дальше...
Delta canceled a recent flight so it could fly the University of Florida basketball team to a game. Were passengers right to be outraged?
Sales over the Thanksgiving weekend may have been a disappointment for the nation's retailers, but they were a boon for the automakers, lifting their U.S. sales for November to the best rate since before the recession. The company said its November passenger car sales, helped by gains in its Fiesta subcompact and Fusion sedan, were its best since 2002. Sales gains for Chrysler, which introduced its new Jeep Cherokee in October, were the best of the Detroit automakers, up 16 percent for Chrysler's... Читать дальше...