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This extinct ten-armed fossil may be earliest known ancestor of vampire squid

Enlarge / An artistic reconstruction of the newly described 328-million-year-old vampyropod, Syllipsimopodi bideni . (credit: K. Whalen/Christopher Whalen) Paleontologists believe they have discovered a new genus and species of extinct cephalopod with ten functional arms, similar to a vampire squid . The 328-million-year-old fossil is the earliest known example of a vampyropod (ancient soft-bodied cephalopods) […]

The land of cheap mortgages just went to zero

The country with the longest history of negative central bank rates is offering homeowners 20-year loans at a fixed interest rate of zero. Customers at the Danish home-finance unit of Nordea Bank Abp can, as of Tuesday, get the mortgages, which will carry a lower coupon than benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasuries. Denmark stands out in […]

Apple employee activism sparked over ex-Facebook hire (and dismissal)

An Apple employee petition that denounced the hiring of a former Facebook employee got instant results. Read More