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href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035799393/bolivia-nuclear-resea.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/102055/51/1020555170.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Bolivia. 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File photo" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035799393/bolivia-nuclear-resea.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>21:42 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">21:42 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035799393/bolivia-nuclear-resea.html">Bolivia’s Nuclear Research Deal With Russia 'Technological Leap Forward'</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035799393/bolivia-nuclear-resea.html">Russia’s deal with Bolivia to build a nuclear research center will usher the South American nation into a technological era that opens up new possibilities for the country, the Russian envoy in La Paz told Sputnik on Friday.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035799393/bolivia-nuclear-resea.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>318</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035789845/silicon-valley-apple-fbi.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103578/90/1035789029.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Microsoft" title="Microsoft" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035789845/silicon-valley-apple-fbi.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>18:46 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">18:46 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035789845/silicon-valley-apple-fbi.html">Silicon Valley Giants Rally Behind Apple, File Brief in California Court</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035789845/silicon-valley-apple-fbi.html">Silicon Valley competitors and comrades have joined Apple's legal fight against the FBI over the San Bernardino iPhone.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035789845/silicon-valley-apple-fbi.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>124</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035786718/hubble-telescope-distant-galaxy.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103578/52/1035785289.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="The location of galaxy GN-z11, which is the farthest galaxy ever seen." title="The location of galaxy GN-z11, which is the farthest galaxy ever seen." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035786718/hubble-telescope-distant-galaxy.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:58 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:58 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035786718/hubble-telescope-distant-galaxy.html">What's That Hubble? Telescope Spots New Galaxy Far, Far Away</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035786718/hubble-telescope-distant-galaxy.html">Astronomers have discovered what could be the most distant celestial object ever spotted.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035786718/hubble-telescope-distant-galaxy.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>3</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>743</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035784090/china-rover-mars.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/102633/12/1026331251.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Mars and the Sun" title="Mars and the Sun" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035784090/china-rover-mars.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:17 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:17 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035784090/china-rover-mars.html">Aim Higher: China Plans to Send Rover to Mars in 2020</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035784090/china-rover-mars.html">China plans to land a rover on Mars when the opportunity presents itself in 2020, the country’s chief aerospace engineer said Friday.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035784090/china-rover-mars.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>312</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160304/1035775281/facebook-uk-income-tax.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103577/56/1035775692.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Facebook" title="Facebook" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160304/1035775281/facebook-uk-income-tax.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>15:28 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">15:28 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160304/1035775281/facebook-uk-income-tax.html">Cough It Up: Facebook Admits UK Defeat, Agrees to Pay Corporate Tax</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160304/1035775281/facebook-uk-income-tax.html">Facebook, a company with a market value of US$245 billion, paid just US$6,199 (£4,327) in tax to Britain in 2014, despite making an annual profit of US$2.6 million (£1.9 million).</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160304/1035775281/facebook-uk-income-tax.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>3</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>265</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035762210/russia-scientists-nuclear-batter.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103576/29/1035762978.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Battery" title="Battery" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035762210/russia-scientists-nuclear-batter.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>11:07 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">11:07 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035762210/russia-scientists-nuclear-batter.html">Russian Scientists Suggest New 'Nuclear Battery' Concept</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035762210/russia-scientists-nuclear-batter.html">Experts of the National University of Science and Technology MISiS in Moscow have developed a new technology for making "nuclear batteries" with nickel-63 isotopes for use in various sectors, including healthcare and space research, reports the university’s press service.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160304/1035762210/russia-scientists-nuclear-batter.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1776</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035754286/apple-battles-fbi-amazon-encryption.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/102306/01/1023060178.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A picture shows the logo of the online retailer Amazon dispalyed on computer screens in London on December 11, 2014" title="A picture shows the logo of the online retailer Amazon dispalyed on computer screens in London on December 11, 2014" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035754286/apple-battles-fbi-amazon-encryption.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>03:53 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">03:53 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035754286/apple-battles-fbi-amazon-encryption.html">As Apple Battles FBI Over Privacy, Amazon Quietly Drops Encryption Feature</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035754286/apple-battles-fbi-amazon-encryption.html">As Apple refuses to back down to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over encryption and the right to privacy, Amazon appears to be doing the opposite, quietly taking away the ability to encrypt their devices.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160304/1035754286/apple-battles-fbi-amazon-encryption.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1444</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160304/1035746529/google-pentagon-join-forces.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/101328/97/1013289712.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Google writing on the wall" title="Google writing on the wall" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160304/1035746529/google-pentagon-join-forces.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>00:50 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">00:50 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160304/1035746529/google-pentagon-join-forces.html">Pentagon, Google Join Forces to Advance US Military Hegemonic Capacity</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160304/1035746529/google-pentagon-join-forces.html">Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to lead Pentagon’s Innovation Advisory Board.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160304/1035746529/google-pentagon-join-forces.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>6</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1641</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160303/1035743275/netflix-ceo-replace-charter-teachers-computers.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/101863/48/1018634857.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Netflix company logo at Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, California" title="Netflix company logo at Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, California" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160303/1035743275/netflix-ceo-replace-charter-teachers-computers.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:44 03.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:44 03.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160303/1035743275/netflix-ceo-replace-charter-teachers-computers.html">Netflix Founder Spends Big to Replace US Teachers With Computers</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160303/1035743275/netflix-ceo-replace-charter-teachers-computers.html">The billionaire CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, is dishing out $100 million to replace public school teachers with computers, and not everyone is convinced the idea has merit.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160303/1035743275/netflix-ceo-replace-charter-teachers-computers.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>5</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>753</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/latam/20160303/1035716824/space-radio-signals-discovery.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103571/71/1035717195.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="VLA Very Large Array Radiotelescope, New Mexico 2008" title="VLA Very Large Array Radiotelescope, New Mexico 2008" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/latam/20160303/1035716824/space-radio-signals-discovery.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>15:44 03.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">15:44 03.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/latam/20160303/1035716824/space-radio-signals-discovery.html">Mysterious Signals From Space? Telescope Intercepts Strange Radio Bursts</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/latam/20160303/1035716824/space-radio-signals-discovery.html">Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are sudden energy spikes in the radio spectrum originating somewhere in space. What causes these signals - which are sometimes picked up by astronomers' radio telescopes- is not yet clear.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/latam/20160303/1035716824/space-radio-signals-discovery.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1912</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035688805/pentagon-beg-hackers-to-attack-defense-department.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103410/10/1034101046.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Dark web" title="Dark web" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035688805/pentagon-beg-hackers-to-attack-defense-department.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>00:47 03.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">00:47 03.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035688805/pentagon-beg-hackers-to-attack-defense-department.html">Pentagon Begs Hackers to Attack US Department of Defense</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035688805/pentagon-beg-hackers-to-attack-defense-department.html">Defense officials aim to simulate cyberattacks through exercises with world’s hackers</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035688805/pentagon-beg-hackers-to-attack-defense-department.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>5</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1600</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160302/1035673701/uk-drone-plane-collision.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103567/43/1035674367.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Cockpit" title="Cockpit" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160302/1035673701/uk-drone-plane-collision.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>19:03 02.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">19:03 02.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160302/1035673701/uk-drone-plane-collision.html">British Pilots Urge Gov't to Fund Drone-Plane Collision Research</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160302/1035673701/uk-drone-plane-collision.html">British pilots are calling for tests to be carried out on what would happen to a passenger airplane if it was stuck by a drone.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160302/1035673701/uk-drone-plane-collision.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>109</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160302/1035663568/collider-chamber-vacuum.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125440im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103566/52/1035665222.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Belle II detector" title="Belle II detector" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160302/1035663568/collider-chamber-vacuum.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>16:48 02.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">16:48 02.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160302/1035663568/collider-chamber-vacuum.html">Japan Launching World’s Newest Particle Collider With Russian-Made Parts</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305125440/http://sputniknews.com/science/20160302/1035663568/collider-chamber-vacuum.html">Japan is launching a new particle collider with the highest ever luminosity that uses parts produced by a Russian Academy of Science’s 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