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Nothing says celebration quite like popping bottles of Champagne.

Sparkling wine originated in 17th-century France as an experiment for kings and queens. The process was later perfected and popularized by Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon. 

Today, sparkling wine is made from grapes of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, or Pinot Meunier all over the world.

But some bottles of bubbly are so exclusive they're available only in high-end clubs or by special order. Читать дальше...

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan had their daughter Max less than a month ago, but they're already starting her education.

The Facebook CEO just posted a picture on the social network alongside his monthly book recommendation showing he and Chan reading out loud to their young daughter. 

He starts by joking that the next title in his Year of Books list is "Quantum Physics for Babies." That's a real book that introduces the basics of quantum physics with simple pictures and sentences. Читать дальше...

Three years ago, footage for a new "Star Wars" game was unveiled that looked incredible. It was called "Star Wars 1313," and it was a dark twist on the usual tales of heroism defeating evil that the "Star Wars" universe is known for.

Facebook's Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson stopped by Business Insider's 2015 IGNITION conference and spoke with INSIDER Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Carlson about how Facebook's culture of "hard conversations" keeps pushing the tech giant forward. 

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(Reuters) - An armed man crashed a car on the campus of Arkansas State University on Thursday and is in a standoff with police who have him surrounded, school officials said, calling the suspect "an active shooter."

"The individual with a weapon has been surrounded by police. No shots have been fired, no reported injuries," the school said on its Twitter said. 

The university in Jonesboro, about 130 miles northeast of Little Rock, said in a statement the school... Читать дальше...

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Getting cast in a "Star Wars" movie will change your life.

While it might not pay a lot, it will bring you international fame. There will also likely be an action figure made out of you.

Earlier this year, Disney announced that it's planning a prequel focused on Han Solo. It will be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller ("The Lego Movie") and open in theaters in 2018.

As soon as it was announced, people speculated who, if anybody, could possibly replace Harrison Ford... Читать дальше...

No matter where a software engineer wants to live, they have higher earning potential if they move out of the Bay Area and relocate, a new study from Hired shows.

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of Uber's business model.

    The states would join North Carolina, Arkansas, and Indiana in requiring the contractor designation as part of new laws governing so-called transportation network companies, a Reuters review of state legislation showed. Читать дальше...

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This article is by Dave Girouard, CEO of personal finance startup Upstart, and former President of Google Enterprise Apps. He’s well known for building Google’s enterprise division into a $1B+ global business.

On a recent Monday morning, I was preparing for my weekly staff meeting. Item #1 on the agenda was a discussion about an upcoming review cycle, where everybody at Upstart would receive a performance score based on feedback from their peers and manager.

Though I... Читать дальше...

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Like it or not, self-driving cars are on the way. 

Most automakers have pledged to have at least their semi-autonomous systems available by 2020, and many industry experts predict it will only be a few more years after that before fully autonomous cars hit the road. 

These self-driving cars will bring about more changes than you might expect. 

Here's a look at some of the big ways autonomous cars will transform the world. 

Thousands of lives will be saved each year. Читать дальше...

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Slurping your soup. Spitting in public. Eating with your hands. Some of the behaviors we consider the height of rudeness in North America are surprisingly acceptable—and sometimes even considered polite—in other countries. Here are nine taboo behaviors you can totally get away with abroad.

Slurping ramen (Japan)

Ramen (and not the sad, 10 packs for a dollar kind you lived off of in college—the gourmet type) is huge in Japan, and the best way... Читать дальше...

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Scientists for Cornell University and the Smithsonian Institute have successfully facilitated the birth of seven puppies with in vitro fertilization for the first time ever. 

Researchers implanted 19 lab-created embryos into a female beagle surrogate last spring.

Seven pups were born in total — five beagles and two beagle-cocker spaniel mixes.

These puppies represent a major breakthrough.

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Eighty students at Brunswick North West Primary in Australia—which has called for tolerance over opposing vaccination views—have contracted chickenpox.

The Age reports that at least 80 children out of the 320 students at the school may have contracted the disease.

A Department of Health spokesman told the paper the agency does not have firm figures on how many students have been infected, “but we’ve been advised that over the period there has been an absentee rate of about 25 per cent on any given day.

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For a long time, it was believed that people are born with a given level of intelligence, and the best we could do in life was to live up to our potential.

Scientists have now proven that we can actually increase our potential and enjoy ourselves in the process.

We now know that by learning new skills the brain creates new neural pathways that make it work faster and better.

Here is a list of seven hobbies that make you smarter and why.

1. Play... Читать дальше...

@someplace_else

There have been more than 300 mass shootings across the US in 2015, but only a handful of them have drawn national attention.

Everyday violence that involves guns — muggings, sexual assault, domestic abuse, and more — are often overshadowed by the high-profile incidents that make international news.

Photographer Michael Zbieranowski is bringing attention to these less-publicized violent acts through a new Instagram account, @someplace_else.

Using the... Читать дальше...

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Islamic State militants are engaged in oil trading worth as much as $40 million a month with significant volumes sold to the government of President Bashar al-Assad and some finding its way across the border into Turkey, senior U.S. Treasury official Adam Szubin said on Thursday.

"ISIL is selling a great deal of oil to the Assad regime," Szubin, acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence with the U.S. Читать дальше...

During Business Insider's 2015 IGNITION conference, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts discussed with Business Insider CEO and Editor-in-Chief Henry Blodget about the internet provider's likely move into the wireless business.

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New research suggests that being a manager doesn't hold wide appeal.

A survey by professional staffing firm Addison Group, cited on Bloomberg, found that just one-third of American workers believe that becoming a manager can advance their careers.

Moreover, of the nearly 1,500 working Americans born between 1946 and 1995 who were surveyed, only one-quarter were interested in becoming more effective managers. Seventeen percent said they don't enjoy managing others at all. Читать дальше...

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Medicare costs are going up for higher income earners (Social Security Administration)

The Social Security Administration announced 2016 Medicare costs are going up for individuals who earned at least $85,000 and couples that earned more than $170,000 during 2014. Premiums for most retirees will remain at the 2015 level of $104.90, but... Читать дальше...

TIME  magazine brought in a 27-year-old bald eagle named "Uncle Sam" for an August photoshoot with GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, who was appearing on the cover.

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“Inside Out” director Pete Docter just got himself a new core memory.

Currently in Havana, Cuba, as a part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ outreach committee, Docter was busy speaking to a group about restoring a long-lost Cuban film when he got the news this morning that “Inside Out” received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Film.

“It’s a tough life,” Docter joked to Business Insider over the phone from Havana.

The Globe nod... Читать дальше...

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The Philadelphia 76ers signaled a major shakeup this week when they announced the hiring of Jerry Colangelo.

Colangelo, the director of USA Basketball, was given a front-office role with the vague title "Special Advisor to the Managing General Partner and Chairman of Basketball Operations."

Nobody was quite sure what this meant for the 76ers. However, at the press conference, owner Josh Harris said Sam Hinkie, the general manager, will still have day-to-day responsibilities... Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations said on Thursday its Capitol Hill office was evacuated by police after a foreign substance was received in the mail.

The office received an envelope containing a note that read, "Die a painful death, Muslims," and a white powder, according to CAIR staff attorney Maha Sayed. 

"Our fear is at a pretty high level at this time, given the anti-Muslim rhetoric going on," said Sayed. Читать дальше...

I’m going to show you how to make money in this nutty market, which you’re about to see. It’s so simple in fact, I’m almost embarrassed to have to say it. It all comes down to just two words…

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Microsoft is working on putting Cortana, its Siri-like personal digital assistant, anywhere and everywhere within Windows 10, reports The Verge.

Right now, in Windows 10 as it stands today, Cortana sits comfortably in her corner near the Start menu.

But with Windows 10 Redstone, the big update to the operating system coming some time next summer, Cortana will leave her box and "float around Windows 10," according to the report.

The idea is that Cortana would hover around the edges of... Читать дальше...