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Mysterious sinkholes spreading across Russia's Urals

Subterranean Soviet missile stations - or tunnels to the center of the earth? A whole host of theories have emerged after a large hole appeared near Russia's Urals mountains. An emergency situation committee has yet to say what caused it, or how they're responding. Meanwhile mysterious sinkholes have also appeared elsewhere in the region.

May 30, 2015 · 1 minute read

The Best Way to Be a Billionaire Before You're 40

How do you become a billionaire before you're 40? Watch as Bloomberg's Peggy Collins reports on what the world's billionaires are doing to make their money through a global survey of 1300 wealth accumulator.

May 30, 2015 · 1 minute read

Bionic Eyes Give Second Sight to the Blind

The blind can now see with the help of bionic eyes. In this edition of Wiring the World, Bloomberg's Ramy Inocencio meets one man diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable form of eye decay, who sees his wife's face, the ocean's surf and fireworks for the first time.

May 21, 2015 · 1 minute read

How Nanorobots Will Help Us Fight Cancer

Shawn Douglas, professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), presented at the Bloomberg Businessweek Design Conference, and is featured in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2015 Design Issue. He spoke to Bloomberg about his innovative cancer treatment research, using nanorobots.

May 1, 2015 · 1 minute read

How to Fix the TSX Venture Problems

The problems of the TSX Venture and our failing Canadian small cap market, how many companies are being delisted, and what we can do to save it.

Apr 19, 2015 · 13 minute read

Who Really is Edward Snowden?

The way we view security and privacy has been shaken up by Edward Snowden's revalations on US government mass surveillance. However, there's plenty we still don't know about the NSA whistleblower himself.

Apr 17, 2015 · 1 minute read

Report: World Bank Causes Huge Displacement Across World

The World Bank has been found to have violated its own policies, on protecting the rights of indigenous peoples. The projects that the group has been funding for several years in some of the poorest places on Earth, have actually resulted in farmers and villagers losing their land and livelihoods.

Apr 17, 2015 · 1 minute read

Bigger than the Dotcom Boom

This sector is not only bigger than the dotcom boom, and its not yet ready to pop. Find out how this new sector is forever changing the world as we know it.

Apr 5, 2015 · 6 minute read