FACTS OF THE DAY
3 May 2017
20 robots work for Credit Suisse, many of them making sure the bank meets compliance regulations.
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Economic chaos, civil disorder and food shortages meant that the average Venezuelan lost 19 pounds in weight last year.
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Chinese geneticists have unravelled the tea genome and discovered that it is four times longer than the coffee genome.
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Doctors have saved the lives of 10 Americans in need of kidney transplants by giving them kidneys infected with Hepatitis C and curing the disease afterwards.
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Jamun berries, an Indian street food, are so light absorbent that using them in solar panels could reduce their cost and solve India’s chronic power shortage.
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A Canadian court has handed down an eight-year prison sentence to the criminal mastermind behind the theft of 3,000 tonnes of maple syrup.
