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The remains of a 2,500-year-old female body unearthed at the Altai Mountains suggest that she may have been a member of the elite all-female virgin Amazon warriors revered by the ancient Greeks. She lay entombed beside a much older man, accompanied by shields, battle axes, bows and arrowheads.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Woody Allen is going back to his TV roots in a deal with online giant Amazon to write and direct his own series that will premiere next year.
      

Mark Zuckerberg wants to add a little more "book" to Facebook.

The Facebook founder and CEO announced on his page recently that he has vowed to read a book every other week in 2015, with an emphasis on learning about different beliefs, cultures and technologies.

When naturalist Paul Rosolie wanted to focus attention on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, he decided he needed a stunt guaranteed to get people looking.
      
So the staunch environmentalist offered himself as dinner to an anaconda -- and was prepared to be swallowed alive, filming every moment.
      

Destruction of the Peruvian Amazon is rising after expanding over more than 145,000 hectares (560 square miles) last year - an 80 percent jump from the start of the century, the government said on Dec. 2.
 
Forest is mainly being cleared for farming, said Gustavo Suarez de Freitas, an official in the environment ministry.

Deforestation in Brazil's storied Amazon basin region skyrocketed more than 450 percent in October from a year earlier, a non-governmental group warned Nov. 17.
      
The alarming loss was the equivalent of 24,000 football pitches, said Imazon, which works to support sustainable development in the massive and unique ecosystem.
      

The Apple brand and logo are named the most valuable brand in the world, according to the Interbrand Best Global Brands annual report, quoted by The Guardian.

It is worth nearly USD 119 B - more than twice Bulgaria's GPD for 2013, estimated at roughly USD 53 B.

Google on Aug. 28 said it is testing using drones to deliver items bought online, putting its own spin on similar efforts by Internet retail titan Amazon.com.

Two years of research into what Google referred to as “Project Wing” was capped this month with test flights delivering candy, water, medicine, dog treats and other items to two farmers in Queensland, Australia.

Two archrival U.S. newspapers, the Washington Post and New York Times, agreed Thursday to work together to find ways to improve interaction with readers online.

Eko Park in the southern province of Antalya’s Kemer district has welcomed new guests from Peru and Guiana, which include eight monkeys of three different species: Saimiri sciureus (Squirrel monkey), Cebus paella (Capuchin monkey) and Saguinus midas (red-handed Tamarin monkey).