The word corruption has its roots in the Latin adjective corruptus which refers to something that is spoiled, corrupted or perverted. In South Africa, evidence of the perversion of public funds abounds. In his 2021…
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The pig-nosed turtle, an endangered freshwater turtle native to the Northern Territory and southern New Guinea, is unique in many respects. Unlike most freshwater turtles, it is almost completely adapted to life in water. It…
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2/2 © Reuters. Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani with delegations wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is liquidating lots of Tesla shares. His transactions, which began in November 2021, could total US$20 billion or more. He has not said whether he plans to donate to charity the…
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Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids. If steam contains water, which goes up and evaporates, what does smoke from fire contain? (Amasi-Mario, 8, Nigeria)…
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Major economic blocs, such as the US, European Union, China and Japan, have engaged in ‘currency wars’ for a number of years, which now risk spiralling into ever more disruptive “beggar-thy-neighbour” policies, according to Jacques…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Oil storage containers are seen, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices eased…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Increasing staff diversity does not automatically make a nonprofit more effective. But such organizations can benefit from that change if they…
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In 2020, scientists made global headlines by creating “xenobots” – tiny “programmable” living things made of several thousand frog stem cells. These pioneer xenobots could move around in fluids, and scientists claimed they could be…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna,…
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