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Exclusive: Three ships carrying U.S. ethanol head to China

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Corn is loaded into a truck to be transported for ethanol production in Kelley, Iowa 2/3 By Stephanie Kelly and Hallie Gu NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three ships carrying ethanol…

A small and shrinking number of the world’s computer chips are made in the US

CC BY-ND President Joe Biden’s executive order calling for a review of supply chains for critical products put a spotlight on the decades-long decline in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing capacity. Semiconductors are the logic and memory…

four women share how they forged careers in science

Less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women and UNESCO data shows that only about 30% of all female students choose science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields at a tertiary level. Four African women…

Oil prices rise on expected economic recovery, likely drawdown in oil stocks By Reuters

© Reuters. Views of Total Grandpuits oil refinery By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Tuesday on expectations of a recovery in the global economy after U.S. Senate approval of a $1.9…

New York Gov. Cuomo is the textbook example of how not to apologize

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s two apologies for alleged sexual misconduct are straight out of a master class in how not to say you’re sorry. The governor, who had become something of a celebrity during…

applying lessons from GMOs to COVID-19

As the second wave of COVID-19 sweeps across Africa, bringing steep increases in infections and deaths, the battle between facts and conspiracies – especially around the safety of COVID vaccines – has also intensified. For…

Gulf countries get fiscal leeway after OPEC+ extends output cuts By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view shows branded oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) – Oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, whose state coffers have been battered…

Biden’s $1,400 COVID-19 checks may be great politics, but it’s questionable economics

The US$1,400 direct checks to people are the most expensive and perhaps most popular part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package racing its way through Congress right now. The House is set to vote…

Whether mice get fatter or thinner depends on the fungi that live in their gut

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Mice with certain communities of fungi living in their gut gained more weight when eating processed food than mice whose gut…