The flightless kiwi is an iconic bird for New Zealanders, but all five species are threatened by habitat loss and introduced predators. Recent genomic analysis focused on one species, the South Island brown kiwi or…
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© Reuters. Lumber Frenzy Drives Up Home Prices as Suppliers Can’t Keep Up (Bloomberg) — The frenzy sweeping the lumber market will likely keep going through the summer peak of U.S. home building as labor…
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Two weeks after the first U.S. case of COVID-19 was identified in Snohomish County, Washington, in early 2020, my dad had a stroke at his home just across Puget Sound. More COVID-19 cases were about…
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Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout has hit yet another crossroads. Public confidence has wavered following the federal government’s announcement last week that the Pfizer vaccine was the preferred choice for people under age 50. The advice…
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© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was down on Tuesday morning in Asia as U.S. Treasury yields firmed. Increasing hopes of a quick economic recovery from COVID-19 also turned investors away from the…
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Over the last few decades, African governments have removed restrictions on and privatised their mining industries, attracting significant foreign direct investment. As a result, the continent’s mining industry has become dominated by transnational corporations such…
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Most people know that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain but I want to know for how long it has been the tallest, and for how long in the future it will remain so (…)…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s Primrose Lake oil sands project is seen near Cold Lake, Alberta 2/2 By Nia Williams (NYSE:) CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) -New York’s state pension fund is restricting…
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Major League Baseball knows how to exert leverage over local lawmakers. Over 100 companies, including Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola, reacted to Georgia’s new restrictive voting law by publicly denouncing it. While some executives are…
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Sixty years ago, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel in space when he completed his historic orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961. Out of respect for Gagarin’s achievement, the Apollo…
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