Sponges are the simplest of animals, and they may stand at the root of all complex animal life on Earth, including us humans. Scientists study the evolution of the earliest sponges, hundreds of millions of…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Democratic National Convention held in Milwaukee By Timothy Gardner and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden named former Secretary of State John Kerry as special climate envoy, his…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated America’s nursing homes, but the reasons aren’t as simple as people might think. To understand how nursing homes became the source of over one-third of U.S. COVID-19 deaths, you have…
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It’s no secret the trail of data we leave online can reveal intimate details about our lives. And there are myriad people whose job it is to collect and sift through this, often with a…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An activist opposing the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline dangles from a steel structure erected in St. Paul 2/2 By Stephanie Kelly, Devika Krishna Kumar and Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK…
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The suspected hijacking of the oil tanker Nave Andromeda off the coast of the Isle of Wight has captivated the UK press. While the heroic efforts of members of the Special Boat Service in resolving…
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In the past few years, people have become fascinated with using their DNA to learn more about themselves, their origins, family trees, predisposition to health conditions and quirky traits. This has been enabled by the…
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© Reuters By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – The powers-that-be in OPEC must have trouble believing their luck that oil prices can actually be rising at a time when Covid-19 cases are rampaging across the United…
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Ant Group is likely to pull off the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history when it goes public on the Hong Kong and Shanghai exchanges on November 5. The Chinese digital finance giant is…
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© Reuters. By Adam Claringbull Investing.com – Gold was up on Friday morning in Asia as the U.S. sent out contrary COVID-19 relief signals. inched up 0.08% to $1,863 by 11:53 PM ET (3:53 AM…
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