The U.S. government may be on the verge of spending as much as US$4.5 trillion in what could be one of the biggest investments in infrastructure and the social safety net in decades. The House…
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The parched deserts of the South Australian outback were once a rainforest filled with a rich variety of birds and animals. Now, thanks to a new fossil discovery, we know the apex predator of this…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An employee holds a sample of crude oil at the Yarakta oilfield, owned by Irkutsk Oil Co, in the Irkutsk region, Russia on March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo By Ahmad…
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Lawyers may be the only thing standing in the way of eviction for millions of renters. With the end of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium on Aug. 26, 2021, most…
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The cows kept by small-scale farmers in Africa are notoriously unproductive. The average dairy cow, for example, produces about 540 litres of milk per lactation. By contrast, dairy cows in North America that belong to…
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Federal Reserve vice-chair Richard Clarida said on August 4 that he expected the Fed will be ready to raise interest rates in early 2023. Clarida’s comments add to an intensifying discussion about when the Fed…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An electric powered taxi is seen being charged at a BP Pulse electric vehicle charging point in London, Britain, July 16, 2021. Picture taken July 16, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls By Nick…
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President Joe Biden has a goal for all U.S. electricity to come from zero-carbon sources by 2035. To get there, he’s counting on Congress to approve an ambitious package of incentives and penalties designed to…
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An earthquake that struck near Melbourne today is one of the largest in Australia since instrumental seismic records began. However, the geological record of ground-breaking fault ruptures tells us much larger earthquakes have occurred across…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Christian Bruch, Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Energy AG attends Siemens Energy’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo BERLIN…
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