The UK has been through two large waves of COVID-19 and is currently in the middle of a third. Yet despite cases being high, both scientists and politicians are cautiously optimistic that the worst of…
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How rare is our Solar System? In the 30 years or so since planets were first discovered orbiting stars other than our Sun, we have found that planetary systems are common in the Galaxy. However,…
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The ranking Republican on the Senate banking committee has charged three regional Fed presidents with involving their banks in “politically charged issues” that are beyond the Fed’s remit. Senator Pat Toomey wrote to the presidents…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates in front of a drilling rig at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK…
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“It’s the journey, not the destination” seems like a modern proverb, because it emphasises experiences over results and promises personal transformation. However, millennia ago, theologians like Saint Augustine described life itself as a pilgrimage through…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The OPEC logo pictured ahead of an informal meeting between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Algiers, Algeria, September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) –…
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Twitter has come under increasing public scrutiny for facilitating hostile communication online. While the micro-blogging site promotes itself as providing a “free” and “safe” space to talk, critics have highlighted the company’s inept response to…
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NFTs or non-fungible tokens first captured the public imagination when a digital collage by an artist named Beeple sold for US$69 million (£51 million) at Christie’s in March 2021. Since then, there has been an…
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Switzerland’s large companies must follow a set of climate-reporting parameters, the Swiss Federal Council ruled on August 18. The seven-member council is effectively the highest office of Switzerland’s federal government. The new reporting principles will…
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2/2 © Reuters. A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, U.S., August 29, 2021. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS 2/2 By Liz Hampton and Marianna Parraga (Reuters)…
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