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65 years of NASA – an astrophysicist reflects on the agency’s legacy

65 years of NASA – an astrophysicist reflects on the agency’s legacy

Sixty-five years ago, in 1958, several government programs that had been pursuing spaceflight combined to form NASA. At the time, I was only 3 years old. I’ve now been a professor of physics and astronomy…

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Oil prices rise as tight supply counters expected rate hikes By Reuters

Oil prices rise as tight supply counters expected rate hikes By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019. Picture taken February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Monday as tightening…

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Inflation may be coming down but its unequal effects can still have a big impact on wellbeing

Inflation may be coming down but its unequal effects can still have a big impact on wellbeing

Inflation is coming down across developed economies, although not as much as governments and central banks would like. The latest figures tracking UK inflation show prices rose by 7.3% in the year to June 2023,…

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How does ice cream work? A chemist explains why you can’t just freeze cream and expect results

How does ice cream work? A chemist explains why you can’t just freeze cream and expect results

Ice cream seems like a simple concept. Take some dairy, add some sugar and flavours, and freeze. But to get a perfectly creamy, smoothly textured frozen treat, we need more than just a low temperature…

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Bulgarian MPs re-elect Radev as governor

Bulgarian MPs re-elect Radev as governor

Bulgaria’s parliament elected central bank governor Dimitar Radev to a second six-year term on July 18. The vote ended a two-year period where it had failed to elect a new governor, and Radev had continued…

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Black Sea grain deal became meaningless By Reuters

Black Sea grain deal became meaningless By Reuters

© Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 23, 2023. Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Kremlin via REUTERS (Reuters) – Russia withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal…

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Netflix is gaining subscribers again – but here’s how it can succeed once people stop signing up

Netflix is gaining subscribers again – but here’s how it can succeed once people stop signing up

Netflix’s recent move to crack down on password sharing has boosted subscriber numbers by nearly 6 million in the last three months, for a total of 238 million subscribers globally. Netflix announced plans to limit…

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Is it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?

Is it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?

As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures into context and asking: When was it ever this hot before? Globally, 2023 has seen…

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Energy & precious metals – weekly review and outlook By Investing.com

Energy & precious metals – weekly review and outlook By Investing.com

© Reuters. Investing.com — It’s here: the week traders across markets have been waiting for; one that will tell if the Federal Reserve is done with its 16-month adventure of taming inflation with rate hikes…

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UK government wants to make pension pots bigger with riskier investments – but it faces big challenges

UK government wants to make pension pots bigger with riskier investments – but it faces big challenges

The pension market in the UK has expanded to become the largest in Europe, worth over £2.5 trillion in 2021. Successive British governments have encouraged this growth, especially through the auto-enrolment scheme which made workplace…

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