When employees don’t have control over their work schedules, it’s not just morale that suffers – mental health takes a hit too. That’s what my colleagues and I discovered in a study recently published in…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) – models that process large and diverse datasets and make predictions from them – can have many uses in nature conservation, such as remote monitoring (like the use of camera traps to…
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© Reuters. The Yamilah III, an oil tanker is seen anchored in New York Harbor in New York City, U.S., May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil was little changed…
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Rents across the U.S. have climbed to staggering levels in recent years. Millions of renters spend more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities, a situation that housing experts call being cost burdened.…
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Sveriges Riksbank says more work is needed to tackle persistent problems in the design of offline central bank digital currency (CBDC). “A secure and functional offline solution requires a lot of development work on technology,”…
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Stars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this gas because it helps us understand how stars and galaxies form and grow. Hydrogen gas gives off…
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© Reuters. By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Samples of milk collected from sick cattle in Kansas and Texas tested positive for avian flu, but the nation’s milk supply is safe, the U.S. Department of…
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Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations Board, they assert in several ongoing legal proceedings, is…
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© Reuters. A state controlled oil refinery Lotos is pictured in Gdansk, Poland June 6, 2022. Picture taken June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -Oil benchmark Brent hovered close to $86…
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The history of farming is seeded with technological “big bang” moments that have changed the trajectory of whole industries and countries. Some – such as mechanisation, and the arrival of synthetic fertiliser and pesticides, have…
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