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Oil prices down on Gaza ceasefire talks, flat on the week By Reuters

Oil prices down on Gaza ceasefire talks, flat on the week By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows Majnoon oil field near Basra, Iraq, May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani/File Photo By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices slipped on Friday and were flat on…

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What Ireland’s smoking ban 20 years ago can teach us about big changes to human behaviour

What Ireland’s smoking ban 20 years ago can teach us about big changes to human behaviour

In March 2004, the Republic of Ireland became the first country in the world to ban smoking in indoor public places, including bars and restaurants. Every country that eventually followed suit wrestled with the same…

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how Torres Strait Islanders predict eclipses

how Torres Strait Islanders predict eclipses

It’s eclipse season. The Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned so it’s possible for the Earth and Moon to cast each other into shadow. A faint lunar eclipse will occur on March 25, visible at…

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A year after Iraq-Turkey pipeline halt, no progress to resume flows By Reuters

A year after Iraq-Turkey pipeline halt, no progress to resume flows By Reuters

© Reuters By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – A year after the closure of the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline, the conduit that once handled about 0.5% of global oil supply is still stuck in limbo as…

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Why do identical informal businesses set up side by side? It’s a survival tactic – Kenya study

Why do identical informal businesses set up side by side? It’s a survival tactic – Kenya study

The population on the African continent will have nearly doubled by 2050, according to UN projections. About 800 million more young Africans will enter the job market by then. Combine this forecast with the high…

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Something felt ‘off’ – how AI messed with our human research, and what we learned

Something felt ‘off’ – how AI messed with our human research, and what we learned

All levels of research are being changed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Don’t have time to read that journal article? AI-powered tools such as TLDRthis will summarise it for you. Struggling to find…

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Ad campaign uses humor to urge Americans to ditch natural gas By Reuters

Ad campaign uses humor to urge Americans to ditch natural gas By Reuters

© Reuters. An artwork for Gas Leaks Project’s anti-gas campaign “Hot & Toxic”. Gas Leaks Project/Handout via REUTERS By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – When environmentalists talk about climate change, it’s typically in stark terms, describing…

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Industrialisation is still vital to economic development but some countries are struggling to reap its benefits

Industrialisation is still vital to economic development but some countries are struggling to reap its benefits

Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the US, wrote a wealth of reports that served as building blocks for the country’s economic system. In 1791, during his time as secretary of the Treasury,…

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Do you have 7,513 unread emails in your inbox? Research suggests that’s unwise

Do you have 7,513 unread emails in your inbox? Research suggests that’s unwise

How do you manage your emails? Are you an “inbox zero” kind of person, or do you just leave thousands of them unread? Our new study, published today in the journal Information Research, suggests that…

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German wind power sector welcomes government offshore terminal funding By Reuters

German wind power sector welcomes government offshore terminal funding By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view shows a nacelle of a wind turbine on a truck for heavy haulage being transported near a wind farm, in Biegen, Germany August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo FRANKFURT…

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