The world’s largest four-day working week trial has just ended and almost all of the companies that participated have decided to continue with a reduced working hours model. Participants in the trial agreed to produce…
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Perhaps when you think of scientific research in Africa you think of the continent’s amazing natural resources, buried out of sight under soil or rocks. Or maybe your mind goes to its ancient history of…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves during an event to sign a decree for the nationalization of lithium, in Bacadehuachi, state of Sonora, Mexico February 18, 2023. Mexico’s Presidency/Handout…
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Like many other countries, the UK has developed a plan for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). A digital pound would essentially act like an online form of cash suitable for everyday payments. It would…
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Not so long ago, Earth’s interior was thought to be made up of four layers: the crust, mantle, (liquid) outer core and (solid) inner core. In a new study published today in Nature Communications, we…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil edged higher in volatile trade…
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Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor and likely future presidential contender, has opened up a new front in his party’s war on “woke capitalism”. He is proposing to change the rules around how public bodies within…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The US flag flies at half mast in front of a coal-fired power plant’s cooling tower at Duke Energy’s Crystal River Energy Complex in Crystal River, Florida, U.S., March 26, 2021.…
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James O’Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas, says he has been fired. He is no longer leading the conservative nonprofit organization, which is known for its use of hidden cameras and false identities to try…
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“Look at this,” says Erica’s message. She is poring over the very first images from the brand new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It is July 2022, barely a week after those first images from…
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