The next time you’re searching through Airbnb listings, you may find there’s more to consider than just amenities and price. To stand out from the competition, some Airbnb hosts tout their personal values – such…
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Media reports about the biodiversity crisis and what researchers have argued qualifies as a mass extinction event tend to focus on the big ecological effects. Melting ice sheets, severe weather events, droughts, habitat loss and…
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Investing.com– Oil prices retreated Monday, as the limited damage done by the Iranian strike against Israel over the weekend prompted the market to downplay the risk of a broader regional conflict At 08:40 ET (12:40 GMT),…
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Imagine there was a food tax that increased your grocery bills by nearly 20%. That’s essentially what the Common Agricultural Policy does to food prices in the EU. Now picture that tax going up even…
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We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue waves are giant colossi of…
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By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) – Oil prices fell at Asia’s open on Monday, as market participants dialled back risk premiums following Iran’s attack on Israel late on Saturday which the Israeli government said caused…
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The UK’s national living wage has just been raised by 10% to £11.44 per hour. It is now payable for all workers aged 21 and over, where previously it was for those aged 23 and…
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By James Mackenzie, Parisa Hafezi and Jeff Mason JERUSALEM/DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iran warned Israel and the United States on Sunday of a much larger response if there is any retaliation for its mass drone and missile…
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Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to her discovery, sufferers had…
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Quarter Life is a series about issues facing people in their 20s and 30s. What is a “meaningful career”? It can be doing purpose-driven work that aligns with your values. It may mean finding a…
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