Conflicts between rival drug cartels and government forces in Mexico have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, leading to violent social breakdown across the country. The flow of cheap and deadly fentanyl over the border…
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When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones. But there’s much more to the global fossil record: plants, shells, minerals and insects. The study of fossil insects is called palaeoentomology. Palaeoentomologists like myself…
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The 2023 wildfire season in the Europe was among the worst this century, according to a European Commission report published on Wednesday. Last year, more than half a million (504,002) hectares, an…
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The woes of Boeing show no sign of abating. CEO Dave Calhoun has announced he will step down at the end of the year. Board chair, Larry Kellner and the firm’s head of commercial planes,…
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Senior Federal Reserve officials have said they have time to watch before deciding to change US monetary policy, however Fed chair Jerome Powell nonetheless hinted the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) could cut rates if…
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.), also known as Nile cabbage, is a free-floating aquatic plant from the family Araceae, the same family as the arum lily. It’s found on every continent except Antarctica and grows…
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Investing.com– Oil prices moved little in Asian trade on Wednesday, as signs of a potential build in U.S. inventories and anticipation of key inflation data kept traders from making any large bets. Markets were also…
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Though neuroscience suggests that boredom can be good for us, we all try to avoid it. Even the most exciting jobs in the world — astronaut, nuclear engineer, helicopter pilot, virus hunter — can be…
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By Robert Harvey LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices stabilised on Tuesday as prices ticked higher amid fading hopes that negotiations between Israel and Hamas would produce a ceasefire in Gaza. futures edged up 6 cents, or…
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If you’ve ever been taught about how Earth orbits around the Sun, you might well think our planet travels along an oval-shaped path that brings it much closer to the Sun at some times of…
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