Meteorites – fragments of rock that have fallen to Earth from space in spectacularly fiery meteors – have been the subject of public fascination, awe, myths and even religious worship for thousands of years. In…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A plane sits on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore, July, 2022 in this handout image acquired by Reuters on July 7, 2022. ExxonMobil Asia Pacific/Handout via REUTERS/File photo LISBON…
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The multibillion-dollar collapse of FTX – the high-profile cryptocurrency exchange whose founder now awaits trial on fraud charges – serves as a stark reminder of the perils of deception in the financial world. The lies…
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Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a scarcity of experimental data. So in June, when the results of a head-to-head experimental contest between two rival theories…
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Central Bank of Colombia, Bogota Members of the Colombian central bank’s board have clashed over lowering the policy rate ahead of the September 29 monetary policy meeting. On September 21, the news magazine Semana quoted…
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© Reuters. Investing.com– Oil prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Wednesday, extending a rebound from the prior session as the prospect of tighter supplies helped markets look past concerns over rising interest rates and…
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Radios crackle with chatter from a wildfire incident command post. Up the fireline, firefighters in yellow jerseys are swinging Pulaskis, axlike hand tools, to carve a fuel break into the land. By 10 a.m., these…
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Complexity is all around us, from the daily fluctuations of financial markets to the intricate web of neurons in our brains. Understanding how the different components of these systems interact with each other is a…
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© Reuters. Oil futures experienced a decline on Tuesday, reflecting investor unease over the global economy in light of the Federal Reserve’s long-term high-interest rates strategy. The drop in prices for West Texas Intermediate crude…
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Workers who telecommute tend to be more aware of cybersecurity threats than those who spend most of their time in a physical office and are more likely to take action to ward them off, according…
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