Astronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky. Spanning more than a million light years from end to end, the jet shoots away from a black…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pipelines run to Enbridge Inc.’s crude oil storage tanks at their tank farm in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. Picture taken March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/ By Nia Williams (Reuters) -A…
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PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. As Teflon, they made pots easier to clean starting in the 1940s. They made jackets waterproof and carpets stain-resistant. Food wrappers, firefighting foam, even makeup seemed…
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Central Bank of Colombia, Bogota Central banks tend to be able to influence capital flows through their monetary policy decisions, according to a meta-analysis published by the Central Bank of Colombia. Mauricio Villamizar-Villegas and co-authors…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An oil pump jack pumps oil in a field near Calgary, Alberta, Canada on July 21, 2014. REUTERS/Todd Korol By Noah Browning (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Thursday as robust U.S.…
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William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s 2022 presidential election. The close results have been queried, raising the risk of a prolonged political transition. But, if cleared, Ruto is set to inherit an…
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In a new 3D modelling study published this week in Science Advances, we show that the giant extinct shark, Otodus megalodon, was a true globetrotting super-predator. It was capable of covering vast distances in short…
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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Indigenous people show a placard that says “Brazil indigenous land” during the International Indigenous People Day in defense of territories and Indigenous lives, against the government of President Jair Bolsonaro…
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President Joe Biden signed a far-reaching climate, energy and health care bill on Aug. 16, 2022, that invests an unprecedented US$370 billion in energy and climate programs over the next 10 years – including incentives…
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Curdlan is a popular carbohydrate in the food industry. Its name is derived from the word “curdle”, and as it suggests, it’s widely used as a thickener and stabiliser in everything from sausages to milk…
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