In a huge milestone, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally been aligned to produce the first unified image of a single star. Most traditional telescopes these days (like one you might have in…
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5/5 © Reuters. Greenhouse Technician, Leah Greiner, harvests chard at Altius, a vertical farm in Denver, Colorado, U.S., November 9, 2021. Picture taken November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo 2/5 By Donna Bryson (Reuters) –…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Governments and humanitarian groups can use machine learning algorithms and mobile phone data to get aid to those who need it…
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For the past several decades, psychedelics have been widely stigmatized as dangerous illegal drugs. But a recent surge of academic research into their use to treat psychiatric conditions is spurring a recent shift in public…
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3/3 © Reuters. Labourers wearing masks shift wheat crop from a trolley to remove dust from the crop at a wholesale grain market during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease…
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Nigeria has had a series of policies directed towards improving food supply at affordable prices. Policies have kept coming since the 1960s, including the National Accelerated Food Production Programme of 1972 and the most recent…
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The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) on March 11 denied reports on social media that it plans to devalue the CFA franc. The central bank – which operates across eight West African states,…
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About three weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it’s safe to say things aren’t going Russia’s way – and it has yet to achieve objectives that were planned to be completed in the first…
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© Reuters. Oil storage containers are seen, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files BEIJING (Reuters) – Oil prices rose early on Wednesday, bouncing back after…
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The Federal Reserve is about to begin its most challenging inflation-fighting campaign in four decades. And a lot is at stake for consumers, companies and the U.S. economy. Most economists predict the Fed will raise…
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