The adage “out of sight, out of mind” has long summed up humans’ attitude to dumping personal and industrial waste. In a 1974 Scientific American article, the oceanographer Willard Bascom wrote that “the ocean is…
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Seven threats from big tech’s libra – Central Banking Can central banks avoid a ‘big tech’ monetary meltdown? Facebook’s move to set up an international stablecoin called ‘libra’ sent shockwaves through the central banking community,…
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© Reuters. By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com — Oil prices settled higher, snatching their fifth weekly gain as investors weigh up a further tightening in supplies just as demand is set for a major boost as…
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Rishi Sunak, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has unveiled a £15 billion package of measures to help households with the cost of living, after energy watchdog Ofgem announced it would probably be increasing the…
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How fast is evolution? In adaptive evolution, natural selection causes genetic changes in traits that favour the survival and reproduction of individual organisms. Although Charles Darwin thought the process occurred over geological timescales, we have…
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3/3 © Reuters. Thick black smoke rises from a fire on a yacht, at Torquay harbour in Torquay, Britain May 28, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. Mike Trower/Handout via REUTERS 2/3 LONDON (Reuters) -Fire…
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The Queen’s platinum jubilee will be celebrated across the UK with parades, picnics and street parties. But perhaps the most popular event planned to mark her 70 years on the throne will be an extra…
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Are central banks the ‘Figaro’ of the financial markets? – Central Banking Major central banks have bolstered their monetary policies since the start of the global financial crisis by adopting new strategies and ‘inventing’ new…
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Like in many aspects of life, there remains an undercurrent of sex bias against women in the STEM fields. And this bias has a negative impact on not only women, but men too – and…
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© Reuters. Deere & Co. 8R autonomous tractor is pictured at Jensen Test Farm in Bondurant, Iowa, U.S., April 28, 2022. Picture taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Bianca Flowers By Bianca Flowers and Joseph White BONDURANT,…
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