When some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and leave behind incredibly dense cores called neutron stars. Some of these remnants emit powerful radio beams from…
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By Arunima Kumar (Reuters) -Oil prices crept higher on Wednesday as the market focused on potential supply disruptions from sanctions on Russian tankers, though gains were tempered by a lack of clarity on their impact.…
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Succession planning is one of the biggest challenges family businesses face, with aging leaders often reluctant to let go of their power. While we’re experts in family business and not politics, we couldn’t help but…
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Researchers have long known that islands are hotspots for species diversity. But, until recently, there weren’t precise figures to quantify the diversity of plant life on islands. A study involving an international team of scientists…
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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The use of treated sewage sludge as fertilizer on farms can pose a health risk to residents and consumers because of the presence of “forever chemicals” that break down slowly,…
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The wildfires raging across Los Angeles are setting the scene for a real estate nightmare. Thousands of homes and other structures are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of residents have been evacuated at various times.…
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Bank for International Settlements veteran Claudio Borio has joined the Central Banking Advisory Board. Borio, who headed the BIS’s monetary and economic department between 2013 and 2024, has long drawn important lessons from economic history alongside contemporary…
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By Florence Tan and Siyi Liu SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Supertanker freight rates jumped after the U.S. expanded sanctions on Russia’s oil industry, sending traders rushing to book vessels to ship supply from other countries to China…
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Capitalism, communism and socialism are the world’s three major economic systems. While the phrase “economic system” may seem like a yawn, countless people have fought and died in major wars over which one should dominate.…
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A new translation of a 2018 book by French science historian Thibault Le Texier challenges the claims of one of psychology’s most famous experiments. Investigating the Stanford Prison Experiment: History of a Lie, published recently…
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