The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Americans in households with annual incomes from $50,000 to $75,000 experienced the sharpest increase in food insufficiency when the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Southeastern Australia was yesterday rocked by a magnitude-5.8 earthquake with its epicentre near Mansfield in Victoria’s northeast. The quake, which was followed by two smaller tremors, was powerful enough to damage buildings 130 kilometres away…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Climate activists dressed as penguins sit on refrigerators during a protest outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, March 12, 2009. Environmental organisations are urging Europe not to weaken the EU’s…
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The border between Sudan and South Sudan is set to be reopened after 11 years. This follows the two countries reaching an agreement in August to end the decade-long impasse. The announcement reflects the inseparable…
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Within minutes of Melbourne being rattled by yesterday’s earthquake, my Victorian friends reported changes in the behaviour of their animals. One friend wrote on social media that her dog Harvey stood in the hallway howling…
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The digital yuan trial for the 2022 Winter Olympics is “on the home straight”, according to Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China. Fan has visited the venues of the winter games…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.…
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Many studies indicate that the root causes of climate change are mostly human activities. The 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns that many of these climate changes are already irreversible. But there’s…
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News of Melbourne’s earthquake today made my left leg hurt. That’s the leg I nearly lost. On February 22 2011, there were nine of us on a red bus from Sumner to Canterbury University in…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A gas pump at a petrol station in Seoul June 27, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo By Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices climbed more than $1 on Wednesday, extending overnight gains…
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