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Oil steady as Delta variant weighs on demand recovery By Reuters

Oil steady as Delta variant weighs on demand recovery By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A pump jack stands idle in Dewitt County, Texas January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Anna Driver By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices remained steady on Thursday as the Delta variant of the…

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why home quarantine apps are a bad idea

why home quarantine apps are a bad idea

South Australia has begun a trial of a new COVID app to monitor arrivals into the state. SA Premier Steven Marshall claimed “every South Australian should feel pretty proud that we are the national pilot…

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Bitcoin is now ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador – here’s what that means

Bitcoin is now ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador – here’s what that means

On Sept. 7, 2021, El Salvador became the first country to make bitcoin legal tender. The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens…

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Argentine court drops charges against governor

Argentine court drops charges against governor

Argentina’s vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, central bank governor Miguel Ángel Pesce and his predecessor, Alejandro Vanoli, were acquitted of fraud on April 13. The nation’s top appeals court dismissed the “dollar futures fraud” case against…

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Gold Settles in Red Again Below $1,800 By Investing.com

Gold Settles in Red Again Below $1,800 By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold took a fresh hard tumble beneath the key $1,800 an ounce level on Wednesday before settling in the red again for a fourth day in a row…

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The science of product placements – and why some work better than others

The science of product placements – and why some work better than others

In “The Variant,” an episode from the Disney+ hit streaming show “Loki,” it’s tough to miss the barrage of product placements, with fast-paced action and dialogue taking place in front of Charmin toilet paper, Dove…

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How gibbon skulls could help us understand the social lives of our ancient ancestors

How gibbon skulls could help us understand the social lives of our ancient ancestors

We have discovered previously unappreciated differences between some male and female gibbons and siamang that could give us new clues about how social behaviour affected primate evolution. Gibbons and siamang are small apes that live…

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Oil climbs on slow return of U.S. supply after Hurricane Ida By Reuters

Oil climbs on slow return of U.S. supply after Hurricane Ida By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on…

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Women face motherhood penalty in STEM careers long before they actually become mothers

Women face motherhood penalty in STEM careers long before they actually become mothers

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Unfounded assumptions about how motherhood affects worker productivity can harm women’s careers in science, technology, engineering and math long before they…

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The world is desperate for new antibiotics, and New Zealand’s unique fungi are a source of promising compounds

The world is desperate for new antibiotics, and New Zealand’s unique fungi are a source of promising compounds

While we’re all rightly focused on the COVID-19 pandemic at the moment, the SARS-CoV-2 virus isn’t the only microbial threat we face. Back in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that within a decade,…

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