The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea People who retire early suffer from accelerated cognitive decline and may even encounter early onset of dementia, according to a new…
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2/2 © Reuters. 3D printed oil barrels and percentage symbols are seen in front of dollar banknotes in this illustration 2/2 TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Wednesday after an industry group reported a…
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This year was supposed to bring great things for Guyana. ExxonMobil discovered massive oil deposits off the South American country’s Caribbean coast in 2015, and Guyana sold its first cargo of crude oil this February.…
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© Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com — Crude oil prices rose in early trading in New York on Tuesday as the broad sell-off in risk assets on Monday lost momentum. By 11:05 AM ET (1705 GMT),…
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Google’s role in delivering audiences to news outlets has been under scrutiny of late. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s initiative to redirect advertising revenue from Google and Facebook to news publishers has led to…
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AstraZeneca is resuming clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, following confirmation that is safe to do so. The trials were paused when one of the participants developed an “unexplained illness”. The pause is…
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© Reuters. By Adam Claringbull Investing.com – Oil were up on Tuesday morning in Asia, as Tropical Storm Beta in the Gulf of Mexico weakened. However, strong falls came overnight as global COVID-19 cases made…
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Over the next few years, science and technology will have a vital role in supporting Australia’s economy as it strives to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. At Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, we’ve identified opportunities…
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China’s aggressive, sometimes illegal fishing practices are the latest source of conflict with the United States. China has the world’s largest fishing fleet. Beijing claims to send around 2,600 vessels out to fish across the…
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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Britain’s Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visit Tintagel Castle in Cornwall 2/3 By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) – Climate change poses such a severe…
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