Throughout our lifetimes we consume, collate, curate, host and produce a staggering quantity of data – some by our own hand, some by others on our behalf, and some without our knowledge or consent. Collectively,…
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Thousands of baby chicks shipped to small poultry farmers through the U.S. Postal Service have arrived at their destinations dead in recent weeks. This was just one of the disturbing results of changes to how…
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2/2 © Reuters. Tropical Storm Marco arrives at the coast of Louisiana as Tropical Storm Laura follows 2/2 By Jonathan Allen and Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Leaders on the U.S. Gulf Coast warned Monday that…
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Music has been part and parcel of humanity for a long time. Not every sound is musical, but sound has meaning and sometimes the meaning of sound is specific to its context. But when it…
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American companies have been very successful at preventing their workers from organizing into unions in recent decades, one of the reasons unionization in the private sector is at a record low. What you may not…
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By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) – The oil price is holding steady close to $45 a barrel, but prices further forward and in the physical market are showing new signs of weakness mainly due to…
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If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Perhaps not, some say. And if someone is there to hear it? If you think…
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On Sunday the first major cruise ship to take to the Mediterranean in almost five months sailed out of the Italian city of Genoa. Passengers on the MSC Grandiosa were tested for coronavirus before stepping…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A member of the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) monitors the trajectory of Storm Laura in Santo Domingo 2/2 By Jennifer Hiller and Ernest Scheyder HOUSTON (Reuters) – Hurricane Marco and…
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Lockdowns across Europe to curb the coronavirus pandemic drastically changed how we move around the world. Work-from-home restrictions, furlough schemes and job losses left millions of cars gathering dust in driveways. It is not surprising…
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