The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Women are just as inclined as men to vote against a policy to reduce a gender pay gap if they are…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil…
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Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the rest of the 25 richest Americans paid very low federal income taxes from 2014 to 2018 even as they amassed wealth, according to Internal Revenue Service data…
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Tributes from friends, colleagues, collaborators and students have poured in for South African academic Professor Tania Samantha Douglas, an internationally recognised scholar, biomedical engineer and innovator. She passed away on 20 March 2021. She was…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A TC Energy pump station sits behind mounds of dirt from the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline as it lies idle near Oyen, Alberta, Canada February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Todd Korol (Reuters)…
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When U.S. President Joe Biden meets with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in June 2021, cybersecurity is certain to be a key topic of discussion. The U.S. accuses Russia of meddling in American elections and…
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You’ve probably seen images of scientists peering down a microscope, looking at objects invisible to the naked eye. Indeed, microscopes are indispensable to our understanding of life. They are just as indispensable to biotechnology and…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s Finance Minister Arturo Herrera gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf Maldonado MEXICO CITY (Reuters)…
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A new report that shows America’s biggest billionaires paid barely any income tax from 2014 to 2018 has revived talk of a wealth tax – such as the one proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The…
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The release of the draft human genome sequence in 2001 was a seismic moment in our understanding of the human genome, and paved the way for advances in our understanding of the genomic basis of…
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