Professor Coleen Vogel at the Global Change Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand co-authored an internationally collaborative piece, with scientists proposing the adoption of practical wisdom in the fight against ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2023
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(AP) -- PayPal wants to make it easier to buy low-cost digital goods online, whether it's a single article on a news website or virtual items in a video game.
Internet
Aug 13, 2010
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A group of top US venture capitalists has written a letter to the US Congress opposing a bill aimed at cracking down on websites selling pirated and counterfeit goods.
Internet
Jun 24, 2011
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Footballers in flashy cars, City workers in Armani suits, reality TV celebrities sipping expensive champagne while sitting in hot tubs: what drives people to purchase luxury goods? New research suggests that it may be a sense ...
Social Sciences
Sep 19, 2017
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A young grey whale has been sighted off the southern French coast in recent days, lost in the Mediterranean and trying unsuccessfully to make it back to its natural habitat—the northern Pacific—the national network for ...
Ecology
May 3, 2021
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A University of Oklahoma-led study has demonstrated that ancient DNA can be used to understand ancient human microbiomes. The microbiomes from ancient people have broad reaching implications for understanding recent changes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2012
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Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Tuesday morning after six months aboard China's orbiting space station.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2023
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A total of 328 website domains accused of selling counterfeit goods were seized by US and European authorities in the latest crackdown on online fraud, officials said Wednesday.
Internet
Jun 26, 2013
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Uber's dramatic rise has been accompanied by criticism, including allegations of predatory pricing and flouting of safety and employment laws.
Business
Aug 28, 2018
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While the planet has been on lockdown the last two months, a new space telescope called CHEOPS opened its eyes, took its first pictures of the heavens and is now open for business.
Astronomy
May 28, 2020
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