Although we usually do not realize this, lighting is an essential part of our daily lives. After all, without light, no sight. Next to enabling us to see safely and comfortably move from place A to B, lighting also has a ...
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2021
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The numbers of people in regions across the world affected by extreme heat stress—a potentially fatal combination of heat and humidity—could increase nearly 15-fold if the world's temperature rise reaches 2 degrees Celsius.
Environment
Nov 9, 2021
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A US federal judge on Thursday ruled against Blue Origin brought by Jeff Bezos' company in a bid to overturn a NASA contract awarded to rival SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, to build the next craft for Moon landings.
Space Exploration
Nov 4, 2021
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In a gleaming new building in the northern Swedish town of Lulea, steelmaker SSAB is using a new manufacturing method that could revolutionise the highly-polluting industry by eliminating nearly all its CO2 emissions.
Environment
Nov 2, 2021
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COVID-19 has changed the way we work.
Economics & Business
Oct 25, 2021
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The Bitcoin bulls are racing again. A year ago the cryptocurrency was valued at less than US$12,000. Now it has passed the symbolic milestone of US$60,000, nudging the US$63,255 record it reached in mid-April, before its ...
Economics & Business
Oct 19, 2021
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The increase in the amount of hybrid working post-pandemic—where office-based employees work remotely for part of the week—needs to be more sustainable, according to a new study from experts based at The University of ...
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2021
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Just 5% of employed people in the UK worked from home in 2019. The onset of the pandemic and the overnight shuttering of offices during the first lockdown meant 47% of employees were doing the same in April 2020.
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2021
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Homicides in the U.S. spiked by almost 30% in 2020.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2021
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Every summer in the Faroe Islands hundreds of pilot whales and dolphins are slaughtered in drive hunts known as the "grind" that residents defend as a long-held tradition.
Ecology
Sep 20, 2021
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