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    Analysis of Email Traffic Suggests Remote Work May Stifle Innovation

    At MIT, social networks with “weak ties,” which help foster new ideas, declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers report. Michaela Jarvis | MIT News Office The debate over...
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    Eight International Development Priorities for the New UK Prime Minister

    While the FCDO’s long-awaited International Development Strategy was published in May, the vision it set out broadly failed to meet the scale of the global challenges...
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    Over 24 Million Affected by Exposure to Ionizing Occupational Radiation

    Over 500 experts from all over the world are to exchange information and experiences on strengthening the protection of workers from radiation. An international conference...
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    Century’s First “Triple-Dip” La Niña Likely Say Meteorologists

    All naturally occurring climate events now take place in the context of human-induced climate change, which is increasing global temperatures, exacerbating extreme weather and...
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    Saving Soils by All Earthly Ways Possible

    The Global Soil Partnership is leading the mission for better soil management and raised awareness of soil-related issues. Soils are now high on the...
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    How France Underdevelops Africa

    Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally...
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    First person: Surviving a Deadly Hurricane in New York

    As extreme weather events grow in intensity and frequency, nowhere is guaranteed to be safe from danger, as New Yorkers discovered on 1 September...
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    MIT’s MOXIE Experiment Reliably Produces Oxygen on Mars

    Day and night, and across seasons, the instrument generates breathable oxygen from the Red Planet’s thin atmosphere. Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office On the red and dusty...
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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

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    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

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