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COVID-19 has dramatically changed how we live our lives, reducing air travel and automobile use. But even these significant socio-economic…
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They may have been around for hundreds of millions of years — long before trees — but today sharks and…
Why Renting Can Make More Financial Sense Than Buying
Renting a home can give you more flexibility and financial freedom than buying your own place. Not having to fork…
200 years ago, people discovered Antarctica – and promptly began profiting by slaughtering some of its animals to near extinction
Two hundred years ago, on November 17, Connecticut ship captain Nathaniel Palmer spotted the Antarctic continent, one of three parties…
When to buy Christmas gifts online to get them in time? The answer is now
Santa Claus is the ultimate global logistics worker, magically delivering gifts all over the world in a single night. The…
Stock market rises after Pfizer coronavirus vaccine news
The Dow closed up 2.9%, or 835 points, after Pfizer announced promising, though early, findings about the effectiveness of its…
Taylor Swift’s ‘You Need to Calm Down’ Celebrity Cameos Revealed | NowThis
From Ellen to JVN, here are all the celebrity cameos in Taylor Swift’s new video for ‘You Need to Calm…
How 3-D Printing Exposes the Fallacy of Federal Gun Laws
Defense Distributed, an Austin-based company notorious for 3-D printing a gun, recently won its risky landmark case against the federal…
Results wrap: Whitehaven, Cochlear and Challenger
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Online Stock Trading Has Serious Security Holes
It’s never been easier to trade stocks; just a few taps or clicks will do the trick. But most of…