This article is (we're quite certain!) the first piece of text journalism to be sold as a non-fungible token, or NFT. Here's how we created the NFT. | Continue reading
This article is (we're quite certain!) the first piece of text journalism to be sold as a non-fungible token, or NFT. Here's how we created the NFT. | Continue reading
The long list includes things that could never be caused by the vaccine, like spider bites and shouting. | Continue reading
The US was downgraded one step by S&P in 2011, but still has top ranks from the other big ratings firms. | Continue reading
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Even as Indian tech workers make up the bulk of H-1B recipients, it's not Indian companies that are hiring them. | Continue reading
The how-to guide details 60 different roles in Hong Kong's protests, from frontliners to medics to translators. | Continue reading
Private equity's ownership of nursing homes led to 160,000 additional life-years lost between 2004 and 2016. | Continue reading
At this year’s meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, a group of scientists sounded the warning bell that research is coming close to creating sentient brain blobs in the lab—or may have done so already. | Continue reading
Topia, a startup that lets users create and hang out in virtual worlds, has hosted meetings, parties, weddings, and one music festival. | Continue reading
Topia, a startup that lets users create and hang out in virtual worlds, has hosted meetings, parties, weddings, and one music festival. | Continue reading
Used in the batteries of electric vehicles, "White Gold" is setting off a new mining boom in the the US west. | Continue reading
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Buying time has never been quite this expensive. | Continue reading
"In 2021, you’ll see hybrid and battery aircraft in service or close to being in service." | Continue reading
The bees are hard workers, but they still had to go. | Continue reading
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Financial speculation isn't populism, no matter who's doing it | Continue reading
Karel Čapek's play "R.U.R." premiered in January 1921. Its influence cannot be overstated. | Continue reading
Scientists and local Indigenous communities warn of problems with lithium mining beneath the Atacama Salt Flat. | Continue reading
Asha workers, along with the volunteer Anganwadi workers, and the more qualified auxiliary nurse midwives, form the backbone of community healthcare in India. | Continue reading
Answering this question will take us one step closer to our new normal. | Continue reading
China wants to focus on higher-end manufacturing and leave the work of cranking out labor-intensive goods to others. But if its plan works, who will take its place? | Continue reading
Google has made hundreds of acquisitions that helped it carve out 90% of the US search market. But its 2005 purchase of Android takes the cake. | Continue reading
So your startup didn't survive 2020. Five founders weigh in on what to do next. | Continue reading
Bharat Biotech began courting controversy when scientists expressed concerns over the hasty approval given to Covaxin. Now, some participants allege they were not informed they were part of a clinical trial. | Continue reading
India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine became more attractive to the government’s expert committee in just one day. | Continue reading
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The most-read English-language Wikipedia page for every day of 2020 highlight the events, concerns, and people of the year. | Continue reading
The world's largest asset manager kicked off 2020 by laying out a list of climate pledges. In 2021, the list is even longer. | Continue reading
Training an AI model can generate as much carbon emissions as it takes to build and drive five cars. | Continue reading
To power a climate constrained world, solar and wind energy won't be enough. Geothermal energy is finally getting a second chance. | Continue reading
The increased awareness and availability of easy-to-use bitcoin platforms to Nigerians have largely increased bitcoin liquidity in the country | Continue reading
Amazon today launched a new program called "Made for You" that lets its US customers order a t-shirt made to their measurements. | Continue reading
Some of the new Covid-19 vaccine candidates use a new kind of platform—but they've been a long time coming. | Continue reading
"If you mess with that order in the slightest you'll sound like a maniac." | Continue reading
Seychelles, The Gambia, and Benin topped the index as countries that offer completely visa-free access to all African passport holders. | Continue reading
The protests have grabbed headlines globally for their scale, but also for their inventiveness. | Continue reading
On Dec. 5, protesting farmers in Amritsar burnt effigies of Narendra Modi, Mukesh Ambani, and Gautam Adani. The farmers believe the new laws brought in by the government will favour the two industrialists. | Continue reading
Covid-19 has drawn new attention to indoor air pollution. Science has long considered gas appliances to be key culprits. | Continue reading
Since smallpox was a common scourge in the 18th century, a slave’s value was predicated on his ability to stave off infection. | Continue reading
China's new new "weather modification program." | Continue reading
As more people want to give back, others are trying to cash in. | Continue reading
To get to herd immunity, there are several factors we need to consider. | Continue reading
The effect of "The Queen's Gambit" on the global popularity of chess could be replicated with other products and brands. | Continue reading
US entrepreneurship continues to grow across the country, especially for digital startups and businesses with a high potential for job creation. | Continue reading
Ed-tech unicorn Byju's acquired WhiteHat Jr for $300 million. But since the acquisition, WhiteHat Jr has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. | Continue reading