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Trump free to begin gutting Department of Education after Supreme Court ‘shadow’ ruling − 5 essential reads
The justices overruled a lower court that had paused the Trump administration’s plan to fire over 1,300 workers.
Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees
The state of Florida has opened a migrant detention center in the Everglades. Its official name is Alligator Alcatraz, a ...
As house prices drop, will the retirement nest egg still be such a safe bet?
KiwiSaver is unlikely to replace the traditional housing nest egg. New Zealanders have, on average, NZ$37,079 in their ...
Bernat Jiménez Esteve
Doctor en Ciencias de la Atmósfera y del Clima por la ETH Zúrich (Suiza) e investigador postdoctoral en el Instituto de ...
Del asfalto al campo: cómo la participación ciudadana puede reforzar la democracia
Las administraciones deben adaptarse a la globalización y fomentar la participación ciudadana para construir sociedades más ...
‘Apuntes para John’: ¿deberían haberse publicado las observaciones privadas que Joan Didion escribió a su marido?
Leer el nuevo libro de Joan Didion, publicado póstumamente, es como escuchar a escondidas conversaciones privadas entre marido y mujer. Es revelador, crudo e inquietante.
Nuevas reglas para fomentar la captura de carbono y alcanzar el objetivo de cero emisiones
Los mercados de carbono voluntarios constituyen una solución para alcanzar la neutralidad climática: que las emisiones netas de gases de efecto invernadero sean cero. ¿Cómo es el marco que los regula?
Vanishing data in the U.S. undermines good public policy, with global implications
The Canadian Data Rescue Project is supporting U.S. data rescue efforts, and setting up preventative measures for Canadian ...
Why many Americans still think Darwin was wrong, yet the British don’t
Fundamentalists don’t necessarily examine evolution and then reject it; they tend to start with the conclusion that it must ...
Taurine could power your energy drink – and maybe cancer cells too. Here’s what you need to know
Many energy drinks contain some combination of three familiar stimulants: caffeine, found naturally in coffee, tea and cacao; ...
What Trump’s decision to send more weapons to Ukraine will mean for the war
The change in Trump’s approach may also mean that the $US8 billion (£6 billion) of frozen Russian assets in the US (and ...
Consolation, community, national identity: what is lost when pubs close – and how they can be saved
For many, pubs are a sort of bellwether for wider anxiety about social and generational change. The loss of pubs speaks to ...