The Federal Reserve decided to drop interest rates by half a point on Tuesday March 3, 2020. This decision comes amid growing fears about coronavirus.
We are being observed by cameras everywhere. Research shows that this exposure is affecting not only the way how we act, but also how we think.
If current trends continue, around a million working people will be on zero-hours contracts by the end of the year 2020, researcher says.
Red panda was caught on camera in Memphis, Tennessee zoo thinking deeply, staring at the void, and holding tears. A tear escapes from its eye anyway (0:56).
A bright blue sphere crossed the skies of Karelia, a northern republic in Russia. The footage is from a local internet service provider called CityLink in the town of Segezha.
A German Shepherd dog called Duchess reacts in a very excited way when she saw her owner. This latter was back home after seven months of U.S Marines deployment.
In 2015, two beaver families were released on the River Otter. By 2019, at least seven breeding pairs had spread throughout the river catchment.
Next time you read a story about a rise in pay, try to see if it reports the wage data in nominal or real terms, and if it includes fringe benefits too.
It appears we have missed another close call between two satellites – but how close did we really come to a catastrophic event in space?
Base interest rates have been negative in Switzerland, Denmark, Japan and the eurozone for years. This represents a new macroeconomic policy experiment.
The American singer Billie Eilish recently spoke to her fans about having struggled with Tourette’s syndrome since she was a child.
Tesla Insurance is available only in some states of the US at present.
For those eligible, the company claims to offer premiums up to 30% lower than rivals.
While the entire collection was digitized in the early 2000s, the Vanderbilt Television News Archive is only allowed to stream NBC and CNN to researchers.
There’s no reason an individual ought to feel suspicious about a calculator. This offers tremendous opportunities for hackers using phishing methods.
The Open Source Drug Discovery project, launched in 2008 by biophysicist Samir Brahmachari, aims to develop low-cost treatments for neglected diseases.
The number of scandals in which researchers have been exposed as having falsified their data raises the issue of how we should deal with research fraud.
The Super Bowl as the only media event where a substantial portion of the U.S. population gathers at the same time to watch the same thing.
Dior may have pulled the ad, but even this has added to its notoriety. Meanwhile, many took to Twitter to defend Johnny Depp and the perfumier.
Defense, indeed, does win NFL championships. Legendary football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant famously said: “Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.”
Intel ushered a new era of miniature computer systems with its Compute Stick dongle, enabling the latest system-in-package and system-on-a-chip approaches.
When the Beetle was introduced to the U.S. in 1949, it was everything the vehicles of the “Detroit Three” – General Motors, Chrysler and Ford – were not.
Before the balloon, philosophers speculated that the skies went on forever. Then came the aeronauts who changed our view of the world.
A newspaper exposé written by British journalist W.T. Stead, “The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon” sounds just like the sordid sex ring of Jeffrey Epstein.
It’s possible for children and young people to be infectious without having Wuhan coronavirus symptoms. This makes airport screening less useful.
Tremors and aftershocks are still rocking Puerto Rico, weeks after strong earthquakes. Families are leaving the island because it won’t stop shaking.