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New White House panel aims to separate science, politics

Eager to the turn the page on the Trump years, the Biden White House is launching an effort to unearth past problems with the politicization of science within governmen

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Pandemic surge in European house prices raises fears of new bubble

If Sweden’s government gets its way, Bromma airport on the western edge of Stockholm will shut down and be used to build around 30,000 new homes, helping to ease a hous

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U.S. is a threat to global democracy's survival

A screenshot of the Democracy Perception Index 2021. Editor's note: Bobby Naderi is a London-based journalist, guest contributor in print, radio and television and documentary filmmaker. The

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How has China responded to India's COVID crisis?

India recorded more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for the first time, the government said Saturday, and to make matters worse, cases have also skyrocketed in countries around India, from Nep

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StuDocu raises $50M as its note-sharing network for college students passes 15M users

Whether learning online or taking a class in person, every student knows all too well how important it is to have good notes from your classes as a key way to remember and apply what you’ve been

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UK local elections - what do results mean for United Kingdom's future?

Scotland's victorious First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon wants Scots to vote on whether they should stay inside the United Kingdom. Andy Buchanan / AFP Re

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To buy time for a failing startup, recreate the engineering process

In non-aerobatic fixed-wing aviation, spins are an emergency. If you don’t have spin recovery training, you can easily make things worse, dramatically increasing your chances of crashing. Despite the

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Abandoning the CAI is against the EU's interests

VCG Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance reporter. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views

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How much product room will fintech giants leave for startups?

I was going to wait until after Square reported its Q1 results today to dig into the world of fintech earnings and what they might mean for startups, but something got stuck in my craw that matters mo

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Oculii looks to supercharge radar for autonomy with $55M round B

Autonomous vehicles rely on many sensors to perceive the world around them, and while cameras and lidar get a lot of the attention, good old radar is an important piece of the puzzle — though it has s

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Organized labor after COVID-19

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UN raises alarms over unrest, clashes at Colombian protests

01:50 In Colombia, while mostare demonstrating peacefully, butviolence has escalated – with many citizens blaming Colombian security forces for making it worse.UN Human rights officials

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155 million faced food insecurity in 2020, key driver being conflict

A mother prepares food for her children with cereal she received from a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution site in Maiduguri, Nigeria. /WFP At least 155 million people faced crisis levels

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This startup wants to bring clarity to the complex world of IVF

About 180 million people globally suffer from infertility. In the United States, one in eight families have trouble conceiving. The statistics are only getting worse, as male infertility and miscarria

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Headway raises $70M at a $750M valuation to help connect therapists with people and insurance schemes

Mental health, and how it is getting addressed, has been one of the major leitmotifs of the past year of pandemic living. Covid-19 not only has led to a lot of people getting ill or worse; it has incr

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As companies prioritize diversity, startups are trying to productize diverse hiring

When the iconic American power tools company Stanley Black Decker began looking for ways to improve the pipeline of diverse candidates that the company was reviewing for potential roles, it turned to

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In the race towards Web 3 financial privacy, Secret Network attracts backing from key players

In the real world – the world on which the global economy runs – we don’t expose every aspect of our financial activity in public. We want to be able to select which pa