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The Case for Pricing Pollution
New legislation shows how to move it beyond carbon. The post The Case for Pricing Pollution appeared first on Niskanen Center.
Is the Phillips Curve Back? When Should We Start to Worry About Inflation?
Are we in for runaway inflation unless we slam on the brakes and send unemployment soaring again? You might think so from the headlines inspired by recent CPI reports, but the answer is “no,” or at least, “no time soon.” The post Is the...
Stop the Incinerator: The high cost of green card slots going unused and the benefits of recapturing them
Recapturing unused green cards and preventing green cards from going unused in the future would help restore the immigrant population in the United States to what Congress intended while generating many billions of dollars of economic activity...
Opinion | The Guardian
Martin Rowson the 5th anniversary of the Brexit – cartoon
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The Guardian view on privatising Channel 4: it makes no economic sense | Editorial
The arguments put forward for selling the broadcaster don’t add up. The impetus is ideological – and wrong-headedTo sensible Conservatives, Channel 4 should seem a bargain. Owned by the state, it costs the taxpayer precisely nothing...
The Guardian view on Tories and Scotland: beware muscular unionism
Boris Johnson’s political tactics against Labour in England might have unintended consequences north of the borderBoris Johnson’s method for protecting the union from Scottish independence is not a secret. He will say no to a second...
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No evidence linking COVID-19 vaccinations for children and fertility issues later in life: experts
Concerns about whether COVID-19 vaccines will cause long-term fertility-related issues have rekindled as more children aged 12 and over are vaccinated in Canada and elsewhere, but experts say time-tested scientific research around vaccines...
Vaccinated and want to hug your friends? Ask first, experts say
As provinces begin to loosen COVID-19 restrictions and vaccination rates increase, many Canadians can’t wait to start hugging their friends and family. But experts say if you plan on meeting up with someone and would like to hug, it’s...
'Likely link' between rare heart inflammation and Pfizer, Moderna vaccines: CDC advisers
Rare cases of heart inflammation in adolescents and young adults is likely linked to vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 shots, a group of doctors advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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A novel energy storage solution featuring pipes and anchors
That’s the headline, but is ‘novel’ its only merit? Buoyant Energy is described as promising but then, aren’t they all? Energy storage on a meaningful scale seems as far away as ever, having rejected the obvious ones: coal, oil, gas...
‘Giant arc’ stretching 3.3 billion light-years across the cosmos shouldn’t exist
Not only that, but it’s likely ‘rotating on a scale never seen before’, says Phys.org. ‘How the angular momentum responsible for the rotation is generated in a cosmological context is one of the key unsolved problems of cosmology.’...
Zero-emission ‘Seagliders’ could cross Channel in 40 minutes
Battery weight is always a problem for electric-powered flight. No reason to think this type of machine would be any different, meaning the economics of the idea remain questionable. – – – Ferry operator Brittany Ferries has announced...
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Amazon India announces Small Business Days sale from THIS date
Amazon India has announced to host Amazon Small Business Days (SBD) starting from the midnight of July 2.
Apple iPhone 13 launch date out? Check expected price and everything we know so far!
Apple iPhone 13 is expected to be powered by an A15 chipset built with the TSMC 5nm process. The iPhone 13 is expected be 30% more efficient and over 20% smarter in comparison to Apple’s iPhone 12 series smartphones in terms of performance...
Is Battlegrounds Mobile India sharing data with China? Check what Krafton has to say
Krafton has now finally come up with a clarification on why Battlegrounds Mobile India is sending data to Chinese servers. According to the Korea-based developer, the game is sharing data with third parties to enable certain game features...
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Astronauts finish 1st solar arrays installation outside International Space Station
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet in their eighth spacewalk of the year outside the ISS deployed the new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the far end of the left (port) side of the station`s...
We consider sacred Earth as our mother: PM Narendra Modi at UN High-level dialogue on land degradation, check key highlights
The Prime Minister stated that India is on track to achieve its national commitment of land degradation neutrality.
Seat next to Jeff Bezos, mystery bidder pays this much for space trip with Amazon CEO
A single-seat aboard the New Shepard crew capsule, dubbed the RSS First Step Crew Capsule, went up for auction earlier this month, starting with a sealed bidding round that drew "more than 5,200 bidders from 136 countries"...
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily to print last edition on June 24
The popular 26-year-old tabloid, which mixed pro-democracy discourse with racy celebrity gossip and investigations of those in power, escalated an alarm over media freedom and other rights in the Chinese-ruled city of Hong Kong as its printing...
Astronauts finish 1st solar arrays installation outside International Space Station
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet in their eighth spacewalk of the year outside the ISS deployed the new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the far end of the left (port) side of the station`s...
Sydney reimposes COVID-19 curbs as Delta variant cluster swells
Australia`s largest city of Sydney reimposed COVID-19 curbs in the wake of a widening outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant while neighbouring states closed their borders.
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West Bengal to begin vaccination drive for mothers to keep children safe ahead of possible third COVID wave
The West Bengal government is not leaving anything to chance and has set up a high-level committee to effectively control the third wave of coronavirus that is likely to hit the country in the next two months. ...
Police brutality caught on camera, 47-year-old farmer dies in Tamil Nadu
In the video, the policeman named Periyasamy can be seen beating a man, Murugesan, despite cries and pleas from the victim’s friends. The incident took place at the Pappinaickaenpatti check-post under the Yethapur station limited in the...
Perks of vaccination: From burgers to airfare, discounts offered to inoculated Indians
Indian firms are offering discounts on items ranging from fast food to flights to lure people to get their COVID-19 shots as the economy re-opens after weeks of clampdown.
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Commentary: Instagram has too many influencers and people are getting bored
A backlash to the perfection that the app peddles has long been brewing, says the Financial Times’ Elaine Moore.
Commentary: Chinese moviegoers may have outgrown Hollywood
Chinese audiences are no longer as fascinated by Hollywood films as they were 20 years ago and are increasingly embracing homegrown movies, says a media studies professor.
Commentary: Why the West has problems defining a clear China policy
The beginnings of a G7 policy on China must reconcile many pushs and pulls, given interests within the western block may not always sync up, says Shruti Pandalai.
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Commentary: Chinese moviegoers may have outgrown Hollywood
Chinese audiences are no longer as fascinated by Hollywood films as they were 20 years ago and are increasingly embracing homegrown movies, says a media studies professor.
Commentary: Why the West has problems defining a clear China policy
The beginnings of a G7 policy on China must reconcile many pushs and pulls, given interests within the western block may not always sync up, says Shruti Pandalai.
Commentary: Thailand’s Phuket sandbox can peel open travel despite limitations
Phuket’s travel “sandbox” has the potential to be a game changer for the long-term suffering travel industry in Thailand, says NUS Business School’s Jochen Wirtz.
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Delta variant to account for 90% of new COVID-19 cases in EU: Agency
STOCKHOLM: The highly contagious Delta variant could soon account for 90 per cent of new coronavirus cases in the EU, the bloc's disease control agency said Wednesday, urging members to spur vaccination drives. While the Alpha variant...
Biden faces growing pressure from the left over voting Bill
When New York Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones was at the White House for the signing of the proclamation making Juneteenth a national holiday last week, he told President Joe Biden their party needed him more involved in passing voting...
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