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Tuesday briefing: What inauguration day told us about Trump’s plan for power
Work-life balance more important than pay for employees worldwide
Work-life balance has soared in importance for workers around the world, becoming their top motivator and pushing pay into second place, according to an annual international survey of thousands of employees.
It is the first time that finding or keeping a job that fits in with the rest of their …
Australian oysters’ blood could hold key to fighting drug-resistant superbugs, researchers find
An antimicrobial protein found in the blood of an Australian oyster could help in the fight against superbugs, new research suggests.
Australian scientists have discovered that a protein found in the haemolymph – the equivalent of blood – of the Sydney rock oyster,
Saccostrea glomerata,
can kill bacteria itself …
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1. Ten logicians are put in a …
Southport killer’s father stopped him taking taxi to ex-school before attack
The Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was stopped by his father from taking a taxi to a school he was expelled from days before he murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
The teenager was seen getting into a taxi outside his home just minutes before students at …
AI tool can give ministers ‘vibe check’ on whether MPs will like policies
A new artificial intelligence tool can warn ministers whether policies are likely to be very unpopular with their party’s MPs, using a search described as a “parliamentary vibe check”.
Parlex is among a number of AI tools being developed for ministers and civil servants, which allows them to predict which …
Axel Rudakubana: a ‘ticking timebomb’ who murdered three girls in Southport
Axel Rudakubana seemed, on the face of it, an unthreatening figure: a quiet boy from a God-fearing family, slightly built and small for his age. He showed passion for acting – once even playing Doctor Who in a BBC Children in Need advert, wearing spectacles and an oversized trenchcoat – …
The gig economy: ticket inflation is getting worse, so where does all the money go?
Today’s puzzle retrospectively commemorates UNESCO’s World Logic Day, which took place last week. (The date, January 14, is both the day Kurt Gödel died and the day Alfred Tarski was born, a calendrical coincidence that links the pre-eminent logicians of the twentieth century.)
It is a logic puzzle and, as …
Monday briefing: Will Trump really begin his second term with a message of unity?
Good morning. Today, at midday in Washington DC, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as president of the United States for the second time. Yesterday,
he promised a blitz of executive orders
on illegal immigration, transgender rights and other rightwing priorities within hours of his arrival.While …