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More than 3b people affected by water shortages: FAO

More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortages and scarcity, the UN agriculture agency said in a...

Questions over AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine data risk delaying approval

Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID-19 “vaccine for the world”, AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say...

Trillion-transistor chip breaks speed record

The biggest computer chip in the world is so fast and powerful it can predict future actions "faster than the laws of physics produce...

Talk back to babies to help them learn

It’s a no-brainer that babies learn language from their caregivers, but how we respond to them rather than simply how much we talk could...

Microsoft feature criticized as workplace surveillance

Microsoft has been criticized for enabling “workplace surveillance” after privacy campaigners warned that the company’s “productivity score” feature allows managers to use Microsoft 365...

Physicists make landmark discovery in how stars get their energy

In research published in the journal Nature, scientists reported that they’ve made the first detection of almost-ethereal particles called neutrinos that can be traced...

‘My sister’s choice of baby name is a massive mistake but she won’t listen’

A woman who disagreed with her sister's choice of baby name was left with the difficult choice of whether to speak out against it...

Auditors raise ‘red flag’ over EU efforts to protect seas

Efforts to protect the European Union seas are failing to slow biodiversity loss or prevent overfishing, with the Mediterranean under particular threat, a report...

Malaysian family cooks up solution to virus woes

A Malaysian family have cooked up a tasty solution to their economic woes during the pandemic by opening a backyard pizzeria that has proved a hit...

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