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Colombians were not overtly upset by deforestation in their country until recently. But massive m...
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Economist Bruno Alomar pleads for an appeasement of tensions on both sides of the Atlantic regard...
Germany's Bosch and Daimler are teaming up to achieve a high level of success in autonomous parki...
Brazilian President Bolsonaro is wrong to think rainforest destruction is purely an internal matt...
ISRO is forced to compete with U.S. tech giants for India's engineering talent. And with its brea...
India knows about the power of Facebook. And a single 'board' will likely be insufficient to inco...
In putting into use fast-moving ways of startups, the state looks to improve quality of public se...
A half-century later, Neil Armstrong's 'great leap' still boggles the mind. Here's a look back at...
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Information technology was supposed to make everything move faster. We need to rethink the way we...
When it comes to human health and the planet's well-being, certain activities are simply untenabl...
Though seductive as pure financial innovation, Facebook's crypto currency project risks a concent...
A new study shows Germany must look for other ways to convince automobile buyers to switch to ele...
Wind-powered homes are expected to generate power and kickstart development in a "dreamy" but iso...
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Blockchain may be the technical solution, as companies, international institutions and NGOs long ...
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