Journalists’ organisation says use of spyware compromises press freedom

Journalists’ organisation says use of spyware compromises press freedom

In light of dozens of incidents in which journalists and those close to them have been targeted with spyware, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) hasy launched a campaign calling on governments to stop the use of spyware and to take steps to prevent states with bad press freedom records...

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Species that often mate outside a bonded pair produce larger and faster seeds – research

Species that often mate outside a bonded pair produce larger and faster seeds – research

Starting in the late 1980s, the advent of genetic analysis put the final nail in the coffin for the idea of monogamy in birds, showing that in many species, males other than the one at the nest can father some of the offspring. Sperm competition, it appeared, is a concern...

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Promiscuity: Insects, birds are as fiercely protective and jealous as humans

Promiscuity: Insects, birds are as fiercely protective and jealous as humans

On a spring day in 1965, 20-year-old biology student Geoff Parker found himself lying flat on his stomach in an English meadow, staring at a pat of cow dung and the frantic activities of dung flies around it. But this was far from a case of a student grudgingly accepting...

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Public debt to grow by nine per cent of gross domestic product worldwide

Public debt to grow by nine per cent of gross domestic product worldwide

Global government spending to combat Covid-19 and its economic fallout – $11.7 trillion just in the first six months of the pandemic according to the International Monetary Fund – means public debt will grow by nine per cent of gross domestic product on average this year worldwide. In the United...

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Lockdown: Fewer cars on roads, but number of fatal accidents spikes

Lockdown: Fewer cars on roads, but number of fatal accidents spikes

Although there are fewer cars on America’s roads since the pandemic began, the number of fatal car crashes has increased. Early nationwide data support this counterintuitive finding: Even as daily trips from households fell significantly, preliminary data show that 28,190 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the first...

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