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The global water crisis has already begun, experts say, with the United Nations reporting that 2 billion people worldwide already lack access to clean drinking water and 3. 6 billion are without safe ...

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The Trump administration pulled the trigger on layoffs across seven federal agencies on Friday, dismissing employees who ...

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Whatcom County is hosting a free paint collection and recycle event in Bellingham on Saturday, Oct. 4. The event originally was scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 5, in the parking lot of Civic Stadium but ...

If you have a growing home graveyard of old printers and laptops, you're not alone. A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, because figuring out how to get ...

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The repo rate is one of the most important terms in banking and finance, often making headlines every time the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announces its monetary policy. The repo rate is the RBI’s ...

The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs Amber X. Chen - AAAS Mass Media Fellow As the demand for A.I. increases, ...

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