Today, flowering plants (or angiosperms) represent about four-fifths of all green plants on Earth, but for billions of years they did not exist at all. Biologists have now been able to fully record the rapid increase in angiosperms in the past 140 million years. A recently released ‘time tree’ of …
Read More »Adidas HR Chief pulls out amid diversity concerns
TOPLINE Tuesday’s departure of the head of global human resources for sportswear maker Adidas AG, amid media reports of criticism by black employees of the lack of diversity, marks the latest corporate attempt to tackle the difficult problems of race that global protesters seek at the forefront. racial justice Karen …
Read More »Release times announced for game rated ‘Valorant’
No more false starts, you can finally play Ranked at Valorant in just a few hours. Riot games After it was initially expected to be released alongside patch 1.02 yesterday, and then delayed due to a bug in the game breakup, Riot Games has now announced when the game is …
Read More »Scientists declare unprecedented ‘anthropause’ due to pandemic
The current pandemic not only affects humans, it also affects wildlife. As the world closes in to prevent further spread of the devastating coronavirus, suddenly there are far fewer cars on the road, planes in the sky, and ships in the water. And nature surely has noticed. Recently, cougars have …
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