With unemployment numbers growing during the coronavirus pandemic, many companies are being forced to reconcile with a new reality if furloughing or laying off entire staff. When an entire business shutters due to health concerns, employment termination is not being done as a result of an employee’s actions or a desire to bring in new …
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In 2018, a Chinese researcher, He Jiankui, genetically altered the DNA of embryos before implantation into two women. Both women were married to husbands with HIV, and the changes made to the DNA of the embryos would potentially make any offspring resistant to the virus. Both women gave birth to children that are believed to be healthy. …
The oceans are vital for providing food for billions of people and maintaining the planet’s biodiversity. But when we talk about issues affecting the oceans, the conversation often falls to what ingredients are found in suntan lotion, plastic bottles floating in the water, the bleaching of coral reefs, and what we see in sensationalist reality …
Government, immigration, race relations, and healthcare are the leading pain points for Americans, according to Gallup polling in 2019. Interestingly, 27% named government as a top issue, and 18% for immigration; race relations and healthcare are just 6% each. Looking back to 2007, the government was just 7%, and immigration was 8%. So why did the …
If you have never had the luxury of being chauffeured around to your destination, consider downloading a ridesharing app and give it go. It’s a novel thing. Kind of fun, even. Still, it’s nice to be in your own car and in control again, especially if you have a bad driver. It can also be …
Broadly speaking, climate change is the natural observable shift in temperature that affects the climate of Earth. For example, at one point in time, a region may have been colder and rainy, but now it is hot and arid; likewise, a lowland area that flooded once in a decade may now flood several times a …
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