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Most people will agree on at least one thing: 2020 is a dumpster fire. From the coronavirus to economic meltdowns to wrenching clashes over police brutality and systemic racism, we now live in a world that can feel, with every headline, impossible to stomach.  In science fiction works like “Ready…

For more than two decades, the ankle shackle has remained the standard electronic monitoring (EM) device. While cellphones, tablets, smartwatches and laptop computers evolved, the black plastic band remained — bulging out under socks and scraping the skin off criminalized legs. Even at this stage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,…

In Derby, they have a saying: 'If you don't work at Rolls-Royce, you know someone who does.' The catchphrase, often repeated with pride, now has an element of poignancy as people wait, filled with trepidation, for the jobs axe to fall.The East Midlands town has three claims to global fame:…

Everybody wants a brand that’s different. The irony of that statement is intentional. It belies the conservative manner in which most brands approach competitive difference. They say they want to be distinctive to consumers but often, in their heart of hearts, they actually want to align (read conform) with the…

June 16, 2020 | 5:38pm Enlarge Image An airport worker at the Bagdogra airport in India checks the body temperature of a passenger. AFP via Getty Images From the left: Big Brother at the Airport Coronavirus fears are bringing a whole new wave of surveillance for air travelers, warns Natasha…

In this satellite image captured by Planet Labs and verified by TankerTrackers.com, the Athens Voyager oil tanker (top, light green) can be seen in a position to conduct a ship-to-ship transfer of crude with the Loyalty A oil tanker (bottom, red) off the coast of Kuala Linggi, Malaysia April 16,…

Activists in China have released a pangolin into the wild to celebrate new protections for the armadillo-like animal whose numbers in the country have dropped to near extinction levelsBy SAM McNEIL Associated PressJune 12, 2020, 3:24 PM3 min readBEIJING -- Activists in China have released a pangolin into the wild…

The bizarre international border at Märket Island is just one of dozens highlighted in Zoran Nikolic's 'Atlas of Unusual Borders'.Borders have a simple job: separate different areas from each other.But they can get complicated fast, as shown by a new book.Here are a few of the bizarre borders it focuses…

A great many people have done heroic and selfless things in response to the novel coronavirus epidemic. A few have done stupid and selfish things. I can’t say I did the first and I hope I didn’t do the second. What I did do is what I know how to…

In Singapore, close to the Equator, temperatures regularly rise above 32 degrees Celsius (90 Fahrenheit) — but inside the soaring glass greenhouses of Gardens by the Bay, the country’s award-winning botanical park, it’s a pleasant 24 degrees.The daffodils and tulips of the flower dome, along with two dozen nearby towers…