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Economy

1970s-style stagflation now playing on central bankers’ minds

Staff Writer - June 29, 2022

John Hawkins, University of Canberra “Stagflation” is an ugly word for an ugly situation – the unpleasant combination of...

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Climate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disasters like Hurricane Melissa. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

Business

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell...

Staff Writer - November 19, 2025

Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences When Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean in October...

Pecan pie is a popular holiday treat in the United States. Julie Deshaies/iStock via Getty Images

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...

November 19, 2025

These faces are fake – generated by artificial intelligence – but useful for training other AI systems about human faces. David Beniaguev

When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...

November 18, 2025

A technician walks through a solar farm in Goma, Congo, in 2025. AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa

Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it...

November 17, 2025

A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

Can the world quit coal?

November 16, 2025