The crude oil market is approaching its peak
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This year’s drop in oil demand isn’t just another crash. While a number of other factors were already in play, COVID-19 has accelerated the long-term trends
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Month: December 2020
The grand hypocrisy of big-time U.S. college sports
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The policy appears to be ‘the show must go on,’ no matter what the health consequences are for the athletes and older adults around them
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Our biggest COVID-19 problem is undue panic
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The time has come to stop obsessing about the number of cases, even if they’re rising. Cases don’t equal hospitalizations and they don’t equal deaths
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Why Christmas bird counts matter
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Scientists rely on the counts to provide long-term data on the status of individual species and populations of birds in given areas
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Atwood’s childhood works reveals early glimmers of creativity
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Compilation of juvenilia hints at the famed author’s first influences – and a characteristic sense of humour, say U of A experts
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