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As the latest Call of Duty video game is released in the UK today, and with Battlefield 2042 and a remastered Grand Theft Auto trilogy to follow later
All over the globe, health authorities are fighting to increase the proportion of corona-vaccinated citizens. Some governments are even considering
At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the developing world took many of the same policy steps as developed nations to contain the spread, including lockdowns. This column uses evidence from India, where the government implemented one of the most stringent lockdowns, to show that domestic travel bans may actually have increased Covid-19 cases in developing countries with
Cantor's Paradise “Most mathematicians prove what they can, von Neumann proves what he wants” Share If you enjoy this newsletter, please consider supporting future issues by signing up for a paid subscription at $5 per month, which also gives you access to all previous issues. Thanks! It is indeed supremely difficult to effectively refute the claim that John von Neumann is likely the most intelligent person who has ever lived. By the time of his death in 1957 at the modest age of 53, the Hungarian polymath had not only revolutionized several subfields of mathematics and physics but also...
Matthias Parey , Fabian Waldinger On 23 June 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU by a 52:48 split. In March 2017, the UK Parliament confirmed the result of the referendum. After a long negotiation process, the UK officially left the EU in January 2020. One of the hallmarks of the EU is the free movement of people between member countries; Brexit implied an eventual end to this mobility for most European migrants. Brexit ultimately affected the costs of studying in the UK by modifying students’ ability to secure loans, introducing visa requirements, and increasing uncertainty whether intern...