This picture released by the Guatemalan Ministry of Culture and Sports shows two anthropomorphic sculptures of human form or appearance that “represent an ancestral couple,” discovered at the Uaxactun archeological site in the Maya Biosphere, Peten department, Guatemala, on May 29, 2025. HANDOUT / AFP Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly … Read more
Can the wisdom of the crowds predict football results? New research from Jens Koed Madsen finds that asking a group of people to guess the outcomes of football matches can produce surprisingly accurate predictions. Football is a beautiful, if chaotic, game. Its inherent volatility and low-scoring nature mean that it is challenging to predict outcomes, … Read more
Moscow’s Department of Information Technology has granted businesses access to the unified city identifier called Mos.ID. The identifier simplifies user access to online accounts in the city’s internet services, enabling Muscovites to use a wider range of online services, from payment of utility and telephone bills to internet banking, without worrying about the security of … Read more
If you’re a small-business owner and you’d like to reimburse your employees, pre-tax, for the cost of health insurance that they buy on their own, you have two options: An ICHRA (Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement) or a QSEHRA (Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement). As long as you have fewer than 50 full-time equivalent … Read more
The Brics economic bloc approved its first joint climate finance framework on Thursday, the group’s most coordinated effort to date on funding climate action and setting the stage for a shared position – a first for the group – ahead of Cop30 in Brazil. The nonbinding framework – agreed during a high-level meeting on climate … Read more