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Trump’s climate fix: colonise Mars
America believes it has made more than enough sacrifice on fossil fuelsWorld - Financial Times - November 15 -
How climate change impacts the economy
2024 is on pace to be the hottest year on record worldwide. CBS News Los Angeles meteorologist and climatologist Marina Jurica reports that extreme weather events cost the global economy over $2 ...Top stories - CBS News - November 15 -
A Landscape Architect Fights Climate Change
Martha Schwartz Partners works around the globe to take on pollution and warming of the planet.Science - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Mixed news on China’s stimulus
And regional banks as a Trump tradeWorld - Financial Times - November 11 -
To China, Trump is ‘poison’
To the dismay of Chinese leaders who already had to deal with Trump for four years, they have not gotten the preferred outcome and are not looking forward to another term.Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
China’s economy braces for Trump
Will Beijing’s latest plans to fix the country’s economy be enough to keep up with President Xi Jinping’s long-term plans for growth?World - Financial Times - November 20 -
Scientists detect traces of an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico using laser-sensor technology
Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city cloaked by jungle in southern MexicoTech - ABC News - October 30 -
Back from the dead: Scientists rebuild the face of 400-year-old Polish 'vampire'
Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, “Zosia” was never supposed to be able to come back from the dead.Top stories - NBC News - October 31 -
Recognition at last for Tom Bacon, the scientist you’ve never heard of who helped put men on the moon
Cambridge home of the engineer who developed fuel system used on Apollo 11 is to receive a blue plaque. It has been nearly 70 years since Francis Thomas Bacon developed a source of clean green ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
The scientist who tested his revolutionary medicine on his own brain cancer: ‘It seemed worth it to give it a crack’
Richard Scolyer was one of the world’s leading melanoma researchers when he was struck with a brain tumour. Facing likely death, his team made him a guinea pig for his own medicine. Sign up for a ...World - The Guardian - November 2 -
Exercise in a pill: have scientists really found a drug that’s as good for you as a 10km run?
Just how excited should we be about LaKe, the substance discovered by researchers at Denmark’s Aarhus University?. Can a pill really mimic all the beneficial effects of exercise? You’d think so ...World - The Guardian - November 4 -
Scientists Just Discovered a Guaranteed Way to Live Longer, Healthier, and Smarter. But It Will Require (Literally) Heavy Lifting
Research shows you can influence your genes to crack the longevity code.Business - Inc. - November 7 -
The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel review – the great scientist who created her own school
A fresh and feminist study of the pioneering Nobel laureate reveals her impact on the women she mentored and set on the path to prominence. Marie Curie carried out some of her most pathbreaking ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Amid Earth's heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions
Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last yearTech - ABC News - November 12 -
Scientists Just Discovered the Big 5 Personality Traits You Need to Be Successful at Different Jobs
A new study analyzed 70,000 people and 250 careers to create a free test that matches Big 5 personality traits to suitable jobs.Business - Inc. - November 13 -
California scientists unveil policy blueprint for stopping global plastic pileup in its tracks
The uniform adoption of just four waste management policies around the world could eliminate more than 90 percent of the planet’s plastic waste and nearly a third of associated carbon emissions by ...Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Scientists still identifying 9/11 victims' remains, giving answers to loved ones
The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner has pledged to continue efforts to identify 9/11 victims' remains for as long as there are families looking for answers.Top stories - CBS News - November 17 -
The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists say
Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists more hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thoughtTech - ABC News - November 20 -
Fights over fluoride in drinking water are cropping up as political pressure mounts and scientists assess possible risks
Fights over fluoride in drinking water are cropping up as political pressure mounts and scientists assess possible risksHealth - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship
Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences. A leading scientist at the University of Oxford has resigned from the UK’s national ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Watch: In speeches spanning 6 years, RFK Jr. shares conspiracy theories about vaccines, likens scientists to Nazis
In remarks at AutismOne conferences in 2013, 2017 and 2019, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likened vaccinating children to putting them in “Nazi death camps” and falsely alleged a cover-up of vaccine ...Politics - NBC News - 8 hours ago -
Watch: In speeches spanning 6 years, RFK Jr. shares conspiracy theories about vaccines, likens scientists to Nazis
In remarks at AutismOne conferences in 2013, 2017 and 2019, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likened vaccinating children to putting them in “Nazi death camps” and falsely alleged a cover-up of vaccine ...Top stories - NBC News - 8 hours ago -
2024 NFL Midseason All-Rookie Team: Packers lead way with three selections, Rams pass-rush pair selected
Let's pick the best rookies through the first half of the 2024 regular seasonSports - CBS Sports - October 31 -
Ravens' Derrick Henry scores 100th career rushing TD vs. Broncos, surpasses 1,000 yards on ground this season
Henry, now in even more elite company, is on pace for another 2,000-yard seasonSports - CBS Sports - November 3 -
Fantasy football waiver wire, Week 10 picks: Players to add, targets include Jalen Tolbert, Cooper Rush
SportsLine NFL expert R.J. White reveals his top Week 10 Fantasy football waiver wire claims and free-agency additionsSports - CBS Sports - November 5 -
Browns trade DE Za'Darius Smith to Lions needing help with pass rush after Aidan Hutchinson's injury
With their season in shambles, the Browns began looking toward the future and traded defensive end Za'Darius Smith to Detroit for a pair of draft picksSports - ABC News - November 5 -
Blues LW Dylan Holloway exits in stretcher, rushed to hospital after taking puck to throat
Holloway is reportedly stable, with his airway open and unobstructed.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 6