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IN EUROPE THE cost of electricity is soaring. Prices had been rising steadily this year, as economic recoveries got under way. But they have spiked in the past few weeks. Since the start of September, wholesale power prices in Germany and France have climbed by 36% and 48%, respectively. They are now hovering at around […]
This week, the CoinDesk website reported a curious case about Bitcoin, dealing more specifically with its mining. According to the source, mining company MintGreen, which specializes in clean technology, is working with Lonsdale Energy Corp. to reuse the heat generated in the production of new cryptocurrencies and heat a small town called North Vancouver, in […]
Julie, a 44-year-old woman, exploded on TikTok after detailing her relationship with her partner, 15 years younger. She calls herself “sugar mama” (women who pay for affectionate relationships with younger people, as opposed to sucking daddy). ‘Sugar Mama’ reveals that it pays R$113,000 in allowance for a partner Credit: Reproduction/TikTok @julie.withthebooty ‘Sugar Mama’ reveals that […]
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Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, based on the eponymous book by Michael Crichton, is something of a moral fable about the dangers of human manipulation of technology, humanity’s failure thereby, technology’s influence on the human condition, and scientific advances that go wrong. Crichton’s work, a pioneer in the modern genre called techno-thriller, has always been to […]
As our eyes on the sky grow ever more sensitive, we’re going to find more and more things we’ve never seen before. Such is the case for a newly discovered source of radio signals, located not far from the center of the galaxy. It’s called ASKAP J173608.2-321635, and astronomers have been unable to figure out […]
“YOU’RE SOUND ASLEEP, SAFE, YOU THINK, IN YOUR BED, AND YOU CAN GET TAKEN OUT BY A METEORITE, APPARENTLY.” Meteorite Hit Golden, British Columbia native Ruth Hamilton was woken up by her dog barking — and seconds later, she says, a roughly two-pound rock smashed through her roof, landing inches from where she was sleeping. […]
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“WHETHER IT TAKES A WAR OR NOT IS KIND OF ANECDOTAL.” In a blistering new interview with the Financial Times, the Pentagon’s former chief software officer said that he resigned in protest of slow technological innovation in the United States — and, in a provocative twist, opined that China is dominating in the space, particularly […]
For now, life is flourishing on our oxygen-rich planet, but Earth wasn’t always that way – and scientists have predicted that, in the future, the atmosphere will revert back to one that’s rich in methane and low in oxygen. This probably won’t happen for another billion years or so. But when the change comes, it’s […]
“CAN WE GET AWAY FROM BREATHING AS A WAY TO KEEP OUR BRAINS GOING?” Deep Breath Thanks to some biological tinkering, a team of scientists found a way to keep tadpoles alive, even after taking away their ability to breathe. The Ludwig Maximilians University researchers injected photosynthetic algae into the tadpoles, creating a symbiotic relationship […]