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The Marshall Islands is literally struggling to stay above water but its President Hilda Heine told Reuters she had saved her breath rather than try to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to hear its climate change message. Heine met Trump at the W...
science / science - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc’s Warren East said he’s keen to lead the engine maker into a new age of electrically powered aircraft after spending years focused on costs cuts and restructuring.The CEO, recruited by Rolls from semiconductor...
science / science - 4 years ago
Whales captured to perform in aquariums and held in cramped pens in far eastern Russia on Friday were journeying in trucks back to their home waters after President Vladimir Putin backed their release. The first batch of eight killer and beluga whal...
science / science - 4 years ago
NATO aims to recognize space as a domain of warfare this year, four senior diplomats said, partly to show U.S. President Donald Trump that the alliance is relevant and adapting to new threats after he signed off on the creation of a U.S. Space Force....
science / science - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The windshields of large cars parked in my Berlin neighborhood were plastered this week with angry messages on lurid orange stickers. The owners were told that: “Driving an SUV causes serious climate damage,” “SUVs harm your un...
science / science - 4 years ago
Like Beyonce, Greenland is constantly making news. And for good reason. The Arctic landmass holds an ice sheet that's two and a half times the size of sprawling Texas -- and it's melting at rates that are unprecedented in at least centuries,...
science / science - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- Stewart Butterfield loved the game, but not enough people agreed with him. He spent two years and raised roughly $11 million to build an online adventure game called Glitch that featured garrulous, blue-headed creatures and milk-drunk...
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The Dr. Bill Neches Heart Camp for Kids, a program for children with heart diseases, is just like your typical summer camp. For guest speaker Madeline Morris Collins — also known as Miss West Virginia — the camp offered a chance to show the kids tha...
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(Bloomberg) -- The billionaire founder of Apple Inc.’s largest supplier asked the U.S. company to move from China to neighboring Taiwan."Speaking from the perspective of the Republic of China, I will plead to Apple to come to Taiwan," said...
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(Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwe and Zambia chose General Electric Co. and Power Construction Corp. of China to build a $4 billion hydropower project straddling their border, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said.The 2,400-megawatt Batoka Gorge plant h...
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(Bloomberg) -- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the largest assembler of Apple Inc.’s iPhones, has named Young Liu its new chairman to replace billionaire founder Terry Gou.Hon Hai said the semiconductor division chief’s appointment takes effect July...
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Republican senators in Oregon engaged in a high-stakes game of brinksmanship Friday with Democratic lawmakers and prepared to remain absent from the Capitol for a second day to block a vote on a landmark climate plan that would be the second of its k...
science / science - 4 years ago
Consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow on getting inside the modern shopper's mind.
science / science - 4 years ago
Thousands of European climate activists are readying Friday to blockade a huge German open-cast coal mine and plant in a campaign of non-violent mass civil disobedience. The target of the so-called "Ende Gelaende" (EG) protest movement is the massiv...
science / science - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- Sansan Inc., whose initial public offering on Wednesday was Japan’s biggest this year, plans to prioritize revenue growth rather than profitability in the near future, Chief Financial Officer Muneyuki Hashimoto said in an interview.San...