Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul | Pool | Via Reuters European drugstore giant Rossmann announced Tuesday it will no longer buy Tesla‘s electric vehicles for its fleet, effective immediately, citing CEO Elon Musk’s pro-Trump political … Read more
Signage for Kellanova (K) outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 05, 2023 in New York City. AP Shares of Kellanova climbed 13% in morning trading Monday on reports of buyout interest. M&M’s owner Mars is in talks to acquire the snacking company, CNBC’s David Faber reported, adding rival candy company Hershey is … Read more
Nonnative species like Sitka spruce and lodgepole pine were often favored, because of their qualities as a timber crop. Trees would be planted in “coupes”—areas of several acres—at the same time, “and they would plant them in straight lines, so that they’re easier to harvest.” All of this led to a forest that was “genetically … Read more
While immersed in fieldwork earlier in life, Goodall recognized that lifting people out of poverty was integral to preserving biodiversity in the national park. Hence, she initiated the Tacare program, which offers microloans to kick-start sustainable businesses, scholarships for girls previously deprived of secondary education, and family-planning counseling. Additionally, farmers receive advice on chemical-free, sustainable … Read more
David Azevedo died because of the heat. A construction worker living in a small city in central France, he had recently started a new job when a heatwave struck in the summer of 2022. He would not even see out his first week. The journalist Samira Shackle interviews his sister Anne-Marie about what happened, and … Read more
The 2025 model year Ford Maverick was revealed earlier this week with a host of new features, styling tweaks and the availability of an all-wheel-drive hybrid model. Amid all that news, no one is really talking about the Maverick’s price. In the three years since the Maverick went on sale, its base price has risen by … Read more
Gif: Manila Bulletin Online / YouTube We learned in Baltimore earlier this year that bridges aren’t as resilient as assumed. A bridge in the Philippines withstood the impact of multiple barges last week as Typhoon Gaemi, a Category 4 storm, swept across East Asia. The dramatic video of the crash shows a river’s rushing muddy … Read more
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious—but smoke from the fires actually kills far more people than the flames. As fires become more frequent, that smoke is leading to a public health crisis. In a new study published in the journal Science … Read more
“We need more time,” said Rezazadeh. Growers in St. Lucie County started using the antibiotic last year. “There are some hopes that we keep the trees alive until we find a cure.” The state’s total citrus acreage suffered a massive blow in the 1990s when an eradication program for canker disease, then the industry’s biggest … Read more
There’s an awful lot of junk floating around in space, with recent estimates suggesting there could be more than 25,000 objects in orbit around the Earth right now. We don’t often get to see this junk up close to find out how a lifetime in space affects man-made objects, until now. 2024 Mercedes-AMG GLC43 Is … Read more
