Scientists at the University of Utah have analyzed nearly a century’s worth of human hair samples and found that lead concentrations dropped 100-fold after the EPA began cracking down on leaded gasoline and other lead-based products in the 1970s. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Read more…
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, will be adding spaces for electric vehicle charging to parking lots in 19 different states. The move follows up on a plan announced in 2023 to build a network of charging stations at Walmart and Sam’s Club stores throughout the U.S… “With a store or Read more…
China’s decades-old network of elite high-school “genius classes” — ultra-competitive talent streams that pull an estimated 100,000 gifted teenagers out of regular schooling every year and run them through college-level science curricula — has produced the core technical talent now building the country’s leading AI and technology companies. Graduates of Read more…
October saw Bitcoin reach $123,742. But less than four months later, the world’s largest cryptocurrency slipped below $76,000, dropping about 40% from its 2025 peak. What began as a sharp crash in October has morphed into something more corrosive: a selloff shaped not by panic, but by absence of buyers, Read more…
Starbucks has been pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into AI and automation — testing robots that take drive-through orders, virtual assistants that help baristas recall recipes and manage schedules, and scanning tools that count inventory — as the 55-year-old coffee chain tries to reverse several years of struggling sales. Read more…
Massacres all over Gaza today. Deadliest day in months. Nearly 50 Palestinians, mainly women and children and elders, as always, were killed. Kids blown to pieces, mothers blown apart by bombs. Babies.