America’s child poverty rate plunged in 2021, hitting a record low and accelerating a decadelong decline. That’s the main message from Census Bureau data released yesterday, Axios’ Felix Salmon writes. From the report: Millions of children aren’t growing up in poverty today, thanks in very large part to government poverty-reduction Read more…
The world’s chances of avoiding the worst ravages of climate breakdown are diminishing rapidly, as we enter “uncharted territory of destruction” through our failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions and take the actions needed to stave off catastrophe, leading scientists have said. From a report: Despite intensifying warnings in recent Read more…
Nintendo announced the title for the next highly anticipated game in one of its bestselling franchises — The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It will be available May 12. From a report: The Zelda series, originally created by Nintendo former general manager Shigeru Miyamoto, has long been iconic Read more…
US farm machinery giant John Deere has estimated software fees will make up 10 percent of the company’s revenues by the end of the decade. Chief executive John May offered the projection in a Wall Street Journal report on how Deere has plowed billions into developing self-driving tractors and crop Read more…
Publishing can, then, find the paper for the things it wants to print, even in times of scarcity. The industry is currently experiencing another period of shortage, and war is once again a cause (along with the pandemic). In the past 12 months the cost of paper used by British Read more…
This has been an unorthodox Atlantic hurricane season. Everyone from the US agency devoted to studying weather, oceans, and the atmosphere — the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration — to the most highly regarded hurricane professionals (PDF) predicted a season with above-normal to well above-normal activity. For example, NOAA’s outlook Read more…
US consumer prices were resurgent last month, dashing hopes of a nascent slowdown and likely assuring another historically large interest-rate hike from the Federal Reserve. From a report: The consumer price index increased 0.1% from July, after no change in the prior month, Labor Department data showed Tuesday. From a Read more…