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These scientists bonded over toilet tech. Now they’re working on carbon-free cement
Hugo Leandri (Left) and Cody Finke, the co-founders of Brimstone Energy. Photo courtesy Brimstone Energy Cars and electricity get a lot of attention in conversations about decarbonization, and they should. But building materials like cement and steel also need to be scrutinized. The production of cement is responsible for about 8% of global carbon dioxide […]
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SpaceX launches Crew-4 mission for NASA, has now sent 26 astronauts to space in under two years
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom launches the Crew-4 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27, 2022. Aubrey Gemignani | NASA SpaceX launched a group of astronauts for NASA early on Wednesday morning, with Elon Musk’s company now having sent 26 people to orbit in less than […]
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Biden officials worry Musk will allow Trump return to Twitter
White House officials and Democratic strategists are privately worrying how Elon Musk’s $44 billion hostile takeover of Twitter will affect the 2024 presidential election — especially whether the billionaire will allow former President Donald Trump return to the platform. Officials within President Joe Biden’s administration are closely watching the deal, according to more than half […]
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Satellite imagery specialist Capella raises nearly $100 million to expand its network
The deployed reflector of the Capella-3 satellite in orbit. Capella Space San Francisco-based satellite imagery specialist Capella Space on Monday announced the close of nearly $100 million in financing, as the company looks to expand its line of analytics and data products. Capella raised $97 million through a mix of equity and debt in a round […]
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Earth-imaging specialist Planet details more powerful line of Pelican satellites
A graphic rendering of a Pelican satellite. Planet Earth-imaging and data specialist Planet Labs on Thursday unveiled details of its new line of Pelican satellites, as the company looks to further expand and improve its space-based imagery capabilities. Planet expects to begin launching the Pelican satellites in early 2023, with the constellation consisting of up […]
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Woman catches Covid twice within 20 days, marking a new record
A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Binhai New Area in north China’s Tianjin, Jan. 9, 2022. Zhao Zishuo | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images A health-care worker has reportedly tested positive for the omicron strain of the coronavirus just 20 days […]
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Failing to get top grades at college could cost you £3,800 a year, new British study reveals
IFS research found that both men and women who graduated from a U.K. university with a lower second class degree in 2013 were earning £3,800 less on average a year before tax, five years later. baona | E+ | Getty Images Failing to achieve a top grade at college could mean earning around £3,800 ($4,946) […]
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We have to make sustainability commitments that we don’t know how we’re going to meet, CEO says
Companies have to set sustainability goals even if they don’t know how they’ll achieve them, the head of a white goods company told CNBC. “We have to make commitments that we don’t know how we’re going to meet, we have to commit to investing in technology and innovation and set the bar so high that […]
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U.S. commits to ending anti-satellite missile testing, calls for global agreement
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) launches from the U.S. Navy’s USS Lake Erie at a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite on Feb. 20, 2008 as an anti-satellite weapons U.S. Department of Defense The United States government has committed to ending the practice of anti-satellite missile tests, Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Monday, urging other nations […]
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How robots and indoor farming can help save water and grow crops year round
Agriculture may feed the world, but it is also contributing to global warming. Agriculture production uses about 70% of the Earth’s fresh water and makes up about a third of greenhouse gas emissions. But it doesn’t have to. Farming is moving inside, and farmers aren’t exactly what they used to be. New forms of farming, […]
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