The S & P 500 concluded a topsy-turvy — yet winning — first quarter of 2023 on Friday, overcoming a shock to the U.S. banking system in March to rise around 7%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite proved to be the real standout, soaring nearly 17 % . The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average , meanwhile,
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According to South Korean scientists, a noxious weed with a high collagen content can regenerate skin but can also be fatal if overdosed. This noxious weed, also known as the cocklebur plant, is found all over the world and produces fruit with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that may be useful as a skin protectant. In
VW ID.7 electric sedan uncamouflaged (Source: Hans-Otto Kruse/ Volkswagen (VW) is set to release the series production version of its newest electric sedan, the ID.7, within the next few months. Although VW teased a special camouflaged model earlier this year, the ID.7 was caught without camouflage for the first time in Germany this week, giving
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is a member of the Artemis Team, a select group of astronauts charged with focusing on the development and training efforts for early Artemis missions. Through the Artemis program NASA and a coalition of international partners will return to the Moon to learn how to live on other worlds for the
Amit Kshatriya, a decorated Indian-American software and robotics engineer was appointed as the first head of NASA’s newly-established Moon to Mars Programme that will help the agency ensure a long-term lunar presence needed to prepare for humanity’s next giant leap to the Red Planet. Kshatriya will serve as NASA’s first head of the office, with
What Turkey’s earthquake tells us about the science of seismic forecasting, read by Benjamin Thompson. Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 Last month, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing an estimated 50,000 people. Two decades ago, researchers suggested that an earthquake in this area was likely, but exactly where
WASHINGTON — Lunar rover developer Astrolab has signed an agreement with SpaceX to transport its first rover to the moon on a future Starship flight. Astrolab said it has arranged to fly the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover it is developing as a payload on a Starship lunar lander mission scheduled for as soon
Meredith Whittaker, a former Google Manager who is now president at Signal.(Florian Hetz for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Florian Hetzt | The Washington Post | Getty Images Meredith Whittaker took a top role at the Signal Foundation last year, moving into the nonprofit world after a career in academia, government work and the
This week’s run time is 44:52. ON OUR MINDS (5:55) Co-hosts Joel Makower, co-founder and executive chair of GreenBiz, and Nethra Rajendran, sustainability analyst, discuss the following stories: FEATURED INTERVIEWS Meet the Black Resilience Network (25:45) Atyia Martin, first chief resilience officer of Boston, is spearheading the Black Resilience Network, focused on strengthening climate resilience
Most northern United States may experience heavy, wind-blown snow when March and April end. According to AccuWeather experts, a storm considerably stronger might hit next week. (Photo : Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) Weather Forecast According to AccuWeather analysts, the northern Plains and Upper Midwest will experience another bout of snow and gusty
A coalition of 54 consumer and environmental groups from 26 countries have written a letter to Toyota asking that the company phase-out fossil fuels globally by 2035, and in Europe by 2030. The letter is timed to coincide with the start of new CEO Koji Sato’s tenure at the company on April 1. Toyota occupies
WASHINGTON — Maxar, an Earth imaging company, is looking to build a new business imaging objects in space. The company predicts a burgeoning market for high-resolution images of objects in orbit amid growing congestion and security concerns, said Tony Frazier, Maxar’s executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence. The company last
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tim Cook during WWDC 2022 Event Source: Apple Apple’s widely anticipated mixed-reality headset may not be ready in time for the company’s June WWDC event, top Apple analyst, TFI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo, wrote on Twitter Thursday. Kuo tweeted that the company wasn’t optimistic that the
Photosynthesis originated as a genetic mutation that allowed simple cyanobacteria to produce their own food source with only the power of the sun. However, the resulting waste product of this process, oxygen, was toxic to almost all life on the young planet. This oxygen created by cyanobacteria’s new superpower also reacted with the existing atmosphere
A juvenile Edmontosaurus disappears into the jaws of Tyrannosaurus. The reconstruction of soft-tissues around the jaws of T. rex strongly suggests that it resembled lizards with lips rather than lipless crocodylians.Credit: Mark P. Witton The fearsome maw of the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex has had a makeover. According to a study published today in Science1, the
WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit announced late March 30 it was laying off the vast majority of its employees after failing to raise additional funding, putting the launch company’s future in jeopardy. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Virgin Orbit announced it was laying off approximately 675 employees, or 85% of its workforce. The company
Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in New York federal court Thursday to five additional charges related to the collapse of his former crypto exchange FTX and hedge fund Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried’s attorney, Mark Cohen, said he plans to file a motion that his client not be tried on all the counts, arguing that he cannot
Julio Rodríguez of the Seattle Mariners was the American League Rookie of the Year in 2022. MLB trading card partner Fanatics has plans for new rookie card features this season as part of a bigger plan to increase the value of Topps baseball cards for collectors. Diamond Images | Diamond Images | Getty Images Fanatics
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