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Options traders are bracing for a very busy week, with June ‘triple witching’ and launch of SpaceX contracts on deck

Options traders are bracing for what could be a very busy few days as a number of potentially market-moving developments are being crammed into a shortened four-day trading week.

Mining threatens scarce water resources in the Andes

San Juan Province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. Leer más

'Ecosystem engineers' returned to desert decades after local extinction

Wiped off mainland Australia by the introduction of cats and foxes, burrowing bettongs are making a triumphant comeback in outback NSW.

SpaceX to release financial results through website and X platform

SpaceX to release results on website, X only, bypassing wire services

The beer scientist turning his attention to recording rare orchid species

Robert Mitchell's interest in rare orchids in the area around Frankston results in him naming three and penning a research paper.

Make Health Care Free and Universal through a single-payer system

The numbers are hard to ignore. In the 2025 CEOWorld Magazine Health Care Index, the Philippines ranked 87th out of 110 countries, behind not only Singapore but also Indonesia and Thailand. As data scientist Dr. Alicor Panao has argued…

COVID vaccines still protect against heart problems, large study finds

Although most Americans have eschewed seasonal COVID-19 vaccines, the updated shots continue to show significant protection against cardiovascular disease, especially for those over age 75 and those with underlying medical conditions…

Samsung expands its Galaxy Book 6 lineup with a Snapdragon X2 Elite-powered model

The Galaxy Book 6 Edge comes with 1TB of storage and 16GB of RAM, and it costs $2,100.

SpaceX shares gain for second day after blockbuster debut

Elon Musk’s AI, satellite and rocket group climbs 19.6% further on Monday

SpaceX’s massive $2.1 trillion valuation may soon become its own worst enemy

The biggest companies struggle to keep up with the stock market due to size alone.

Samsung’s $2,100 Galaxy Book6 Edge ships with 16GB of RAM in 2026

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Book6 Edge, the first laptop to ship with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite processor. The chip delivers 80 trillion operations per second from its neural processing unit, double the 45 TOPS that defined the…