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Why Brazil Barely Knows Which Schools Sit Near Toxic Sites

A new study maps schools near contaminated sites across poorer nations and finds Brazil counts so few that Sao Paulo alone lists most of them. The post Why Brazil Barely Knows Which Schools Sit Near Toxic Sites appeared first on The Rio…

I recommend this Sonos smart speaker to everyone I know - get it while it's $40 off for Prime Day

The Sonos Era 100 is a great smart speaker for any room in your house and a stellar entry point into the Sonos ecosystem.

SpaceX wants to sell Starlink phone service directly to US consumers

Every satellite company eventually looks down at the much larger market on the ground, and SpaceX appears ready to make the move. The company has told investors it plans to launch a Starlink mobile service for US consumers, the Financial…

Can video games help us better understand quantum mechanics?

The world of quantum video games is vast – there are hundreds that are either inspired by quantum mechanics or use quantum computers in their development. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explores how these could change our…

Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why.

It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous heat wave has hit Western Europe. Yesterday, the UK recorded its highest ever June temperature at 36.1 °C (about 97 °F). But as the weather app on my phone confirmed, it felt like…

Climate change to blame as heatwave hits Europe's economies

Human-caused climate change is "unequivocally" responsible for the intensity of a record-breaking heatwave scorching Europe, scientists said Friday, while experts consider the costs for an economy as productivity melts and growth becomes…

China targeting half of power from non-fossil sources by 2030

Indonesia explores bid to host COP18 biodiversity summit

Indonesia is exploring a bid to host the 18th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity ...

How America lost its swagger after 100 days of war against Iran

Who would have imagined that just over 100 days could so change the world? The US-Israeli “war of choice” on Iran has fundamentally – perhaps, permanently – shifted the global balances of economic, military and political power, and not in…

OHB Shares Dip After German Satellite Firm’s €789 Million Re-IPO

Executives from German satellite firm OHB SE and KKR & Co. rang the opening bell at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Friday after they raised €789 million in a share sale to increase investors’ access to the space company.

500 players, ages 40 to 70: The Italian teams keeping basketball going past retirement

Italy's Golden Players — men and women aged 40 to 70 — are heading to the FIBA Masters Open in Corinth this July, while scientists are quietly using them to unlock the secrets of how sport shapes how we age.

China tests satellite-linked tracking device on China-Europe railway to stop cargo thieves

A potential hi-tech upgrade to BeiDou-based rail monitoring systems could better protect and track containers on the transcontinental China-Europe railway express, according to the developers of a new mountable device. A team drawn from…