Australia recovers 100% of silver from solar waste as tonnes of panels pile up by 2050
Times of India •

Australia recovers 100% of silver from solar waste as tonnes of panels pile up by 2050

Australia is on track to confront a serious solar panel waste dilemma by 2050, estimated to include hundreds of tonnes of silver. Researchers have pioneered a novel process that efficiently retrieves nearly all silver from decommissioned solar cells. Utilizing a continuous flotation method that relies solely on water and air without toxic chemicals, this advance could revolutionize solar panel rec...

Chicago reversed its river in 1900 to divert sewage from Lake Michigan; 126 years later, it flows backwards
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Chicago reversed its river in 1900 to divert sewage from Lake Michigan; 126 years later, it flows backwards

To combat outbreaks of disease linked to polluted drinking water, Chicago undertook an extraordinary engineering project to reverse its river's flow. This initiative, aimed at diverting sewage from Lake Michigan, successfully bolstered public health over the decades. Despite facing legal struggles from neighboring Missouri and other states, the new river connection has inadvertently introduced fre...

‘I love the boldness of modernism’: New York fashion week goes highbrow

‘I love the boldness of modernism’: New York fashion week goes highbrow

The Guardian •

Georgia O’Keeffe inspires the latest Calvin Klein while Michael Kors feels indebted to Alexander CalderCalvin Klein has taken a highbrow turn in the two years since Veronica Leoni took charge. The Italian designer, a philosophy graduate who was schooled in the chic design studios of Jil Sander and Celine, has shifted away from jeans, boxer shorts and logos, stripping the brand to its minimalist bo...

Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo

Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben Delo

The Guardian •

Party leader, Nigel Farage, says he is humbled by contribution from cryptocurrency billionairesThe cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne has given £36m to Reform UK, matching a donation from fellow billionaire Ben Zelo.The pledges are jointly the largest donations made to a UK party and are likely to intensify calls for a cap on political donations. Continue reading...

Calls for investigation after video shows ICE officers using batons on protesters

Calls for investigation after video shows ICE officers using batons on protesters

The Guardian •

Residents in Frederick, Maryland, shaken after clashes as activists decry violence from officers as ‘unconscionable’Political leaders in Maryland are calling for investigations into the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers as they clashed with protesters during a federal operation in a local community.Residents of Frederick, a city about 50 miles north-west of Baltimore, a...

US-China decoupling could benefit other countries, China trade war game suggests

US-China decoupling could benefit other countries, China trade war game suggests

SCMP •

Chinese researchers have modelled a war game scenario suggesting that a complete economic decoupling between the US and China could, unexpectedly, yield dividends for most other nations. Using a quantitative trade model – a data-based economic framework that estimates how changes in trade affect economies – two researchers based in southern China’s Guangdong province found that if the world’s two ...

French police probe if sabotage derailed train and injured 44

French police probe if sabotage derailed train and injured 44

SCMP •

Investigators suspect that a train derailment in northwest France which injured 44, one gravely, was the result of sabotage, a police source said on Saturday. A fragment of rail was found on the track, with the possibility of a malicious act being treated as the main line of inquiry as a result, the source said. Carrying 186 passengers, the train was running between the Normandy cities of Rouen an...

For decades, scientists thought North America had a cheetah; DNA links it to pumas 2.6M years ago

For decades, scientists thought North America had a cheetah; DNA links it to pumas 2.6M years ago

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In a groundbreaking revelation, ancient DNA analysis has clarified that Miracinonyx trumani is more closely related to pumas than cheetahs. This extinct cat thrived in North America during the Pleistocene epoch and had the unique ability to fish in colder regions. While its structure suggested agility, evolutionary genetics indicated that convergence was at play, with low genetic variety likely co...

Jamaican delegation defends legal route of petition to King Charles for slavery reparations

Jamaican delegation defends legal route of petition to King Charles for slavery reparations

The Guardian •

Petition to king, who remains Jamaica’s head of state, is formally lodged in landmark visit to UK by officialsA palpable surge of emotion swept through Brixton’s New Park Road Baptist church as the packed congregation rose to sing Bob Marley’s Redemption Song.The service on Sunday marked the anniversary of the 1781 Zong massacre, when more than 100 enslaved Africans were thrown overboard so the sh...