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☆ ‘Doomsday fish:’ A rare oarfish returns to California shores for the second time this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Dawn Sawyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The elusive deep-water oarfish – considered to be a harbinger of bad news – was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California. “We took samples and froze the specimen awaiting further study and final preservation in the Marine Vertebrate Collection,” Ben Frable, manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection, said in the post. “Like with the previous oarfish, this specimen and the samples taken from it will be able to tell us much about the biology, anatomy, genomics and life history of oarfish,” Frable said in the post. The fish was found in good condition according to the release, and it was taken in for examination and preservation to become a part of the organization’s Marine Vertebrate Collection. “It may have to do with changes in ocean conditions and increased numbers of oarfish off our coast,” Frable said.

Persons: Alison Laferriere, ” Ben Frable, ” Frable, ” Scripps, Santa Ana, ”, Dahiana Organizations: CNN, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, Scripps, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science, Scripps Oceanography, Obscura, Ocean Conservancy, GeoScience Locations: Encinitas , California, Grandview Beach, San Diego, Japan’s, Japan, Ocean, La Jolla, Huntington Beach, Santa

☆ A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

People along the coast now have 10 to 30 minutes to reach high ground before a giant wave engulfs the Pacific Northwest. The scene above is a worst-case scenario of a megaquake striking the Pacific Northwest. "It's ominously quiet," Harold Tobin, Washington's state seismologist and the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, told BI. The Pacific Northwest, by contrast, only found out about the danger posed by the Cascadia subduction zone in the 1980s. The Cascadia subduction zone pushed those mountains up about 10 million years ago, carving the mountain range that makes the Pacific Northwest so stunning.

Persons: Seattle isn't, Robert Ezelle, Rick Bowmer, Ted S, Warren, Juan, Harold Tobin, Tobin, Ezelle, Andrew Selsky, Itsuo Inouye, They've, Wally Santana, Barbara Ortutay Organizations: Washington state's Military, ., Puget Sound, Washington Army National Guard 792nd Chemical Company, Washington state's Military Department, Business, Northwest Seismic Network, AP, Columbia University, Big One, Federal Emergency Management Agency, US Navy, FEMA, Northwest Seismic Locations: Seattle, Pacific, Long Beach , Washington, Northern California, Vancouver, Grandview , Washington, Pacific Northwest, Washington, Washington's, Cascadia, Sitka spruces, Oregon, Japan, Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, Tohoku, Natori

☆ I'm an Arizona native. I always see first-timers make these 8 mistakes at the Grand Canyon.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Kris Ann Valdez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But we knew there had to be more to visiting the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon West features the world-famous Skywalk, a glass walkway on a canyon's edge. Another way to access the South Rim is via The Grand Canyon Railway, which begins in Williams, Arizona. Visitors forget to enjoy the sweeping views from multiple vantage pointsOnce you're in Grand Canyon Village, board a complimentary shuttle. Even so, we still carry a paper map with us when we go to the Grand Canyon.

Persons: —, we've, it's, KrissAnn Valdez, Moran, Theodore Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Oprah Winfrey, Anthony Baylor, we'd Organizations: Service, Business, Railway, Myers, Norwegian Villa, National Park Service, Park Service Locations: Arizona, North, Grandview Point, Williams , Arizona, Canyon, Mohave, —, Swiss, Norwegian

☆ 25 experts calculated the scenarios they think could play out in the US-China relationship. All the results are bleak.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewThe future of US-China relations looks grim, according to a new report by a group of 25 experts on both countries. And US scientists might find a mysterious avian flu in China, while China detains five Americans on accusations that they broke the law. Advertisement"Instead, the war scenario is a scenario of increasing crises leading to increasing distrust in diplomatic solutions," he said. 2) A zero-sum bloc gameOr US-China trade could fall to all-time lows by the late 2020s, with competition ramping up over AI, quantum computers, and other technology, the analysis said. Seyle emphasized that the analysis isn't presenting forecasts, but theoretical scenarios that hit areas of concern in broad strokes.

Persons: —, Trump, Pax Sapiens, Conor Seyle, BRICS, Saudi Arabia —, calculatingly, Seyle, Ren Libo, Adam Kahane of Organizations: Service, Business, Obama, People's Liberation Army, Observers, Pentagon, Pax Sapiens, WTO, Grandview Institute, Adam Kahane of Massachusetts, Reos Partners Locations: China, Beijing, Washington, Taiwan, Taipei, Pax, Europe, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, America, Africa, United States, Latin America, Southeast Asia, US

☆ How old fishing nets could be part of the climate crisis solution
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Paul Glader | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

De Bouter’s company, Brikole, is a startup “circular business” that recycles discarded nets from the industrial tuna fishing industry. Kyle de Bouter holds board shorts made of recycled Nylon fishing nets similar to the kind he is recycling. Since the area is prime for fishing, especially tuna fishing, many in Seychelles believe those industries are a good place to start. He championed activity by “inventive young entrepreneurs” to improve society, mentioning recycled fishing nets as one example. “This is solving the problem of exhausted fishing nets,” said Julio Morón, a managing director of the Spanish tuna fishing organization called OPAGAC.

Persons: Seychelles CNN — Kyle de Bouter, ”, De, Kyle de Bouter, Paul Glader, CNN “, de Bouter, Joshua Tiatouse, CNN De Bouter, Ellen MacArthur, Eduardo Soteras, James Alix Michel’s, Michel, De Bouter, Julio Morón, Brikole, Bouter, de, Manuel Sigren, Bureo, Joshua Tiatousse, Tiatousse, “ Organizations: Seychelles CNN, United Nations, CNN, Bank, “ Department of Blue, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Washington Post, Economy Research, University of Seychelles, snags, Electricity, Bureo, DuPont, BASF, DOMO Chemicals, Grandview Research Locations: Victoria, Seychelles, Patagonia, Spain, France, South Korea, Kosovo, Ghana, Philippines, Mahé, “, Dubai, China, California, Africa, Asia, Grandview

☆ Condom-shy India arouses interest of global contraceptive makers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Kashish Tandon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Such is the trend that the market is set to more than double to $1.7 billion by 2030, showed data from GrandView Research. By contrast, 19% of U.S. men use condoms every time they have sex, showed data from the National Center for Health Statistics. World Bank data showed that, in 2021, per capita gross domestic product crossed $2,000 - a threshold at which, in China in 2006, consumption jumped. Britain's Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT.L) has launched new products under its Durex brand and expanded its "Birds and the Bees" rural marketing campaign. SOCIAL MEDIAIndia's market leader is domestic manufacturer Mankind Pharma (MNKI.NS) with a 33% share, ahead of Reckitt Benckiser at 14%, TechSci data showed.

Persons: Kazuhiro Kamio, Okamoto, Arvind Singhal, Miah Kiat Goh, Dwight, Mankind, Ashita Aggarwal, Kashish Tandon, Sumit Khanna, Rocky Swift, Dhanya Skariachan, Christopher Cushing Organizations: GrandView Research, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Okamoto Industries, National Center for Health Statistics, Technopak Advisors, Reuters, United Nations, Benckiser, ., Mankind Pharma, Social, Jain Institute of Management & Research, HDFC Securities Institutional, View Research, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, India, Europe, Japan, China, U.S, S.P, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Rocky, Tokyo

☆ Your Word, Outlook, and Excel apps might look different. Microsoft just changed its default font for the first time in 15 years.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft announced this week that it's changing its default Office font to Aptos. Microsoft Office users may notice that their documents look different. Microsoft announced this week that it's replacing Calibri, its default font for the last 15 years, with a new font, Aptos. Aptos will officially become the default font for all customers in the upcoming months. Microsoft said that changes to its default font were needed to adapt its suite of Microsoft Office tools to higher resolution screens as technology continues to evolve.

Persons: Aptos, Steve Matteson, —, Tenorite, Matteson's Organizations: Microsoft, Toyota, Google, Windows Locations: Calibri, — Grandview, Seaford, Skeena, Santa Cruz , California

☆ 2 Wisconsin Republicans want 14-year-olds to be allowed to serve alcohol in restaurants
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New proposed legislation would make it legal for kids as young as 14 to serve alcohol in Wisconsin. The move comes amid a seeming broader push by Republicans nationwide to roll back child labor laws. In the memo this week, Stafsholt and Green cited "workforce issues" stemming from underage employees only being allowed to do "part of their job," if they aren't allowed to serve alcohol, according to the outlet. A wide-reaching Iowa bill would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to serve alcohol in restaurants as long as their parent signs off on it. Only two other states in the country — Maine and West Virginia — allow teenagers that age to to serve alcohol, according to The National Institutes of Health.

☆ Apple's own execs are split on whether the company should make smart goggles. Experts say if Apple can't make smart glasses happen, no one can.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Asia Martin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Apple is reportedly introducing its Reality Pro smart goggles in June. Experts say the goggles may not be a smash success, but if anyone can make it work, it's Apple. Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that a rare wave of dissent made its way into the team behind Apple's mixed-reality smart goggles, called Apple Reality Pro. Apple Reality Pro will have a wow-factor to it because it's had time to improve upon the foundations laid by its competitors. The virtual reality headset market was worth $7.7 billion in 2022, according to a report by Grandview Research.

☆ How to Clean a Leather Purse, According to Experts
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

These are the ones to use on the majority of leather types (excluding nubuck, patent leather, and suede). His go-to is Leather Master Leather Care Bundle, a three-step process of cleaning, conditioning and protecting; it entails applying the formulas with a foam sponge or lint-free cloth, allowing each coat to dry before the next. Additionally, when used in conjunction with a leather polish, there wasn’t any difference from using the polish on its own. In fact, because these methods required getting the leather somewhat damp, the results often led to leather that dried with a rumpled texture—one reason experts strongly caution against saturating leather. To prevent future blemishes, store your leather bag on a shelf in a cool, dry place.

☆ With $10.5 million in supergiant seed funding, Caraway launches to bring personalized telehealth to Gen Z women in college
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Caraway is a healthtech startup for college women that offers mental, physical, and reproductive care. This woman's experience is one example of how Caraway says it is working to provide personalized mental, physical, and reproductive health services via telehealth to Gen Z women in college. Care specialists provide direct education for students on mental health too, such as techniques to de-escalate stress and anxiety flare-ups. Other startups like Mantra Health, which raised a $22 million Series A last year, also focus on mental health for college students. So far, the startup has 13 "Caraway Campus Ambassadors," or interns, on college campuses in the states it's currently operating in.

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