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☆ Thai farmer forced to kill more than 100 crocodiles after a typhoon damaged their enclosure
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Lex Harvey | Kocha Olarn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

More than 100 were killed at a crocodile farm in Lamphun, northern Thailand, after a typhoon damaged their enclosure. More than 100 crocodiles were killed to prevent them from escaping after a typhoon damaged their enclosure in Lamphun, northern Thailand. Among the crocodiles killed was one named Ai Harn, the eldest male breeder and leader of the pack, at 4 meters (13 feet) long. Earlier this year, 60 Siamese crocodile eggs hatched in Cambodia, the largest recorded breeding event for the species this century. Thai crocodile farmer Natthapak Khumkad owns the biggest crocodile farm in the province of Lamphun, northern Thailand.

Persons: ”, Khumkad, Natthapak, “, Yagi, Benjamin Horton, Hurricane Ian, CrocodileLamphun Natthapak, ” Natthapak, Pornthip Nualanong, Ai Harn, Pornthip, suckling, Natthapak Khumkad Organizations: Bangkok CNN, CNN, Observatory of, International Fund for Animal Welfare Locations: Bangkok, Lamphun, Thailand, China, Southeast Asia, Thailand’s, Observatory of Singapore ., Florida, Punta Gorda, Cambodia, Hong Kong

☆ Argentina poverty rate soars over 50% as Milei austerity bites
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Argentina’s poverty rate soared to almost 53% in the first half of the year, official data released on Thursday showed, the first hard evidence of the painful impact of libertarian President Javier Milei’s tough austerity measures. The data underscores how Milei’s spending cuts, aimed at overturning a deep fiscal deficit, have caused major short-term pain. The country is in a deep recession and inflation remains in triple digits, though there are signs things are improving. ‘Any level of poverty is horrendous’Agustin Salvia, director of the UCA’s Observatory, said that there was a significant impact at the start of the year from Milei’s policies. “If you look at the whole story, it shows a deterioration in the first quarter.

Persons: Javier Milei’s, ”, Irma Casal, Agustin Salvia, Manuel Adorni, Milei Organizations: Catholic University of Argentina’s, UCA’s Locations: American, Buenos Aires

Trump was surrounded by Secret Service agents at his North Carolina event on Wednesday as he greeted supporters in the rope line. Congress just approved funding for both Harris and Trump to receive presidential-level protections, which one security expert said was unprecedented. “They are all now getting presidential-level protection from the U.S. Secret Service, which has never been done before,” said Evy Poumpouras, a former Secret Service agent. In a statement Tuesday, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung disclosed that Trump had received an intelligence briefing about Iran. An official with the Trump campaign said it had no intention of altering or modifying its campaigning after this briefing.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, ”, Kamala Harris, Harris, Evy Poumpouras, ” Poumpouras, Mark Felix, Kimberly Cheatle, Ryan Routh, Joe Biden’s, Covid, Ronald Rowe, Butler, “, Donald, Jim Watson, Steven Cheung, ” Cheung, ” Trump Organizations: Secret Service, Service, NBC, Marine, Naval Observatory, Trump, Secret, Getty, ”, Authorities, Republicans, Democratic Party, Harris, Tempe , Arizona . Police, Air Force, “, National Intelligence Locations: Iran, North Carolina, Carolina, U.S, Butler , Pennsylvania, West Palm Beach , Florida, Tempe , Arizona, AFP, United States

☆ Astronomers spot the most massive black hole jets ever observed
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Astronomers have observed a massive pair of jets releasing from a supermassive black hole 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. The megastructure spans 23 million light-years in length, making these black hole jets the largest ever seen, according to new research. Black hole jets can accelerate radiation and particles close to the speed of light, causing them to glow in wavelengths visible to radio telescopes. The massive black hole jets could help answer both. Martijn Oei (pictured), lead author of the new study, and his colleagues will continue their search for massive black hole jets.

Persons: Martijn Oei, ” Oei, Europe’s, Oei, “, Aivin Gast, Gast, LOFAR, “ Aivin, Porphyrion, NASA's, Powell, Nelson, Martin Hardcastle, Sasha Tchekhovskoy, ”, Tchekhovskoy Organizations: CNN —, California Institute of Technology, Astrophysics, University of Oxford, NASA, JPL, Caltech, CNN, Keck, NASA's Goddard, University of Hertfordshire, Northwestern University Locations: India, Hawaii, England

The asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5, is 33 feet long — roughly equivalent to a standard school bus. The asteroid is expected to enter Earth’s orbit Sunday and lurk there until Nov. 25, just over 56 days, Marcos said. Astronomers in Arizona spotted a different visiting mini-moon — a tiny asteroid named 2020 CD3 — in Earth’s orbit in February 2020. “A short mini-moon episode may last hours, days, weeks or a few months, and the affected object does not complete one revolution around Earth,” he said in an email. An early warning system for asteroids known as ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) discovered 2024 PT5 in early August.

Persons: ”, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, Marcos, It’s, ” Marcos Organizations: American Astronomical Society, Gran, Canarias, NASA, University of Hawaii Locations: Spain, Arizona, Canary

☆ Side-by-side images from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes show why NASA spent 25 years and $10 billion on the Webb
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewNASA's James Webb Space Telescope floored astronomers and spectators across the globe when it released its first full-color images. Even those preliminary snapshots revealed countless stars, galaxies, and fine details that hadn't been seen before. A side-by-side collage of the same area taken by Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope in its very first image. In the JWST image, you can see galaxies in the background that were invisible to HubbleA few galaxies that are clearly visible in the JWST image, but not the Hubble image. The JWST image also revealed the stellar nurseries created as galaxies mergeThe JWST image shows a region of gas compressed between merging galaxies.

Persons: —, James Webb, Webb, Joseph DePasquale, JWST, hadn't, Eric Smith, Hubble, STScI Webb, Mark McCaughrean, McCaughrean, Amber Straughn, Jane Rigby, we've Organizations: Service, Business, NASA, ESA, CSA, Hubble, James Webb Space, Hubble Heritage, European Space Agency Locations: JWST

☆ Kamala Harris is a gun owner. Here is what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“I am a gun owner, and I own a gun for probably the reason a lot of people do – for personal safety,” Harris, then a California senator, told reporters in Iowa. Harris’ office declined to share what year she first became a gun owner or any other details about the firearm and her ownership of it. But she did not run from her values on assault rifles and assault weapons,” the adviser said. Trump, Harris’ Republican opponent, is also a self-proclaimed gun owner. Walz, the Minnesota governor and Harris’ running mate, is also a gun owner.

Persons: CNN — Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, Harris “, “ Tim Walz, We’re, Harris, Oprah Winfrey, they’re, ” Harris, “, ”, don’t, Harris ’, –, Tim Walz’s, Frankie Vanloock’s, Francisco Ortiz, Frank Green, Dr, Jose Rosas, Trump, Walz, Ohio Sen, JD Vance Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Naval Observatory, Trump, Republican, New York City Police Department, Philadelphia TV Locations: Michigan, Los Angeles, Washington, California, Iowa, Alameda County, New York, Minnesota

☆ Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But as a mini-moon, Asteroid 2024 PT5 isn’t in any danger of colliding with Earth now or over the next few decades, de la Fuente Marcos said. Asteroid 2020 CD3 is considered a long-capture mini-moon, while the newly detected Asteroid 2024 PT5 is a short-capture one. Short mini-moon events can occur several times per decade, but long mini-moon events are rare, and only occur every 10 or 20 years, de la Fuente Marcos said. “In order to become a mini-moon, an incoming body has to approach Earth slowly at close range,” de la Fuente Marcos said. After 56.6 days, the sun’s gravitational pull will bring Asteroid 2024 PT5 back into its normal orbit.

Persons: PT5, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, la Fuente Marcos, orbiters, flybys, It’s, ”, Robert Jedicke, ” Jedicke, Jedicke, “ Organizations: CNN, American Astronomical Society, Astronomers, NASA, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy, Gran, Canarias, Telescope Locations: South Africa, Chelyabinsk, Russia, Hiroshima, Japan, Mars, Canary, Earth

☆ Secret Service is investigating Elon Musk's 'Biden/Kamala' assassination tweet
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe Secret Service is looking into Tesla CEO Elon Musk's tweet that questioned why no one was trying to assassinate President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris. According to Bloomberg News, the Secret Service declined to release information related to Musk's tweet over the weekend due to "enforcement proceedings." A Secret Service spokesperson said the agency knew of Musk's message but would not be offering further comment. As Bloomberg pointed out, the Secret Service often investigates direct and implied threats against the people they protect, including Biden and Harris. AdvertisementMost often, the worst that comes of it is a visit from a Secret Service officer.

Persons: —, Elon Musk's, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Biden, Kamala, elissa M cKenzie,, ince, egan, ake, hite Organizations: Service, Bloomberg News, Business Locations: usk, ried, ut

☆ Kamala Harris' old apartment is on Airbnb from $6,000 a month — and we know at least one person who rented it
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewTwenty years ago, inside a humble one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, Kamala Harris might've one day dreamed of running for president. Ji has listed the apartment on Airbnb with a minimum of 30-night stays and advertises the "amazing opportunity to live inside the home previously owned by Vice President Kamala Harris." He's even added a commemorative wall with photos from her career, including the day she was sworn in as vice president, according to the listing. Setty served South Indian dishes to guests as they watched Harris debate former President Donald Trump, the Times said. The Times reported that Setty called Harris a "rock star" when talking with other supporters at the debate party.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris might've, Harris, Joe Biden, Zhengtao Ji, David, wasn't, Ji, Kamala Harris, hasn't, Lata Setty, Setty, Donald Trump Organizations: Service, Democratic, The New York Times, Business, Times, The Times, Naval Observatory Locations: San Francisco's, Market, California, Brentwood, Los Angeles, Washington, DC

☆ DEEP is building underwater habitats to ‘make humans aquatic’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Amy Gunia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Last week, DEEP announced a precursor to the Sentinel, a smaller underwater habitat which the company will use to develop systems for the Sentinel but will also be released as a separate product. An underwater habitat placed on the seabed near the wreck could have served as a base for divers instead, said Wolpert. OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)Aquarius replaced Hydrolab after it was decommissioned. OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)Dennison, of the University of Maryland, said Hydrolab was damp, cramped, lacked indoor plumbing, and had only three beds for four occupants. Wolpert said that DEEP is more than a habitat, it’s also a platform for engaging the next generation.

Persons: Sean Wolpert, Wolpert, ”, Fairleigh Dickinson University DEEP’s, Bill Dennison, “, Dennison, …, It's, Hydrolab, “ It’s, ” Wolpert, ” Craig McLean, Jacques Cousteau, –, III –, McLean, Ray Dalio, Victor Vescovo, Proteus, Fabien Cousteau, it’s Organizations: CNN, Sentinel, Space, Vanguard, Florida International University, NASA, Space Shuttle, SpaceX, Undersea Research Program, Fairleigh Dickinson University, University of Maryland’s Center, Environmental Science, Virgin Islands, University of Maryland, Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Florida Keys National, of Naval Research Locations: Bristol, Sicily, Aquarius, Florida, Virgin, American, St . Croix, Miami

☆ The 2024 harvest moon is the 2nd supermoon and last lunar eclipse this year. Here's the best time to see it when it rises Tuesday.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The best time to watch the super harvest moon and partial lunar eclipseThe harvest moon is the full moon that occurs nearest to the first day of autumn. AdvertisementThe best time to catch any full moon, including the harvest moon, is right around moonrise. A full moon, also a harvest moon, rises past thunder clouds. Tuesday's partial eclipse is the last lunar eclipse of the year. The harvest moon is the second supermoon of 2024If the full moon looks larger than normal, that's because it is.

Persons: —, you'll, Mike Blake That's, moonrise, Noah Petro, Marcos del Mazo, Larry Wasserman Organizations: Service, Business, NASA, Chicago, Houston, Goddard Space Flight, Lowell Observatory, Anadolu Locations: moonrise, New York, Los Angeles, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Arizona

☆ The women Kamala Harris has mentored
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maryland, has started collecting magazines with Harris on the cover, buttons, a T-shirt and other memorabilia. She broke down sobbing during Maya Harris’ convention speech when thinking of her own memories of the vice president’s mother. “’Hi, it’s Kamala Harris,’” Alsobrooks remembers hearing. Harris joins Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks onstage to speak at a campaign event in Landover on June 7, 2024. Cohen switched over to Harris’ campaign for a few shifts.

Persons: CNN —, Kamala Harris, Jahana Hayes, She’d, Hayes, Harris, Long, Ayanna Pressley, Laphonza Butler, –, They’re, ”, Jasmine Crockett, “, ” Crockett, she’d, Joe Biden, Crockett, boggle, Angela Alsobrooks, Lateefah Simon, Simon, Maya Harris ’, it’s, Susan Walsh, Alsobrooks, it’s Kamala Harris, ’ ” Alsobrooks, ” Alsobrooks, ‘, Andrew Harnik, Andrea Campbell, “ Joy ”, Campbell, Harris “, ” Campbell, isn’t, Malia Cohen, Gavin Newsom’s, Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, ’ ” Cohen, ” Daniele Monroe, Moreno, Monroe, “ Kamala, ‘ I’ve, she’s, ” Monroe, Peggy Flanagan, hasn’t, Flanagan —, —, Flanagan, ’, Emily Tisch Sussman, Paul, Abbie Parr, Biden, wasn’t, ’ ” Campbell, Harris ’, Kamala, that’s, I’d Organizations: CNN, National Democrats, Democratic, Massachusetts, Naval Observatory, Naval, Office, San, White, ”, Goodwill Industries, Prince George's, UCLA, Black, San Francisco, of Supervisors, Nevada Democratic Party, Gov Locations: Connecticut, Texas, Maryland, San Francisco, Oakland, ” Connecticut, New Haven, Landover, Boston, California, Las Vegas, Monroe, Minnesota, St, Iowa, United States

☆ Michaela Mabinty DePrince: Ballerina, 29, who starred in Beyoncé video dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the ballerina born during a civil war in Sierra Leone who performed in Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ visual album, has died aged 29, according to an announcement posted to her official Instagram page. DePrince told the WSJ she thought it was a joke when she heard the singer wanted her for the video, who told DePrince in person it was an ‘honor’ to have her star. Ballerina Michaela DePrince teaches a ballet class at One World Observatory in New York City on April 26, 2017. “From the very beginning of our story back in Africa, sleeping on a shared mat in the orphanage, Michaela (Mabinty) and I used to make up our own musical theater plays and act them out. Michaela DePrince in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 9, 2012.

Persons: CNN — Michaela Mabinty DePrince, Mia, DePrince, ’, –, – DePrince, ”, “, Ballerina Michaela DePrince, Jason Kempin, Michaela, Mabinty, “ I’m, Michaela DePrince, Denis Farrell, Misty Copeland, “ Michaela, Ballerina ’, Child Holland, CNN’s Nkepile Mabuse Organizations: CNN, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dutch National Ballet, Boston Ballet, American Ballet, America Grand Prix Locations: Sierra Leone, Sierra, New York City, New Jersey, United States, Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, ’

☆ How Harris aims to keep drawing eyeballs as the hard campaigning begins
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Michigan and Wisconsin are looking like the best of the bunch for Harris, according to the campaign’s internal numbers. As pumped as Harris aides are about her debate performance earlier this week, they don’t think it changed any of that. “There’s a quiet confidence and security in what we’re doing and the mission, but no one thinks we have this in the bag,” said a Harris campaign aide. We’ll definitely be having some fun,” an Obama aide told CNN. The former president will kick off his work at a fundraiser he’s hosting for Harris next week in Los Angeles.

Persons: Jen O’Malley Dillon –, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris –, Biden, Harris, O’Malley Dillon, Trump, Liz Cheney, “, ”, “ It’s, ” Harris, Swift, Beyoncé, You’ve, Oprah Winfrey, goading Trump, Tim Walz, Vance, David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s, — carryover Biden, Obama, O’Malley, Plouffe, Hillary Clinton, Dan Kildee, he’s, they’re, ” Kildee, –, influencers, Michelle Obama, ‘ There’s, — Harris, aren’t, won’t, Ben Wikler, ” Mitch Landrieu, panicking, she’s, ” Landrieu, there’s Organizations: CNN, Trump, Harris, GOP, National Association of Black Journalists, Philadelphia, Democratic, Naval, Republican National Committee, New, Biden Locations: Wilmington, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, . Michigan, Wisconsin, Chicago, Miami , New Orleans, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Michigan, Washington, Los Angeles, New Orleans

☆ Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest showcases mesmerizing photos
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The phases of Venus, the Aurora Australis and the International Space Station transiting the Sun all feature as category winners in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Ryan Imperio was named the overall winner for his photograph capturing the progression of Baily’s beads during the 2023 annular eclipse, according to a Thursday statement from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, which runs the competition. “These are a challenge to capture due to their brevity and the precise timing needed.”Imperio said that he didn’t expect to win the competition. “The images selected each year are absolutely astonishing and I am both thrilled and honoured to have my photo among them,” he said in the statement. Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

Persons: Ryan Imperio, ” Imperio, ”, Ed Bloomer, Victoria Lane Organizations: CNN, Space, Astronomy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Royal Observatory, Royal Museums Greenwich, National Maritime Museum Locations: Victoria, London

☆ See giant gas bubbles move on the surface of a nearby star
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Astronomers have observed the detailed motions of giant gas bubbles on the surface of a nearby star for the first time, which rise and fall like the inside of a lava lamp. The images show the surface of the star R. Doradus, a red giant star 180 light-years away in the Dorado constellation. The telescope enabled them to collect high-resolution images of the star’s surface over the course of a month. Convection bubbles can be seen moving on the surface of R. Doradus, as seen by the ALMA telescope in Chile. While convection bubbles have been spotted before on the surface of stars, the new observations tracked the motion of bubbles in a way that wasn’t possible earlier.

Persons: ”, Wouter Vlemmings, Vlemmings, ‘, ” Vlemmings, Theo Khouri, Chalmers, ALMA, Behzad Bojnordi, Claudia Paladini, Paladini, ” Paladini Organizations: CNN —, Chalmers University of Technology, NASA, Chalmers, Energy, European Southern Observatory, Sun Locations: Sweden, ALMA, Chile

☆ Apple's latest addition to its $5 billion campus is built into a hillside like a modern-day Hobbit hole
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Apple is showing off Apple Park Observatory, a new subterranean venue at its headquarters. The event space is designed with natural materials and built into a hillside of Apple Park. You can expect Apple to host visitors and press at the venue during its product launches and events. Design website Dezeen published the first photos of Apple Park Observatory, the company's new subterranean venue that's built into the ground, earlier this week. The event space is nestled in the hillside of Apple Park, the company's $5 billion headquarters designed by Foster + Partners in Cupertino, California.

Persons: —, Dezeen Organizations: Apple, Service, Foster + Partners, Business Locations: Apple, J.R.R, Cupertino , California

☆ How to pick the best cruises to see the northern lights, eclipses, and galaxies, according to an astrophysicist
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

He's seen some spectacular sights on cruises, including the northern lights and other galaxies. Here are Oluseyi's tips for the best stargazing on cruise lines, including seeing eclipses, galaxies, the northern lights, and meteor showers on your next cruise. "The most amazing one was a trip to Norway on a cruise called Chasing the Northern Lights," he said. The northern lights are visible most often in northern latitudes including Canada, Alaska, and northern Scandinavia. The fall and spring equinoxes are the best time for viewing the northern lights, NOAA notes.

Persons: —, Hakeem M, Oluseyi, Paul Grigsby, Holland, I'm, GOH CHAI HIN, Grigsby, Igor Chekalin, readjust Organizations: Service, Princess Cruises, Discovery, Business, Viking Cruises, NASA, Holland, Southern, Northern, Hemisphere, BBC Locations: stargaze, Norway, Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia, Islands, Chile, Greenland, Seattle, London, Iceland, Spain, Russia, Portugal, Holland America, Southern Hemisphere, Royal Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, South America

☆ Two NASA telescopes capture closest pair of supermassive black holes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Two telescopes have spotted the closest pair of supermassive black holes to date. Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes that release bright jets of material and high winds that can shape the very galaxies where they are found. Astronomers discovered these black holes dancing around one another at the center of a pair of colliding galaxies called MCG-03-34-64, which is 800 million light-years away. Astronomers serendipitously found the black holes when Hubble’s observations revealed three spikes of bright light within the glowing gas of a galaxy. Both supermassive black holes once served as the centers of their respective galaxies, but a galactic merger brought the two objects much closer together.

Persons: Chandra, serendipitously, ”, Anna Trindade Falcão, Hubble, Falcão, “, Karl G, ” Falcão, haven’t, LISA Organizations: CNN, Hubble, Astronomers, Astrophysical, Center, Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, NASA, ESA, European Space Agency Locations: Cambridge , Massachusetts, Socorro , New Mexico

☆ Battery giant Northvolt to lay off staff in huge cost-cutting drive amid EV market slowdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Northvolt, a key battery producer for Europe's electric vehicle industry, announced Monday that it plans to cut jobs, shut down one of its sites, and enter into discussions with partners and investors to secure the future of a facility in Poland. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Northvolt is one of Europe's most valuable privately-held tech firms that builds lithium-ion batteries for the electric vehicle industry. The battery maker cited a "challenging macroeconomic environment and our subsequent reassessment of Northvolt's near-term priorities" as the key reasons behind its decision to embark on the cost-cutting drive. Northvolt has faced a litany of pressures in recent months — not least the demand challenges facing the broader electric vehicle industry. BMW said at the time that the deal had been cancelled due to Northvolt being unable to deliver on time.

Persons: Northvolt, Peter Carlsson Organizations: Volkswagen, Volvo, Alternative Fuels, BMW, EV Locations: Poland, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe

☆ How some of the biggest right-wing media stars ended up as unwitting puppets of Russian propaganda
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Now, the Justice Department is alleging that some of the biggest stars in right-wing social media were, unwittingly, part of a sinister Russian operation to influence the 2024 US election. What is Tenet Media? “Overt shilling”The Russians also pushed Tenet to promote videos that were going viral on social media, according to the indictment. Tenet Media has not responded to requests for comment and stopped posting content on Wednesday. After the 2016 US presidential election, congressional and federal investigations showed Moscow had successfully co-opted unwitting Americans to stage protests, run social media accounts and host events at its behest.

Persons: CNN — They’re, weren’t, Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Lauren Southern, Tayler Hansen, Matt Christiansen, Dave Rubin, Johnson, MAGA influencers, Rubin, Glenn Beck’s, Enrique Tarrio, Jack Posobiec, Pool, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Christiansen, Lauren Chen, Liam Donovan, Chen, Donovan, ”, Donald Trump’s, Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban, Evgenia Novozhenina, “, Trump, Q, Justin Trudeau, Putin, Trudeau, Israel, ” Rubin, Eduard Grigoriann, “ Grigoriann, Tenet, Tucker Carlson, Carlson fawned, I’ll, Nina Jankowicz, ’, unvarnished ’, Renee DiResta, Donie O’Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Justice, Justice Department, Tenet Media, Kremlin, Vice Media, Independent, Young Turks, YouTube, Tenet, Google, Proud Boys, Blaze Media, Ukraine, The Justice Department, Republican Party, Trump, Democrats, ”, United, ISIS, Hungary's, Reuters “, Canadian, Hamas, FBI, Fox News, American Sunlight, Media, DOJ, Soviet, Stanford Internet Observatory Locations: Tennessee, Russia, Ukraine, ”, “ Ukraine, United States, Moscow, Russian, Colorado, American

☆ This couple went on one cruise together. Now, they're moving onto a never-ending residential cruise ship.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementThat is, until this spring, when Canen and Bodin, both 54, uprooted their lives in Maui, Hawaii, to move onto a new residential cruise ship called Villa Vie Odyssey. AdvertisementThe couple sold their business in MauiBodin told BI that before Villa Vie, the couple had never really considered leaving Maui. "We went pretty much every day for two weeks and spent all day there until they kicked us off," Canen told BI. AdvertisementBefore committing to Odyssey, Canen and Bodin looked into Storylines, which plans to construct its own residential cruise ship, MV Narrative. AdvertisementAre you sailing on a residential cruise ship like Villa Vie or have a tip?

Persons: —, Lanette Canen, Johan Bodin, Canen, Bodin —, we'd, Bodin, Mikael Petterson, Fred Olsen Cruise, Lanette, Villa Vie's, Villa, Maui Bodin, they've, Petterson, Villa Vie, We're, Angela, Stephen Theriac Canen, they'd, Kendra Holmes, they're Organizations: Service, Business, Villa, Residences, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, South Pacific, YouTube, Sea Cruises, Cruises, Victoria Cruises Locations: Maui, Hawaii, Europe, Asia, Australia, South, North America, Africa, Belfast, Ireland, Braemar, Maui —, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Sweden, Canary, Norwegian, Villa Vie, Canen, Petterson

☆ Human brains contain surprising levels of plastic, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. “Compared to autopsy brain samples from 2016, that’s about 50% higher,” Campen said. Nanoplastics are the most worrisome plastics for human health, experts say, because the minuscule pieces can take up residence inside individual cells. In that report, the consortium determined plastics are associated with harms to human health at every single stage of the plastic lifecycle. A March 2024 study found 1 liter of bottled water — the equivalent of two standard-size bottled waters typically purchased by consumers — contained an average of 240,000 plastic particles from seven types of plastics.

Persons: ”, Matthew Campen, ” Campen, Phoebe Stapleton, Philip Landrigan, “, Landrigan, You’re, Nanoplastics ‘, Campen, ” Landrigan, Svetlozar, — Organizations: CNN, University of New, Rutgers University, Program, Global Public Health, Global, Planetary Health, Boston College, American Chemistry Council, US Environmental Protection Agency, “, – Monaco, Plastics, Human, ”, Toxicity Program, International Agency for Research, Cancer, EPA, Endocrine Society, Invest, Natural Resources Defense Council Locations: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, that’s, Piscataway , New Jersey, United States

☆ ‘Zombie star’ of supernova that exploded in 1181 revealed by study
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But Zijlstra, who was not involved with the new study, was the first to make the connection to SN 1181. The report suggested that SN 1181 might belong to the elusive Type Iax category of supernova due to the presence of this “zombie” white dwarf. That energy causes the sudden brightness of the supernova.”That massive collision might explain another curious aspect of the SN 1181 zombie star. “We theorize that the star reignited because SN 1181 was a Type Iax supernova, which is an incomplete explosion. Schaefer added that SN 1181 represents one of the few reliable connections from supernova to supernova remnant.

Persons: ”, Takatoshi Ko, Albert Zijlstra, Dana Patchick, Zijlstra, ” Zijlstra, “, coauthors, NASA's Chandra, ” Ko, Chandra, Ko, Bradley Schaefer, Schaefer, ” Schaefer, astrophysicists Organizations: CNN, Astrophysical, University of Tokyo, University of Manchester, Survey, NASA, ESA, JPL, Caltech, Subaru, Louisiana State University Locations: China, Japan, England, New Mexico, Hawaii

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