Spain grants personhood status to threatened lagoon
Spain granted personhood status Wednesday to a large saltwater lagoon to give its threatened ecosystem better protection, the first time such a measure has been taken in Europe......»»
"This is so crazy." Tax spike pushes researchers to the brink of bankruptcy
Going into 2022, Zehra Parlak received a warning from her accountant: A looming change to the federal tax code threatened to torpedo the future of Qatch Technologies, the biomedical company she had founded six years earlier based on her postdoctoral.....»»
Black truffle production booms in Spain
When Jose Soriano was a child, the hills near the village of Sarrion in Spain's remote and sparsely populated eastern province of Teruel were mostly uncultivated, covered in brush and rocks......»»
Scientists sequence genome for threatened whitebark pine
Researchers have sequenced the whitebark pine genome, presenting new opportunities to help the threatened, high-altitude tree endure environmental challenges......»»
Instagram updates Notes feature with video posts and multimedia replies
Instagram is building on its Notes feature with new ways to post and reply. Notes is Instagram’s messaging feature that lets you set a short status update with friends. more….....»»
New salmon habitat created by melting glaciers could be threatened by mining claims, study finds
Thousands of salmon on the West Coast of North America are finding their way into new streams left behind as glaciers retreat. But a new study suggests mining companies are too keen on the newly exposed mineral deposits beneath the shrinking glaciers.....»»
River deltas are threatened by more than climate change—leaving hundreds of millions of people at risk
Perilously situated between rising sea levels and pressures from upstream lie coastal river deltas and their roughly half a billion inhabitants. These regions have played an important role in societal development since the last ice age, offering flat.....»»
Verizon fell for fake “search warrant,” gave victim’s phone data to stalker
Verizon tricked by fake cop, fake search warrant despite obvious warning signs. Enlarge / A Verizon logo at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2019 on February 26, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. (credit: Getty Images | David Ramos) V.....»»
Stellantis is bringing battery swapping to the Fiat 500e
Stellantis will use EV batter-swapping tech from startup Ample, starting with a fleet of 100 Fiat EVs in Spain......»»
Study: Unhealthy sleep assimilation among immigrants may be correlated with labor market
Upon their arrival in a foreign country, immigrants tend to be healthier than natives, but their advantage erodes with time, despite improvements in earnings and socio-economic status. A new study published in the European Sociological Review by Fran.....»»
Permitting reform up in air as companies look for new EV materials
The status of U.S. permitting reform remains in limbo as automakers and suppliers look to speed up the regulatory process for opening mines for critical materials needed for electric vehicle batteries......»»
Apple seeds fifth macOS 14.2 Sonoma developer beta
Apple's fifth developer beta build for macOS Sonoma 14.2 has been issued to test participants, with the operating system hitting release candidate status.macOS SonomaDevelopers partaking in the beta program can pick up the latest build by visiting th.....»»
New lows on Apple Watch Series 9 from $310, FineWoven MagSafe Wallet $45, Sonos Roam/SL $119, more
New all-time lows are the name of the game today as far as Apple deals are concerned, as the Apple Watch Series 9 now starts from $310. There’s $89 or more in savings to be had across both sizes, with much of the same best-price-ever status landing.....»»
Closer look at the Menga dolmen shows it was one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic
A team of archaeologists, geologists and historians affiliated with several institutions in Spain has found that the Menga dolmen represents one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic. In their study, published in Scientific Reports, the.....»»
No lettuce for Florida manatees this winter: Experts end feeding trial after two years
For the past two winters, Florida wildlife biologists have experimented hand-feeding lettuce to hungry manatees in the Indian River Lagoon as the animals' natural food source, seagrass, was in short supply from pollution problems......»»
Piston Group’s bitter fight over minority certification heads to trial
A bitter, nearly three-year dispute between the country’s largest Black-owned automotive supplier and the nonprofit group attempting to strip its minority status is set for a trial likely to have significant business implications — whatever the o.....»»
GM’s Cruise threatened with fines over allegedly misleading regulators
Cruise LLC, the self-driving vehicle unit majority owned by General Motors Co., could face a fine for allegedly misleading regulators about an incident on Oct. 2 in which one of its cars dragged a pedestrian, according to a ruling filed Dec. 1......»»
Following in polar bears" footprints: DNA from snow tracks could help monitor threatened animals
Polar bears are icons of the Arctic, elusive and vulnerable. Detailed monitoring of their populations is crucial for their conservation—but because polar bears are so difficult to find, we are missing critical data about population size and how wel.....»»
New chip-packaging facility could save TSMC’s Arizona fab from “paperweight” status
Apple will be "first and largest customer" at new $2 billion packaging facility. Enlarge / Apple wants to build more of its A- and M-series chips in the United States. (credit: Apple) Late last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook a.....»»
How science saved the ozone layer
On 9 January 2023, the United Nations released its latest report on the status of the ozone layer. It highlighted that this protective barrier is on track toward recovery and should be fully restored by the second half of the 21st century......»»
Google to pay Canada’s “link tax,” drops threat of removing news from search
Google previously threatened to remove Canadian news links from search and News. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Manuel Augusto Moreno) Google has agreed to pay Canadian news businesses $100 million a year to comply with.....»»