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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: Energy & the Environment
- Topic: Energy & the Environment News and Discussions
- Replies: 660
- Views: 890591
Re: Energy & the Environment News and Discussions
Plastic crisis 'out of control' as 1.7 billion pieces thrown away weekly in UK Wednesday 17 April 2024 07:20, UK https://e3.365dm.com/24/04/1600x900/skynews-plastic-waste_6522566.jpg?20240415161703 Britons are throwing away an estimated 1.7 billion pieces of plastic a week - with campaigners descri...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:47 pm
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: The Elon Musk Thread
- Replies: 130
- Views: 104111
Re: The Elon Musk Thread
Tesla lays off more than 10% of its workforce 2 hours ago Tesla will lay off more than 10% of its global electric vehicle workforce. In a memo, first reported by news website Electrek, billionaire owner Elon Musk told staff there was nothing he hated more, "but it must be done". The world...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:35 pm
- Forum: Energy & the Environment
- Topic: Climate Change News & Discussions
- Replies: 1048
- Views: 833957
Re: Climate Change News & Discussions
Scotland's climate target unreachable says watchdog 19 March 2024 https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/02d4/live/5804b6b0-e44e-11ee-ba64-a7874c7f1d18.jpg.webp Scotland's flagship 2030 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is now out of reach, the government's independent advisers have...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: The History Forum
- Topic: Natural History (13.8 billion years BC – 3.3 million BC)
- Replies: 257
- Views: 210872
Re: Natural History (13.8 billion years BC – 3.3 million BC)
Enormous ancient sea reptile identified from amateur fossil find 18 minutes ago https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/DC92/production/_133166465_ichthyosaursergeykrasovskiy.jpg.webp Scientists have identified what was probably the largest marine reptile ever to swim in the seas - a creature l...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:39 am
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: UK News and Discussions
- Replies: 1061
- Views: 543550
Re: UK News and Discussions
MPs to vote on Rishi Sunak's smoking ban bill 31 minutes ago Plans to stop young people born since 2009 ever smoking are to be debated and voted on later. Rishi Sunak's bill aims to create the UK's first smoke-free generation in a major public health intervention. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill would e...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: Physics
- Topic: Material Science News and Discussions
- Replies: 177
- Views: 162106
Re: Material Science News and Discussions
Strange New Form of Gold Exists as a Sheet That's Just One Atom Thick 16 April 2024 https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2024/04/gold-foil.jpg For centuries, goldsmiths have sought ways to flatten gold into ever finer forms. An approach based in modern chemistry has finally created a gold material t...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Biology & Medicine
- Topic: Diseases & Outbreaks News and Discussions
- Replies: 259
- Views: 181449
Re: Diseases & Outbreaks News and Discussions
In world first, Nigeria introduces new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis 12 April 2024 In a historic move, Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), which protects people against five strains of th...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:23 pm
- Forum: Physics
- Topic: Warp drives and other superluminal travel
- Replies: 1
- Views: 94
Re: Warp drives and other superluminal travel
This type of technology has always fascinated me for years and what the future may hold with this technology and beyond.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: Spain News and Discussions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 418
Re: Spain News and Discussions
Catalonia's Puigdemont says pro-independence party close to taking back control of region April 16, 20242:35 PM GMT+1 https://www.reuters.com/resizer/v2/4MG2PVYIFJNWZEJ74HQJC22PJQ.jpg?auth=7e2e592fbb47fdf400fcce326f0324313afc638c82d34d0a7f9e3d4b4b560598&width=960&quality=80 PERPIGNAN, Franc...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: Fascism watch thread/news and discussions
- Replies: 205
- Views: 161403
Re: Fascism watch thread/news and discussions
Suella Braverman to appear at National Conservatism conference alongside Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orban 21 hours ago Suella Braverman will appear at a major Conservative conference alongside right-wing Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orban next month. The former home secretary and Mr Orban have been unv...