PHOENIX – They’re here, and there are so many of them, in fact, that it was picked up on weather radar. On June 29, thousands of bats emerged from the bat cave along the Arizona Canal Trail, and that’s when officials with the National Weather Service encountered a surprise, as the emerging bats registered on […]
Ukraine’s F-16s now look set to arrive when they can be particularly impactful. That’s because they’ll arrive when Ukraine has permission to use other weapons on targets in Russia. This means that Russian air defenses that could target them can be taken out, experts told BI. New rules from Ukraine’s allies about how it can […]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why are there small and big black holes? Also, why are some black holes invisible and others have white outlines? – Sedra and Humaid, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Black […]
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has soared over the past few years, and the stock added to gains in recent times when it announced something a lot of investors had been waiting for: a stock split. The company decided to launch a 10-for-1 split to bring its shares down to a level that would make it easier […]
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge said Visa and Mastercard can likely withstand a “substantially greater” settlement with merchants who said they overpaid on swipe fees than the $30 billion accord she rejected this week. U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn made her assessment in an 88-page opinion released on […]
WASHINGTON — In March 2018, a day after announcing sweeping tariffs on metals imported from U.S. allies and adversaries alike, President Donald Trump took to social media to share one of his central economic philosophies: “Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” As president, Trump presided over the biggest increase in U.S. tariffs since […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already reshaping the corporate world. Chatbot applications like OpenAI’s ChatGPT can instantly craft text, images, videos, and computer code on command, which could drive a productivity boom worth trillions of dollars across the global economy. Developing those AI applications wouldn’t be possible without the data center graphics processing units (GPUs) designed […]
Rapid advances in AI may concentrate power and wealth among a small elite. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says a universal basic income may not sufficiently address the shift. He says there needs to be a broader economic reorganization. The rapid advances in AI could consolidate power and wealth in the hands of a small few, […]
Hiking and camping fanatics know all too well the risks of a tick bite. Ticks are tiny but carry mighty illnesses, including Lyme disease. They thrive in heavily wooded areas across the U.S. and although there’s greater risk in the northeast, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic regions, cases of tick-borne diseases are reported in every […]
“If you’re on the pro-wealth-tax side of things, I think it’s very possible this composition of the court is never going to work out for you,” Tax Foundation economist Alan Cole said. – Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court’s decision on taxing offshore earnings could have been an indirect, though significant, […]
The Shell Island barrier island stands between the Gulf of Mexico and Barataria Bay on August 22, 2019, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) NEW ORLEANS — The “dead zone” forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. It’s caused by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, largely from farm fertilizer and municipal runoff, […]
Buc-ee’s travel center in Mississippi is moving along. Slowly, but it’s moving. In the nine months since the company held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site on Menge Avenue at Interstate 10 in Pass Christian, it has moved a lot of mountains, including mounds of dirt. A new overpass over I-10, development plans and all […]