BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to new coal leasing from federal reserves in the most productive coal mining region in the U.S. as officials seek to limit climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions from burning the fuel. The Bureau of Land Management proposal would affect millions of acres (millions of […]
This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Wall Street’s biggest bull wishes he’d been even more bullish. But he’s making up for it now. “It has become clear to us that we underestimated the strength of the market momentum,” Brian […]
Though the city of Chicago has lost residents in recent years, the suburbs in Cook County have lost more, while suburbs far from the city are booming, new U.S. census estimates show. Chicago lost about 82,000 people, or 3% of its population, from April 2020 to July 2023, giving the city a total of 2,664,452 […]
Mentorship is an immense strength for students of all ages, in all disciplines. Being able to ask questions, build a relationship with a professional in your field, and get inspired are invaluable resources for students and early career professionals. It is also known that mentoring is even more effective for women and girls in STEM […]
A massive sunspot on the sun’s surface just left us another parting gift just as it rotates out of sight from our perspective here on Earth. The sunspot, designated, AR3664, has been crackling with solar flares for days. On May 10, it erupted with an X5.8-class flare, and within the past 12 hours, a trio […]
The sun has produced its biggest flare in nearly a decade, days after severe solar storms pummelled Earth and created dazzling Northern Lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update. It is the biggest flare of this 11-year solar cycle, which is approaching its peak, according […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly a decade Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet!” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in an update. It’s the biggest flare of this 11-year solar cycle, which […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients swirling around a young star. The diameter of this colossal disk is roughly 3,300 times the distance between Earth and the sun, with enough gas and dust to form super-sized planets in far-flung orbits, the U.S. […]
Michael Cohen gave his long-awaited testimony Monday in Trump’s hush-money trial. Much of his most damning testimony came when he quoted what he described as Trump’s own words. He testified that Trump knew exactly what was going on when Cohen paid hush money to Stormy Daniels. When Michael Cohen was arranging hush-money payments for Stormy […]
The chip Intel wanted to hide the most keeps popping up in the oddest places. You may or may not have heard of Cannon Lake, but it was one of Intel’s biggest busts. Cannon Lake was Intel’s first 10nm processor to ship, arriving after years of delays while the company lost its manufacturing lead to TSMC […]
Bitcoin mining difficulty fell about 6% last week, the report said. The broker noted that bitcoin miners with the lowest costs have increased market share since the halving. Bernstein said a pause in the bitcoin rally is good for lower cost miners as hashrates remain capped. Bitcoin {{BTC}} mining difficulty fell around 6% last week […]
As a matter of jurisprudence, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has reason to be pleased. After Donald Trump and Senate Republicans added three new more conservative members to the high court, the right now dominates the institution in ways unseen in generations. The result has been a predictable series of reactionary, far-right rulings, including the […]