US stocks headed for more losses on Thursday as lingering concerns about higher-for-longer interest rates and a Salesforce (CRM) sell-off put a damper on investors’ spirits. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) sank 0.7%, or nearly 300 points, after shedding over 400 to lead Wednesday’s stock market slide. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.2%, while […]
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Dow extends slide as lackluster earnings, rate fears prey on nerves
US stocks headed for more losses on Thursday as lingering concerns about higher-for-longer interest rates and a Salesforce (CRM) sell-off put a damper on investors’ spirits. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) sank 0.7%, or nearly 300 points, after shedding over 400 to lead Wednesday’s stock market slide. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.2%, while […]
Sea otters get more prey and reduce tooth damage using tools
By Will Dunham (Reuters) – Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and use sticks to get at tasty termites. Dolphins are known to employ sponges to protect their beaks while foraging. And a Galapagos Islands finch uses cactus spines to dig grubs out of holes. […]
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Red ‘moocher’ states prey on federal dollars, so where’s NJ’s slice? We need clawback czar
When I first ran for Congress, I realized pretty quickly that many of my colleagues from ruby-red Southern states talked a big game about how “fiscally responsible” their states were. They mocked Jersey for investing far too much in our people — our schools and roads, law enforcement and fire departments, clean drinking water and […]
As Norway nears major victory over gas-powered cars, Ireland joins EV winter with drivers falling prey to ‘misinformation’
The EV winter is continuing to take a grip on the global car market, as high prices and poor infrastructure continue to put off the next wave of electric customers. Norway though, doesn’t appear to have gotten the message. The wealthy Scandinavian country is close to cracking a major milestone in EV uptake as electric-powered […]
Robber flies track their beetle prey using tiny microbursts of movement
April in the Florida Panhandle. It was hot, humid, and a thunderstorm was lurking. But as a fresh graduate student, I was relieved for the escape from my first brutal Minnesota winter. I was accompanying my adviser, Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido, on a project that would end up dominating my Ph.D. work. Out in the scrubland, my […]
Going after Russian warships feels like ‘hunting prey,’ says a Ukrainian general overseeing exploding naval drone operations
Ukraine has relied heavily on its arsenal of naval drones to cause headaches for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. These explosive systems have been used to damage and destroy dozens of warships. A Ukrainian general overseeing some of the ops said it’s like “hunting prey.” For at least one Ukrainian general, going after Russian warships with exploding […]
Thousands of Americans fall prey to Mexican cartel timeshare scam
The first call came in December 2011. It was a real estate broker from Mexico offering an exciting opportunity: A buyer wanted to pay Stephen, a financial manager from the Midwest, $65,000 for his timeshare in Cancún — far more than the $47,000 he had spent on it six years earlier. Stephen agreed. He loved […]
Spiders spin webs to catch prey. They’re also trapping a wealth of genetic information
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Spiders spin silken webs to capture flies and other tiny prey. They’re also trapping a wealth of DNA from the surrounding environment, a hidden resource that Australian scientists said could be used to track endangered animals […]
Ukrainian drones find easy prey in Kadyrovite units — video
Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s forces exhibit an impressive lack of caution in combat zones, making them easy targets for Ukrainian drone operators, as evidenced in a video released by the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Jan. 14, filmed in the Kupyansk sector. The footage captures a group of Kadyrovites calmly smoking […]
African birds of prey show signs of population collapse, researchers say
African raptors that hunt during the day face an extinction crisis, with populations decreasing among dozens of species of birds of prey, researchers said in a study published Thursday. Researchers used data from the last 40 years to analyze the populations of 42 of the country’s 106 raptor species, they wrote in the journal Nature […]