CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail, a clean and green rocket fuel testbed, and even human ashes. It was the third …
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Month: June 2019
This irrational self-deception is what prevents many economists from embracing a Green New Deal
Dutch economist Servaas Storm, co- author of a widely-read 2018 study on climate change, Why Green Growth is an Illusion, talks to the Institute for New Economic Thinking about where we are today. Lynn Parramore: In 2018, you and your colleague Enno Schröder…
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Industry leaders are ‘freaking out’ about tariffs and clamoring for warehouses in this loophole-friendly Mexican border town
Even as the US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China ramps up, some manufacturers and retailers are not moving their factories out of China. Instead, some are taking advantage of a little-known tax law called the “first sale rule” that allows compa…
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Wot I Think: They Are Billions
Developer: Numantian GamesPublisher: Numantian GamesRelease: Out nowOn: WindowsFrom:Steam, Humble, Official SitePrice: £24/$30/25 Occasionally, when I pause They Are Billions and zoom out on my tightly packed, grid-based steampunk settlement, I think about h…
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Elon Musk mixes up the moon and Mars and Twitter blasts off – CNET
Oh, Elon. Charley Gallay/Getty images You’d think Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, would be a pro at identifying planets and astronomical bodies. You’d think. But on Sunday, Musk sent out a tweet that said “OCCUPY MARS.” Twitter users were quick to point out the…
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