If we don’t invest in reducing climate risk now, we will pay for it later

The sun is reflected in the solar panels

April 1 – In 2025, the economic reality of climate risk hit hard. The hurricanes drove home insurance highs and wiped out the Florida coast. Floods in the UK raised claims in high-risk areas. In the Philippines, scientists have said that 30 percent of the damage caused by Typhoon Fung-wong is directly attributable to climate … Read more

SpaceX is seen as a make-or-break test for mega IPOs

SpaceX is seen as a make-or-break test for mega IPOs

Written by Manya Saini April 1 (Reuters) – The global IPO market has been in need of a win for years and Elon Musk’s SpaceX may be the breakthrough. The last company to hit the market with a valuation exceeding a billion dollars was Saudi Aramco in 2019. A trillion-dollar valuation, a CEO with a … Read more

Saturn’s magnetic field is strangely distorted, and one of its moons may be to blame

blue and white with stripes all over its surface

Saturn has a magnetic field very different from Earth’s magnetosphere, new research suggests. The ringed gas’s wonky magnetic shield may be caused by its rapid rotation (a day on Saturn lasts only 10.7 hours), and the effects of its moons, especially the sea ice moon Enceladus. The team that conducted this research reached these findings … Read more

SpaceX is seen as a make-or-break test for mega IPOs

SpaceX is seen as a make-or-break test for mega IPOs

Written by Manya Saini April 1 (Reuters) – The global IPO market has been in need of a win for years and Elon Musk’s SpaceX may be the breakthrough. The last company to hit the market with a valuation exceeding a billion dollars was Saudi Aramco in 2019. A trillion-dollar valuation, a CEO with a … Read more

360-meter giant: The world’s tallest windshield is being built in Germany

Europe's aging grid puts clean energy projects at risk of 'waste'

In one area of ​​Germany that was once dominated by coal mines, a remarkable process of cleaning energy is underway. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The big crane is in good condition, the steel belts are being assembled and the noise level is gradually rising to the sky. If all goes well, the world’s longest wind turbine will … Read more

Health Trends: Genetic testing improves treatment, survival for Black breast cancer patients

Health Trends: Genetic testing improves treatment, survival for Black breast cancer patients

April 1 (Reuters) – Advanced genetic testing could help erase a huge disparity in breast cancer survival rates between white and black patients, new research has found. Currently, black women in the US have a 40% higher death rate from breast cancer than white women, despite the low rate of 5% of the disease. Register … Read more

Health Trends: Genetic testing improves treatment, survival for Black breast cancer patients

Health Trends: Genetic testing improves treatment, survival for Black breast cancer patients

(This is part of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present the latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Written by Nancy Lapid April 1 (Reuters) – Advanced genetic testing could help erase a huge disparity in breast cancer survival rates between white and black patients, new research has found. Currently, Black women in the … Read more

Brazil asks bank managers to fight deforestation

Manuela Andreoni

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, April 1 (Reuters) – After struggling for years to track and punish deforestation across the world’s largest rainforest, Brazil is recruiting new allies in the fight to protect the Amazon: bank executives. A new law that goes into effect on Wednesday requires banks to check whether applicants for rural loans have deforestation on … Read more

Lunar prospectors: businesses that want to mine the moon

Lunar prospectors: businesses that want to mine the moon

In a calm environment, five autonomous robots are drilling into the moon, digging up loose rock and dust and leaving lines of parallel tracks. Stopping only to charge at a central solar power station, the car-sized machines process lunar debris internally to extract a form of helium so rare on Earth that the palm-sized container … Read more