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Business

United States issues final warning

Yesterday at 16:59 PM, via BusinessTech

US President Donald Trump has issued a final warning if Tehran doesn’t agree to a deal.

Education

The Guardian view on school food: there is no instant solution to childhood obesity | Editorial

Yesterday at 18:30 PM, via The Guardian

Higher nutritional standards are a good idea. But ministers, like hungry pupils, must avoid looking for ‘grab-and-go’ fixes

For growing children, lunchtime is a vital moment in every day. Full-time education is demanding. Afternoon lessons only work because they come after a break – and food. And children, like adults, often mind a great deal about what they eat. So school menus are...

Science/Tech

Blue Origin Rocket Launches, Successfully Reuses Booster – But Loses Satellite

Today at 04:50 AM, via Slashdot

SpaceNews reports:Blue Origin’s New Glenn suffered a malfunction of its second stage on the rocket’s third flight April 19, stranding its payload in an unrecoverable “off-nominal” orbit and dealing the company a setback as it seeks to increase its flight rate… AST SpaceMobile had planned to launch 45 to 60 satellites this year for its D2D constellation, but BlueBird 7 is the first to launch...

Science/Tech

Voyager 1 is Running Out of Power. NASA Just Switched Part of It Off

Today at 01:49 AM, via Slashdot

After 49 years of space travel, Voyager 1 “is running out of power,” reports NPR:The spacecraft runs on a radioisotope thermoelectric generator — a device that converts heat from decaying plutonium into electricity. It carries no solar panels, no rechargeable batteries. Just the slow, steady release of nuclear warmth, which diminishes by about 4 watts each year. After nearly five decades,...

Science/Tech

Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Predicts Humankind Won’t Survive Another 50 Years

Yesterday at 23:57 PM, via Slashdot

Live Science spoke with physicist David Gross, who today received the $3 million “Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics”. He was part of a trio that won the 2004 physics Nobel prize for research that helped complete the Standard Model of particle physics. But when asked if physics will reach a unified theory of the fundamental forces of nature within 50 years, Gross has a surprising...

Science/Tech

Is the Iran War Driving a Surge of Interest in Electric Cars?

Yesterday at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

In October and through November, America’s EV sales reached their lowest point since 2022 after government subsidies expired, remembers Time. “But first-quarter data for 2026 shows that used EV sales were 12% higher than the same time last year and 17% higher than the previous quarter. “One factor likely helping push buyers toward these cars is high gas prices, which recently topped $4.00 a...

Health

The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

Saturday at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.