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World

Entrepreneurs fight pile-up of garbage in the West Bank

Yesterday at 23:24 PM, via NPR

Israeli restrictions on movement in the West Bank are impeding garbage trucks from reaching landfills, leaving Palestinians living amid mounds of trash. Two Palestinian entrepreneurs are trying to change this.

Africa

Athletics won’t strangle super-shoe innovation – Coe

Friday at 20:20 PM, via BBC News

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says current rules are “on the right side” when it comes to shoe technology, following Sabastian Sawe’s record-breaking time at the London Marathon.

Sport

Football Daily

Yesterday at 23:38 PM, via BBC News

PL Review: Saka inspires Arsenal and Tottenham win back to back.

Education

Posting the Ten Commandments in Classrooms

Yesterday at 15:00 PM, via New York Times

Readers discuss a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Also: A job seeker’s tale; long movies.

Entertainment

Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli wins Miami Grand Prix

Yesterday at 21:01 PM, via The Citizen

The race’s start time was brought forward by three hours due to the threat of heavy rainstorms, but it took place in largely hot and humid, overcast conditions.

Science/Tech

Carbon Pollution Is Making Food Less Nutritious, Risking the Health of Billions

Today at 00:29 AM, via Slashdot

A new meta-analysis found nutrients in food decreased over the last 40 years, reports the Washington Post. “Many of humanity’s most important crops — including wheat, potatoes, beans — contain fewer vitamins and minerals than they did a generation ago.” “The invisible culprit behind this damaging phenomenon? Carbon dioxide pollution.”Surging concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere,...

Science/Tech

Robots Are Building Clay Homes In Texas Using Dirt From the Ground

Yesterday at 22:59 PM, via Slashdot

A startup south of Austin is using robots to build homes out of clay pulled directly from the ground, reports a local news station:The materials are gathered on site, mixed, and placed on a build plate. From there, a robot lowers from above, picks up the clay with a claw, carries it to the wall and drops it into place. Later, the same robot switches tools, using a hammer attachment to pound the...

Science/Tech

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Yesterday at 21:52 PM, via The Guardian

Further three people taken ill, including 69-year-old Briton reported to be in intensive care in South Africa

Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic.

One case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed and there were five additional suspected cases, the World Health Organization told Agence France-Presse on Sunday.

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Science/Tech

It’s Goodbye Time for Jeeves and Ask.com – Relics of Yesterday’s Internet

Yesterday at 21:41 PM, via Slashdot

A 1999 press release bragged “Jeeves” answered 92.3 million questions in just three months. “In the digital wilds of Y2K, we came to him with our most probing questions,” remembers the New York Times — whether it was Britney Spears or tamagotchis: We asked, and he answered: Jeeves, the digital butler of information, the online valet who led us into the depths of cyberspace. Now, like so many...

Motoring

Audi’s Formula 1 team off to a tough start

Yesterday at 08:59 AM, via TopAuto

Audi’s F1 boss said entering the sport via a legacy team has proved more difficult than starting with a clean slate, as the German carmaker runs up against more established rivals.

Motoring

Trouble at South African Airways

Yesterday at 07:00 AM, via TopAuto

The sudden resignation of SAA’s CEO and reports of criminal syndicates stealing aircraft parts have cast doubts over the airline’s viability.