China has a serious problem. Baby Bust China experienced a significant drop in babies being born last year, with just 7.88 million children in 2023 compared to 9.56 million babies in 2022. It’s a precipitous decline that speaks to changing societal norms and economic pressures — not to mention a fight against overpopulation that vastly… Continue reading Leaked Data Shows China Is in Deep Trouble
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Congress Receiving Mysterious Classified Briefing About UFOs
What are they getting told? Housekeeping The House Oversight Committee is going to get a briefing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) soon — though, of course, the public won’t be privy to anything they learn. As Axios reports, the members-only briefing will be held by the intelligence community’s inspector general. Though that outlet did not give… Continue reading Congress Receiving Mysterious Classified Briefing About UFOs
Driver Injured in First Cybertruck Crash
It was only a matter of time before the first Tesla Cybertruck was involved in a collision. And just before the year drew to a close, a Toyota Corolla crashed into a Cybertruck that was traveling along a road near Palo Alto, California — an accident that’s attracted immense scrutiny due to the Cybertruck’s unconventional and… Continue reading Driver Injured in First Cybertruck Crash
Starbucks customers can drive up to the window with their reusable cups now
/ Customers don’t have to come inside to fill their reusable cups, but walking still beats driving. By Justine Calma, a senior science reporter covering climate change, clean energy, and environmental justice with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast… Continue reading Starbucks customers can drive up to the window with their reusable cups now
Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience
Fleming believed that growth has natural limits. Things grow to maturity—kids into adults, saplings into trees, startups into full-fledged companies—but growth beyond that point is, in his words, a “pathology” and an “affliction.” The bigger and more productive an economy gets, he argued, the more resources it needs to burn to maintain its own infrastructure.… Continue reading Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience
This Ultrasound Bra Could Detect Cancer Sooner
In 2015, Canan Dağdeviren was working as a postdoc at MIT when she learned that her aunt, Fatma, had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Dağdeviren, whose work focused on building flexible devices that could capture biometric data, flew to the Netherlands to be with her relative in those last moments. At… Continue reading This Ultrasound Bra Could Detect Cancer Sooner
India to launch communications satellite using SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocketThe satellite aims to boost broadband communication in India’s remote regions.
India will launch a communications satellite using SpaceX‘s Falcon-9 rocket this year, its first partnership with a venture led by billionaire Elon Musk who also wants to expand his other businesses in the country. The high-capacity satellite aims to boost India’s broadband communication, especially in remote and unconnected regions of the country, state-run NewSpace India Ltd… Continue reading India to launch communications satellite using SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocketThe satellite aims to boost broadband communication in India’s remote regions.
Tracing generative AI’s wild ride in 2023 and what it means for 2024
ChatGPT was well on its way to becoming a household name even before 2023 kicked off. Just weeks after the Nov. 30 launch of the generative artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, OpenAI, the non-profit behind ChatGPT, was projected to rake in as much as $1 billion in revenue in 2024, sources told Reuters at the time. The so-called large… Continue reading Tracing generative AI’s wild ride in 2023 and what it means for 2024
Vietnam’s VinFast to set up first EV battery plant in India: report
Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is set to open its first Indian manufacturing facility, where it will make batteries, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, three people familiar with the matter said. The company will make batteries for EVs at the plant in the city of Thoothukudi, one of the people said, adding that… Continue reading Vietnam’s VinFast to set up first EV battery plant in India: report
Chinese bubble tea makers Mixue and Guming apply to list in Hong Kong
China’s leading bubble tea makers including Mixue Bingcheng and Guming are rushing to apply for first-time share sales in Hong Kong as companies in the fast-growing sector expand aggressively amid fierce competition. Mixue Group and Guming Holdings, China’s largest and second-largest freshly-made bubble tea chains by store count as of 2023, submitted applications for initial… Continue reading Chinese bubble tea makers Mixue and Guming apply to list in Hong Kong