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High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts DownA beleaguered solar geoengineering project failed to conduct field tests because of opposition from environmentalists and Indigenous residentsBy Chelsea Harvey & E&E NewsThe idea of spraying substances into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight has raised concerns among some scientists. Credit: chuchart duangdaw/Getty ImagesCLIMATEWIRE | Harvard University ended a solar geoengineering research project after years of setbacks derailed efforts to infuse small parts of…

Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple supplier Foxconn, made his first high-profile appearance in months on Tuesday at the firm's 50th birthday, following the ending of his bid for Taiwan's presidency late last year.Gou, who stepped down as Foxconn chief in 2019 and resigned as a board member last September, remains the company's largest shareholder and is still reverentially referred to by company executives as "the Founder".Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Time series of media coverage of police brutality. Daily number of news articles mentioning "police brutality" in the 20 most-circulated newspapers in the US. A peak of 113 articles was recorded on June 13, 2020, 19 days after the death of George Floyd; activity in the wake of George Floyd's murder is highlighted in red. Credit: Communications Psychology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00059-8 National media coverage of police…

Sofia Vergara recently opened up about navigating her public divorce from Joe Manganiello. During an interaction with CBS Sunday Morning, the actress disclosed that she anticipated the media frenzy that ensued at the time when the news of their separation surfaced in June 2023. Actress Sofia Vergara in London promoting her upcoming Netflix show Griselda(Instagram/sofiavergara) "You’re out there (in the public eye) and people know that's part of being a celebrity," Vergara said. "I knew it was gonna happen. You…

India's government has recently targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware, Amnesty International and The Washington Post said in a joint investigation published Thursday.Created by Israeli firm NSO Group and sold to governments around the world, Pegasus software can be used to access a phone's messages and emails, peruse photos, eavesdrop on calls, track locations, and even film the owner with the camera. Amnesty said journalists Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire and Anand Mangnale of The Organized Crime and…

The illustration depicts ocean surface currents simulated by MPAS-Ocean. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory, E3SM, U.S. Dept. of EnergyA new solver algorithm for the MPAS-Ocean model significantly enhances climate research by reducing computational time and improving accuracy. This breakthrough, integrating Fortran and C++ programming, is a step forward in efficient and reliable climate modeling.On the beach, ocean waves provide soothing white noise. But in scientific laboratories, they play a key role in weather…

The illustration depicts ocean surface currents simulated by MPAS-Ocean. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory, E3SM, U.S. Dept. of Energy On the beach, ocean waves provide soothing white noise. But in scientific laboratories, they play a key role in weather forecasting and climate research. Along with the atmosphere, the ocean is typically one of the largest and most computationally demanding components of Earth system models…

If it seems like the music industry is facing a moment of reckoning — this month, lawsuits were filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs, music mogul L.A. Reid and ex-Grammys CEO Neil Portnow — it might be, but it’s likely that these cases are making headlines all at once because a New York law that suspends time constraints on claims involving alleged sex offenses is about to expire. All three of those high-profile cases were filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which opened a one-year lookback period…

The SAG-AFTRA strike is still going strong, and in case you’ve somehow missed the memo over the course of these last several weeks, Netflix is part of the problem; indeed, it’s no secret that the entertainment industry’s current streaming model is heinously predatory for actors, and one Tommy Dorfman, of 13 Reasons Why fame, has brought the necessary numbers to the table. As far as viewership activity goes, the race for Netflix’s most popular film seems to have a definitive winner at the moment — though the same can’t be…

via Sony There’s no denying that he’s still one of the most popular stars on the face of the planet, but doubts are beginning to grow over Dwayne Johnson‘s sustained viability as a bankable box office draw following a number of recent developments. DC League of Super-Pets and Black Adam both bombing within months of each other was arguably the biggest professional setback of his career, especially when he’d spent so long talking them both up as prospective franchise-starters, only for James Gunn to laugh at…