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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For many hundreds of millions of years, the average temperature at the surface of the Earth has varied by not much more than 20° Celsius, facilitating life on our planet. To maintain such stable temperatures, Earth must have a 'thermostat' that regulates the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide over geological timescales, influencing global temperatures. …

EV startup Canoo (GOEV) is throwing out a lifeline to keep its shares listed on the NASDAQ exchange. Canoo announced a 1-for-23 reverse stock split Wednesday as share prices hit a new all-time low. Canoo initiates a 1-for-23 reverse stock split to stay listed The reverse stock split will go into effect on March 8, 2024, before the market opens. Canoo’s stock will continue trading under the ticker symbol GOEV. What does Canoo’s reverse stock split mean for your shares? For every 23 shares of…

Nigeria’s largest beer maker Nigerian Breweries posted N145.3 billion in pre-tax loss for last year, its biggest since opening shop in the country in 1946. The beer maker recorded the loss after taking a hit from foreign exchange in a year during which the naira lost more than half its value. The brewer, 50 per cent of whose input costs are imported and denominated in foreign currencies, incurred N153.3 billion in net loss on FX transactions compared to N26.3 billion a year ago, throwing the bottom line into a…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ese.2024.100389 A new study shows that annual carbon emissions from lakes in the Qingzang Plateau (QZP)—a vast elevated plateau at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia—have declined, with some lakes shifting from carbon sources between 1970–2000 to carbon sinks between 2000-2020, a finding that has implications for estimates…

January Box Office: The long-awaited Mean Girls musical ruled the screens, dethroning expectations and proving plastic fantastically profitable. Meanwhile, the mighty Hanuman is leaping high, intriguing global audiences with its mesmerizing mythological spectacle. However, amid the applause, a lingering question arises in the multiplex: Where is Aquaman? The film starring Jason Momoa has significantly dropped in the rankings. On a sweeter note, Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka has achieved a delightful milestone at the box…

Shares of Lucid (LCID) hit a new low after Q4 EV deliveries slipped year-over-year (YOY). Lucid stock is down 7% Thursday, hitting a new low amid the news. Lucid sees Q4 EV deliveries slip from 2022 Lucid delivered 1,734 vehicles during the last three months of 2023. Although that’s up slightly from the third quarter (1,456), deliveries are still down from their peak in Q4 2022. With 1,932 vehicles handed over in Q4 2022, Lucid’s deliveries are down nearly 12% YOY. Production is also…

Night Swim is, undoubtedly, a film about a killer pool. If you want to see a movie about a pool trying to kill a whole lot of people, this is the movie for you. Beyond that though, it’s hard to pinpoint what exactly the movie wants to be. It’s not quite scary, but it can be kind of tense. It’s not cheesy, but it’s also kind of funny. It’s sometimes smart, but also maddingly dumb. And even when things start to get interesting, something holds it back. The result is an admittedly intriguing but ultimately disappointing…

The DCEU might’ve died a watery death with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, expiring just 10 years into its existence whereas the 15-year-old MCU shows no signs of stopping, but the final entry in the franchise has just gained a major win over Marvel Studios’ The Marvels. Over its second weekend in theaters, the Jason Momoa sequel managed to easily surf past the $200 million mark at the global box office. Meanwhile, The Marvels — which went down in history as the lowest-grossing MCU movie of all time last November —…

Funding to Indian startups fell steeply in calendar year 2023 to $7 billion — less than one-third the estimated $25 billion received in the previous year, industry data showed.This marks a seven-year nadir for the sector since 2017, amid a worsening global macroeconomic environment buffeted by geopolitical conflicts.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitIndian School of…

Toplitz Productions has announced that the next in the Dynasty franchise of games will be Vampire Dynasty, developed by Mehuman Games. It’s not expected to hit Early Access until late 2024, but they’ve provided a cinematic and gameplay trailer for an early look. The Dynasty series of games is a growing series of simulator titles that include Farmer’s Dynasty, Medieval Dynasty, and Sengoku Dynasty. There’s usually a different developer on each one, which has yielded some mixed results. I dug through the press release and…