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Economy

The mystery of Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s great disrupter

Christopher Harper21 September 2024

Britain and Germany are failing differently

Peter Sanders21 September 2024

Money

Supermarket convenience stores ‘charge up to 21% more than their larger branches’ | Supermarkets

Peter Sanders21 September 2024

Science

Plants could still grow well under alien skies

Jessica McCarthy21 September 2024

Science

First Direct Visual Evidence That the Object in the Center of the Milky Way Is Indeed a Black Hole

Jessica McCarthy17 May 2022

This is the first image of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). It is the...

Sport

Ten years from boom to bust, Chinese football in a tailspin

Marjory Copeland17 May 2022

The decision to relinquish the rights to next year's Asian Cup finals, which was made by China last weekend citing Covid-19 uncertainties, has left Chinese football facing an uncertain future....

Science

Buildup of solar heat likely contributes to Mars’ dust storms, researchers find

Jessica McCarthy17 May 2022

UH researchers found a link between Mars’ dust storms and its seasonal energy imbalance. Further studies could grant insight into how ancient climate change affected the Red Planet, perhaps even...

Health

Somatus: 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50

Rebecca Stafford17 May 2022

Founders: Ikenna Okezie (CEO), Tony WeltersLaunched: 2017Headquarters: McLean, VirginiaFunding: $490.1 million (PitchBook)Valuation: $2.5 billion (PitchBook)Key technologies: Artificial intelligence, machine learningIndustry: Health carePrevious appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 0When Warren Buffett buys big...

Technology

Zipline: 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50

Jessica McCarthy17 May 2022

Founders: Keller Rinaudo (CEO), Keenan WyrobekLaunched: 2014Headquarters: San FranciscoFunding: $486 millionValuation: $2.5 billionKey technologies: Autonomous vehicles, roboticsIndustry: LogisticsPrevious appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 3 (No. 7 in 2020)California-based drone-delivery company Zipline has...

Buffalo shooting: Social media posts reveal suspected mass shooter spent months planning racist attack

Helen Stephens17 May 2022

Alleged gunman Payton S. Gendron of Conklin, New York, shared on the chat app Discord and online forum 4chan that he selected a particular ZIP code in Buffalo because it...

Sport

Jake Daniels: Why Blackpool player’s decision to come out as gay matters

Marjory Copeland17 May 2022

When 17-year-old Jake Daniels publicly came out as a gay on Monday, phones pinged as the UK's media raced to push out news alerts. This is a big story. In...

Science

Validation brings new predictive capability to global megafire smoke impacts

Jessica McCarthy17 May 2022

Recent megafires in Australia and British Columbia have injected unprecedented amounts of smoke into the stratosphere. Modeling led by Los Alamos National Laboratory will help predict the effects of similar...

Technology

These are the 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies

Jessica McCarthy17 May 2022

In the tenth annual Disruptor 50 list, CNBC highlights private companies that grew through the ups and downs of the pandemic and are poised to meet increasing economic and consumer...

Technology

Now, Tesla won’t take orders for Cybertruck outside North America

Jessica McCarthy17 May 2022

U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc has stopped taking orders for its upcoming Cybertruck pickup truck outside of North America, according to its official website. The automaker is only taking...

The mystery of Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s great disrupter

Britain and Germany are failing differently

Supermarket convenience stores ‘charge up to 21% more than their larger branches’ | Supermarkets

Plants could still grow well under alien skies

First Direct Visual Evidence That the Object in the Center of the Milky Way Is Indeed a Black Hole

Ten years from boom to bust, Chinese football in a tailspin

Buildup of solar heat likely contributes to Mars’ dust storms, researchers find

Somatus: 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50

Zipline: 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50

Buffalo shooting: Social media posts reveal suspected mass shooter spent months planning racist attack

Jake Daniels: Why Blackpool player’s decision to come out as gay matters

Validation brings new predictive capability to global megafire smoke impacts

These are the 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies

Now, Tesla won’t take orders for Cybertruck outside North America

The mystery of Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s great disrupter

Britain and Germany are failing differently

Supermarket convenience stores ‘charge up to 21% more than their larger branches’ | Supermarkets

Plants could still grow well under alien skies

Victor Halberstadt, chair of the Bilderberg foundation, 1939-2024

Japanese Create First 4- and 5-Layer Perovskites

The mystery of Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s great disrupter

Britain and Germany are failing differently

Supermarket convenience stores ‘charge up to 21% more than their larger branches’ | Supermarkets

Plants could still grow well under alien skies

Victor Halberstadt, chair of the Bilderberg foundation, 1939-2024

Japanese Create First 4- and 5-Layer Perovskites

Uncovering hidden pH sensing abilities in microbial cultures

How to make better financial decisions

Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years

Live episode: will AI make a good companion? – podcast | Science

Analysis of heterostructures for spintronics shows how two desired quantum-physical effects reinforce each other

UK to resurrect ‘industrial strategy’ in bid for global funds, says Reynolds