For centuries, plants have been associated with daylight, photosynthesis and the natural rhythms of the Sun. Now, researchers in China have taken a step that seems drawn from science fiction by creating plants capable of glowing after dark. It involves complex technologies such as biotechnology, material sciences, and plant engineering, and this is used to…
For generations, farmers have relied on a combination of manual labour, herbicides and pesticides to protect crops from weeds and pests. Now, artificial intelligence is offering a radically different approach. In California’s Salinas Valley, often called America’s Salad Bowl, autonomous robots equipped with AI, high-resolution cameras, lasers and UV light are helping growers tackle some…
Climate change is often framed as a story of ecological loss, but scientists have uncovered an unexpected consequence unfolding nearly 2,500 metres beneath the Arctic Ocean. As glaciers in Greenland and parts of the Russian Arctic destabilise, increasing numbers of debris-laden icebergs are drifting through the Fram Strait before melting and releasing vast quantities of…
Off the coast of Georgia, the Atlantic flattens into long pale stretches of sand that seem to go on without hurry. Marshland folds into forest, forest gives way to dune, and nothing holds a fixed line for long. Cumberland Island sits in that blur between land and water, reached only by ferry and left just…
Several students at Stanford University staged a walkout during Google CEO Sundar Pichai‘s commencement address on Sunday, protesting the tech giant’s cloud-computing contract with the Israeli government.Around 200 students left Stanford Stadium as Pichai, an alumnus of the university, began speaking. Many carried Palestinian flags and banners, chanting “Free, free Palestine,” according to reports. The…
A draft memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran includes provisions for an immediate end to military operations across multiple fronts, the lifting of sanctions on Iranian oil exports, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a reconstruction package worth at least $300 billion for Iran, according to details published by Iran’s…
Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at stone-throwing demonstrators in Geneva on Sunday as an estimated 20,000 people marched against the G7 summit. The demonstrations are aimed to highlight issues such as environment, human rights, imperialism, fascism, and capitalism but the ensuing violence has boarded up downtown Geneva and caused harm to the…
Elon Musk has never been shy about stretching timelines or expectations, but his latest comment about SpaceX lands on a scale that makes even the most optimistic market forecasts look restrained. Elon Musk’s writing on X in response to a Morgan Stanley projection, he suggested the company could be pulling in around a trillion dollars…
Source: realtrumpcoins.com President Donald Trump has released a special-edition coin featuring his own image to mark his 80th birthday, as part of a licensing deal between his family and the UFC drawing fresh scrutiny over the MAGA supremo’s business dealings.The “Freedom 250”-themed medallions, sold as silver and gold versions on a website called “Trump Coins,”…
Trump and Netanyahu (File photo) The United States and Iran may have finalised a deal to end their war, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the clause involving Lebanon, Israeli media said after US President Donald Trump announced that an agreement had been reached.Click here for live updatesOn February 28, Israel and the…