Retail returns: An $890 billion problem
A driver for an independent contractor to FedEx delivers packages on Cyber Monday in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Holiday …
Environment
A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas
Michaelsen thought he had won. But when the TCEQ commissioners took up the question several months later, again they rejected all of the judge’s findings. In a 19-page order issued …
Environmental Sensing Is Here, Tracking Everything from Forest Fires to Threatened Species
You are in a lush forest. Sunlight filters through the bright green canopy, casting dappled shadows on the ground. Towering trees rise over delicate ferns, wildflowers, and colorful mushrooms. A …
Loose Cables And Low Fuel Pressure Blamed For Dali’s Crash Into Francis Scott Key Bridge
More than eight months after a huge container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, investigators have begun piecing together the failures that led up to …
Rivian Opens Swanky New Joshua Tree EV Charging Station With Snacks, Coffee And Kids Play Area
Photo: Rivian Folks often blame range anxiety as a reason not to buy an electric vehicle even though they live in an urban area with ample charging options, but things …
Nuclear Hearts Of NASA’s Voyager Probes Are Dying Taking The Crafts With Them
After launching into space almost 50 years ago, NASA’s Voyager probes are reaching the end of their lives. The nuclear batteries onboard the two spacecraft are running out of juice, …
Americans Can’t Get Enough Of Hybrid Cars
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, December 4, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the …
A Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive Is Creeping North Toward the US
On November 22, the United States Department of Agriculture temporarily halted the import of cattle from Mexico after a flesh-eating parasite was detected in animals in southern Mexico. Before the …
Republicans Are Back With Their Chemtrail Nonsense Again, This Time In Florida
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) There was a time when the morons who believed fringe conspiracy theories about chemtrails and weather manipulation were treated like the crackpot weirdos that they are. Now …
CDC says McDonald’s E. coli outbreak is over
In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York …