We now live in the Pyrocene, a proposed new geologic epoch of high wildfire activity brought about by human-caused climate change. The occurrence of extreme fire weather is now roughly double compared to the preindustrial period, according to a study released just this week. The Pyrocene has brought a long summer of wildfire smoke in 2025 across North America, where plumes …
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A giant blob of abnormally hot rock beneath the Appalachian Mountains formed when Greenland separated from North America around 80 million years ago, new research suggests. Scientists previously thought that this hot zone, known as the Northern Appalachian Anomaly, was left over after North America broke away from Africa 180 million years ago, but this theory does not stand up …
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A Nike and Athleta store. Kylie Cooper | Reuters | Michael Brochstein | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Gap’s Athleta has tapped the head of Nike’s women’s business in North America as its next CEO, delivering a blow to the sneaker company as it tries to win back more female shoppers. Maggie Gauger, who has spent more than …
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Trump and EU chief enter crunch meetingpublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 18:12 BST Thomas MackintoshLive reporter Image source, Getty Images Welcome to our live coverage of crunch trade talks between the United States and European Union. “It is a beautiful Sunday in Scotland,” Donald Trump said as he started a wide-ranging news conference inside the ballroom of his Turnberry …
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It has united luminaries of the far right, from media personality Tucker Carlson to activist Laura Loomer, from tech billionaire Elon Musk to congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Typically unwavering in support of Donald Trump, all have criticised his administration’s handling of files about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But in towns and cities across the US, a more complicated …
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Headline U.S. inflation jumped to 2.7% in June, its steepest rise in five months, according to the latest consumer price data. UBS Global Wealth Management took a look under the hood, writing in its monthly letter that “it’s quiet … a little too quiet.” Chief investment officer Mark Haefele appealed to the cinephiles in his audience: “Movie fans will know …
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Sometime between 16 and 11.6 million years ago, a young caiman came upon a tasty snack in modern-day South America. The meal, however, turned out to be rather ambitious, because the croc hadn’t come upon just any old prey. It was a phorusrhacid, a large carnivore in its own right, aptly known as a “terror bird.” The now-extinct terror bird …
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A businessman walks by the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. As more than 100 big companies reported earnings this week, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit a series of record highs. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Corporate America is living through two vastly different experiences of President Trump’s tariff summer. More than …
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