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Scientists are calling for a new global regime to address air pollution caused by the space industry. Prof Eloise Marais’s team at University College London (UCL) began tracking space activities in 2020. Their latest figures reveal 259 rocket launches in 2024, and 223 launches in 2023. These burned more than 153,000 tonnes of fuel. Marais said: “More pollutants are being …

Topline Target posted another quarter of declining sales Wednesday, but not as steep as their first quarter sales drop, as the big box retailer struggles to recover after facing consumer backlash and tariff pressure—while Lowe’s beat expectations for earnings and sales as it reached a deal to acquire a construction materials supplier for professional builders. Big box retailers including Lowe’s, …

In his 100 days as pope, Leo links climate, environment to broader global issues  National Catholic Reporter In Pope Leo XIV’s first 100 days, a calm papacy that avoids controversy comes into focus  PBS Here are 50 notable remarks by Pope Leo XIV during his first 100 days  catholicnewsagency.com Does Pope Leo still play Wordle with his brother? His family reveals answer  NBC 5 …

For Rick Rieder, the stock market has never looked so good. The chief investment officer of global fixed income at BlackRock says he thinks the market has emerged into the “best investing environment ever,” thanks to a cluster of factors that are setting up a bullish backdrop for equities. Rieder’s ultra-bullish view isn’t shared by all. Concerns about the US …

Study design We conducted a countrywide, prospective, longitudinal physical activity study of US residents that evaluated their physical activity levels within the context of the walkability of their built environments before and after relocation (‘participants’). We leveraged the naturally occurring physical activity data that was captured by a health app on participants’ phones to compare each person’s physical activity levels …

“Small and deceptively cute, but definitely not harmless” is how scientists have described a new species of ancient whale, from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on Victoria’s surf coast. This early species, called Janjucetus dullardi, was an extremely unusual animal, said Dr Erich Fitzgerald, senior curator of vertebrate palaeontology at Museums Victoria Research Institute. It was tiny – about the size …

Chemical pollution is “a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change” but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has warned. The industrial economy has created more than 100 million “novel entities”, or chemicals not found in nature, with somewhere between 40,000 and 350,000 in commercial …

In a 300-plus page final report released today, the US Coast Guard analyzed the 2023 Titan sub implosion from every conceivable angle and came to a clear conclusion: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush was a dangerous and deeply unpleasant boss. His company used “intimidation tactics” to sidestep regulatory scrutiny, it was a “toxic” workplace, and its safety culture was “critically flawed.” …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers picked up their spending in June after an earlier pullback, despite anxiety over tariffs and the state of the U.S. economy. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, after two consecutive months of spending declines, a 0.1% pullback in April and a 0.9% slowdown in May. Retail was buoyed earlier …

“Very early in Mars’ history, maybe 4 billion years ago, the planet was warm enough to support lakes and river networks,” Kite told Ars. “There were seas, and some of those seas were as big as the Caspian Sea, maybe bigger. It was a wet place.” This wet period, though, didn’t last long—it was too short to make the landscape …