Fisker Inc. has been on investors’ radar lately as it negotiates a merger deal with Spartan Energy (NYSE: SPAQ). If this merger succeeds in closing, the company will benefit from a $ 1 billion cash infusion, enough to bring the fully electric Fisker Ocean to market by 2022. According to …
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Vietnam records first Covid-19 death
Image copyright Reuters Screenshot Vietnam had passed three months without any locally transmitted cases Vietnam has recorded its first Covid-19 death, in a devastating blow to a country proud of its zero deaths. The 70-year-old man was from the central city of Hoi An, state media said on Friday. No …
Read More »John Lewis Funeral: Obama, More Deliver Keynote Speeches
As befits the man he commemorated, John Lewis’s Thursday funeral in Atlanta was a public symphony, a rhetorical masterpiece of pride, praise, and calls to continue the work of the great man. Three former presidents spoke, all with emotional admiration for the 80-year-old civil rights leader and longtime Democratic congressman …
Read More »First genetic knockout in cephalopods achieved
Inshore squid hatchlings (Doryteuthis pealeii). On the left is a control pup; note the black and reddish brown chromatophores evenly placed on its mantle, head and tentacles. In contrast, the embryo on the right was injected with CRISPR-Cas9 targeting a pigmentation gene (tryptophan 2.3 dioxygenase) prior to first cell division; …
Read More »How Nico Hulkenberg’s Racing Point emergency deal came about, and why he’s the right man for the job
Outside of sport in 2020, and with his hopes that driving in 2021 would seem tight after Renault opted to sign Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg’s hopes of a return to F1 in the near future seemed bleak. And yet, this weekend, after Sergio Pérez’s positive Covid-19 result, he’s back on …
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