A truck and a Wal-Mart off the highway near Frederickburg, Texas. Getty Images Walmart has seen its e-commerce business grow exponentially in the meantime Corona virus Epidemic, because millions of people have avoided coming to stores. The big box box retailer is now doubling its ambitious e-retail targets to further …
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Amazon repeats tragedy as Brazil’s rain billows
Jer Bolsonaro welcomes passengers to his “path of development” by smiling down from the promotional billboards at the entrance to the Amazon checkpoint. But 20 months into Bolsonaro’s presidency – and a year after the catastrophic outbreak of the Amazon fire – sparked global outrage – and the fire turned …
Read More »Wildfires pose another climate crisis: homeowners who can’t get insurance
Consumer groups won. Last month, the state Senate stripped most of the provisions from the bill, instead directing the insurance commissioner to review the current rules and report back to the legislature in two years. Even by the end of the annual legislative study on Monday night it had failed …
Read More »Honeybee venom contains chemicals that kill breast cancer cells in minutes
Netherlands – Australia Australia Groundbreaking discovery in Australia is giving a new meaning to the term natural remedy. Using hundreds of bees, the venom contained in the stings of these insects quickly kills breast cancer cells, according to a new study. Dr. Kiara Duffy says bee venom kills many types …
Read More »From space and air, NASA tracked California wildfires
Earth-observation devices on satellites and aircraft are mapping current fires, providing data products to agencies on the ground that respond to emergencies. As California experiences one of the worst forest fires on record, NASA is leveraging its resources to help. Scientists supporting the agency’s Applied Sciences Disaster Program in the …
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