Sahara turned from lush green grassland to a barren desert just 4,000 years ago and triggered a mega-drought that killed Southeast Asia 1,000 years ago Researchers reconstructed the past climate with evidence from caves in Laos They combine this with models to simulate the effects of the drought in the …
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Mike Lindell is the CEO of MyPillow. It’s a pillow business! So, when he claims that oleandrin is an incredible breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19, you know you can trust him. But hey, if the medical opinion of a pillow company manager is not enough for you, you can …
Read More »“Tesla’s Long-Term Competitive Edge Will Produce”
21 August 2020 due to Zachary Shahan After discussions with Tesla CEO Elon Musk about the breadth, depth and size of Tesla’s Autopilot team, we slipped into another issue, “the machine that builds the machine.” I think this may be Elon’s favorite Tesla-related sentence. (Although, those who look like a …
Read More »Greenland ice sheet lost a record 530 billion metric tons of ice last year, says study
It melts Greenland ice sheet is already one of the biggest contributors to sea level rise. But now scientists have confirmed that the region saw a record amount of ice melt last year – breaking previous records with 532 billion metric tons of ice. The amount of ice lost in …
Read More »3 More stocks that could be worth $ 1 trillion in a decade
At this point, companies that sport a $ 1 trillion market rating are not that special. State-backed oil titan Saudi Aramco was valued at $ 2 trillion shortly after its IPO late in 2019. As of this writing, Call reached just $ 2 trillion, and Amazon, Microsoft, and Google parent …
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