More Than 1,500 Economists Call for International Action on Extreme Inequality
More than 1,500 economists and researchers from over 100 countries have signed an open letter asking leaders t...
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Hungarian Government Prepares to Change Adoption Rules for Single Applicants
The government led by Prime Minister Peter Magyar intends to amend Hungary’s 2020 law requiring single applica...
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How Does GPS Determine a Phone’s Position?
A phone does not ask a GPS satellite where it is, and the constellation does not track that handset individual...
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189 years since the store that became Tiffany & Co. opened
18 September 2026 marks 189 years since the New York store that became Tiffany & Co. first opened. Charles Le...
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EDF Plans Ten Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Europe by 2035
EDF intends to develop ten small modular nuclear reactors in Europe by 2035, senior vice-president Vakisasai R...
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UK House-Price Growth Is Expected to Remain Below Inflation
UK house prices are expected to rise 1.3% in 2026, below projected inflation, according to the median of a Reu...
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GlobalFoundries and Marvell Expand Chip Capacity for AI Data-Centre Connectivity
GlobalFoundries and Marvell Technology have expanded a multi-year agreement to increase production capacity fo...
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Why Does Salt Melt Ice on Roads?
Salt on ice does not burn like a flame. Its main effect is freezing-point depression: water with dissolved ion...
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EU’s First Full-Scale Carbon Storage Project Begins Operations
INEOS Energy on Friday announced the opening of Greensand, presented as the European Union’s first full-scale...
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524 years since Columbus’s expedition reached the coast of Costa Rica
On 18 September, anniversary calendars often recall Christopher Columbus’s expedition reaching the Caribbean c...
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Federal Judge Strikes Down US Policy Targeting Education Grants Linked to DEI
US District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston on Thursday struck down the Education Department policy that terminat...
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How Does a Thermos Keep a Drink Hot or Cold?
Coffee cools and cold water warms for the same reason: thermal energy moves from hot to cold. A thermos does n...
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Anthropic Opens Biology Lab for AI-Assisted Research
Anthropic, the developer of Claude, has set up a wet biology laboratory in the San Francisco Bay Area, Reuters...
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António Guterres Warns of Risks from AI, Climate Change and Inequality
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned, in an Associated Press interview four days before th...
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Chinese Vessel Hits Philippine Boat During a Resupply Mission
A China Coast Guard vessel on Friday struck a Philippine boat on a resupply mission in the South China Sea, da...
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5 years since Inspiration4 returned from the first all-civilian orbital mission
18 September 2026 marks five years since the Inspiration4 splashdown. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule retur...
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Why Do Leaves Change Color?
A leaf looks green in May through August because it holds chlorophyll, the pigment that captures light for pho...
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Romania Joins New “Carpathian Eight” Regional Initiative
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Friday, in Ukraine’s Carpathians, the launch of the “C8 – Carpathia...
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Taiwan Holds Its First Joint Military Drills Using Attack Drones
Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, on Friday inspected a live-fire exercise in Pingtung County in which attack...
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Italy Warns Its Public-Debt Burden Is Rising at an Alarming Rate
The cost of servicing Italy’s public debt has begun to rise at “an alarming rate,” Economy Minister Giancarlo...
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Great Britain’s Retail Sales Rise 0.5% in August
Retail sales volumes in Great Britain rose 0.5% in August 2026 on July, according to the Office for National S...
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How Does a Rechargeable Battery Work?
A rechargeable battery does not hold electricity like a liquid. It stores chemical energy and turns it into cu...
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20 years since Anousheh Ansari became the first woman to fund her own spaceflight
18 September 2026 marks 20 years since Anousheh Ansari launched towards the International Space Station. ESA r...
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Macron Announces G7 Meeting Focused on the Energy Crisis
President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, after a meeting at the Élysée with party leaders, that G7 countries...
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Bank of Japan Raises Interest Rate to 1.25%, a 31-Year High
The Bank of Japan on Friday raised its policy rate from 1% to about 1.25%, the highest level in 31 years. Jiji...
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Why Do Windows and Mirrors Fog Up?
After a hot shower, a mirror mists over. In winter a window does the same. In a car, visibility falls. In ever...
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RoboTechnik Prepares an Approximately $800 Million Hong Kong Listing
RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology, a Chinese maker of automation equipment, is preparing to launch a Hong Kon...
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67 years since Vanguard 3 launched to study Earth’s magnetic field
18 September 2026 marks 67 years since the scientific satellite Vanguard 3 launched from Cape Canaveral. NASA’...
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Eurogroup Says Euro-Area Economy Beat Expectations in the Second Quarter
Euro-area finance ministers met in Dublin on Friday, 18 September, under the chairmanship of Kyriakos Pierraka...
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iPhone 18 Pro Reaches Stores as Apple Prepares Its First Foldable iPhone
Apple began selling the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on Friday, 18 September, after the 9 September lau...
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Why Do We See Lightning Before We Hear Thunder?
Lightning and thunder are two faces of the same discharge. The channel heats violently; air expands and makes...
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US Weighs Preserving Most Pharmaceutical Licensing Deals with Chinese Firms
The US Treasury Department is drafting rules on China-related pharmaceutical investment that would, in the mai...
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