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Deep Sea Mining for EV Metals Could Kick Off Soon Thanks to Regulatory Loophole
A gilded Pandora’s box awaits miners at the bottom of the sea where polymetallic nodules rich in nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper are abound. Despite us not knowing yet how much damage deep sea mining for EV metals can do, operations could start by 2024 given a loophole in the regulations meant to protect the…
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Drinking for Your Health Isn’t Really a Thing, Study Finds
A new study is the latest to suggest that modest alcohol consumption isn’t likely to provide any health benefits. The research, a review of existing studies, found no strong evidence that light to moderate drinking can reduce people’s risk of dying early. Past studies that did find a positive effect might have failed to account…
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Senator Ted Cruz Will Unfortunately Speak Today at NASA’s Artemis Astronaut Unveiling
NASA is set to reveal the names of four astronauts who will fly around the Moon as part of the Artemis 2 mission. But first, we’ll have to endure a speech from Ted Cruz during the Houston-based event.
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Forget Elon’s Neuralink, These Companies Are Also Connecting Brains to Computers
Since it was founded in 2016, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company Neuralink has had its moments in biotech news. Whether it was the time Musk promised his “link” would let people communicate telepathically, or when the whole company was under investigation for potentially violating the Animal Welfare Act, the hype around Neuralink means it’s…