Economic Indicators4 hours ago (Apr 25, 2020 03:50PM ET) (C) Reuters. People wearing protective masks line up at a vegetables street market during the nationwide quarantine as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Caracas CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan food and beverage producer Empresas Polar, the largest private company in the socialist […]
Wait a Second, That Table Has No Legs!
Really, this doesn’t tell us much. All it says is that the upward-pulling tension has to be equal to the two downward forces (gravity and the other tension). But what about the sum of the torques? If the object is in equilibrium, you can pick any point on the object […]
Space Photos of the Week: Polychromatic Views of the Earth
Thursday, April 22, was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. So it’s a great time to take a look at our beautiful planet through the eyes of NASA’s Terra satellite, which was launched in December 1999 to monitor the environment and the effects of climate change. These images are taken […]
Exclusive: India plans to fast track Chinese investments after policy change – sources
Economic Indicators10 hours ago (Apr 25, 2020 09:50AM ET) 2/2 (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: General view of Mumbai’s central financial district 2/2 By Aftab Ahmed and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India plans to fast track the review of some investment proposals from neigbouring countries such as China following […]
Covid-19 Is Pulling the Plug on Clean Energy Jobs
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early March, when Covid-19 cases began popping up across the U.S., the Philadelphia-based company Solar States was having a really good year, with at least six months’ worth of contracts already lined up. The 30-person […]
As Workers Spread Out to Halt the Virus, Robots Fill the Gaps
As the coronavirus began to spread through Japan in March, workers at a warehouse in Sugito that processes millions of personal care products each day were overrun by a spike in demand for masks, gloves, soap, and hand sanitizer. To prevent workers from spreading the deadly virus, the company that […]
As Workers Spread Out to Halt the Virus, Robots Fill the Gaps
As the coronavirus began to spread through Japan in March, workers at a warehouse in Sugito that processes millions of personal care products each day were overrun by a spike in demand for masks, gloves, soap, and hand sanitizer. To prevent workers from spreading the deadly virus, the company that […]