A cosmic coincidence: What eclipses tell us about Earth

Big Think— It was a long shot to trust the northern New England weather in early April, especially after a strange winter of warm spells followed by massive snowstorms. But hundreds of thousands of people gambled, or trusted their weather apps, and, as the atmospheric gods would have it, we were all in for a spectacular celestial treat. Clear blue skies, low humidity, great visibility. I drove for about 2.5 hours from Hanover to the north of New Hampshire with my two sons to an iconic mountain outcrop...

PV Tech—US to announce US$7 billion rooftop solar programme on Earth Day 2024. The US government will announce US$7 billion in grants for residential solar projects to power more than 900,000 low-income households.

KIFI—Blinken tells CNN the US has seen evidence of China attempting to influence upcoming US elections. CNN By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite an earlier commitment from leader Xi Jinping not to do so. Blinken made the comments to CNN’s Kylie Atwood in an interview

CNN—Blinken tells CNN the US has seen evidence of China attempting to influence upcoming US elections. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite an earlier commitment from leader Xi Jinping not to do so. Blinken made the comments to CNN’s Kylie Atwood in an interview Friday at the close of a three-day to trip to China, where the top American diplomat spent hours meeting with top Chinese officials including Xi, as the two countries navigated a raft of contentious issues from...