Old growth vs. new seeds — Massachusetts lawmakers consider protecting public forests to sequester carbon. Kate S. Petersen - Nov 26, 2019 3:43 pm UTC Enlarge / A gravel path cuts through a forest in Mount Everett State Reservation in Massachusetts.We're going to have to do more than just reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat…
(Reuters) - Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR.O) forecast holiday-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as the discount retailer fell short in its efforts to counter the impact of the latest U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, sending its shares down about 17%. FILE PHOTO: A customer walks out of a Dollar Tree discount store in…
With more than 41 million speakers, the Spanish spoken in the US varies from coast to coast. Comedian Joanna Hausmann, a Venezuelan-American, describes some of these accents and demonstrates how they all sound.Video produced by Angélica Casas and Patricia Sulbarán, edited by Enric Botella.This video is part of ¿Hablas español?, a BBC road trip around…
Reckless rocketeering — The country is finally experimenting with grid fins to control descent. Eric Berger - Nov 25, 2019 2:26 pm UTC Enlarge / A Long March 3B rocket launches from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center earlier this month.Costfoto / Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesChina's space program now ranks among the most successful in…
FILE PHOTO: Convicted murderer Adnan Syed leaves the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse in Baltimore, Maryland February 5, 2016. A Maryland judge on June 30, 2016 ordered a new trial for Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was put into question by the 2014 podcast "Serial." REUTERS/Carlos Barria(Reuters) - A Baltimore man will remain behind bars for…
Image copyright Reuters Clashes broke out in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro as police battled football fans who had been celebrating their team's victory in South America's biggest regional tournament.Huge crowds had thronged the city centre on Sunday to welcome back players from the Flamengo team after their victory in the Copa Libertadores.But…
No matter how frequently it happens, when people online love something obsessively, when they simply must stan, it always brings out the cynics. Their cynicism, in turn, will be understood as intellectual seriousness. As maturity. To wit: This week the internet pledged its fealty to Baby Yoda—the tiny alien from Disney+’s The Mandalorian—and was immediately…
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Security forces opened fire on protesters in Baghdad and several cities in southern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens of others, police and medical sources said, the latest violence in weeks of unrest. A man puts an Iraqi flag on the coffin of a demonstrator who…
Image copyright Reuters Colombia's President Iván Duque has said security forces will remain on the streets to maintain order, as protests continued for a third day.The anti-government demonstrations erupted on Thursday, when more than 250,000 marched in a national strike.They started peacefully but clashes between protesters and police have since broken out, and there have…
loyalty oath — Review: Oathbreaker has a pasted-on theme and needs more "game." Keith Law - Nov 23, 2019 1:30 pm UTC Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. Game of Thrones: Oathbreaker is the newest game to bring the popular HBO series…
