Indonesia doing 'everything' but still struggling to curb fires: the hour's strongest signal
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 67
Indonesia doing 'everything' but still struggling to curb fires
Indonesia is doing "everything" to fight huge forest fires, but dozens of planes and thousands of personnel are still struggling to contain them, a senior official said Monday.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 63
France vows response after Iran closes language centre in Tehran
By John Irish UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (Reuters) - France will summon Iran's ambassador and take appropriate measures in response after Iranian authorities sealed a French language centre affiliated with its embassy in Tehran, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 45
Chinese biopharma stocks jump as U.S. weighs keeping door open to drug deals
S. may continue to allow most drug licensing deals with Chinese firms.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 43
SoftBank Seeks Over $11 Billion in Junk Bonds for OpenAI Bet - Bloomberg.com
SoftBank Seeks Over $11 Billion in Junk Bonds for OpenAI Bet Bloomberg.com Softbank Group launches over $10 billion in bonds for OpenAI investment, term sheet shows reuters.com The AI Bubble Fault Line May Run Through SoftBank’s Balance Sheet Substack SoftBank plans more than…
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
How Much Should You Weigh? This 1970s Scale Told You
A bathroom scale has one job: To tell you how much you weigh. But in the 1980s, the industrial designers at Krups decided to go further, with their Data EG scale. The scale contained a pull-out weight chart in the center.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Konstantin Grcic's Industrial-Looking Grinder for Alessi
The form of a grinder/peppermill must communicate to the user which part they're supposed to turn. " The body is machined out of aluminum, and the piece is meant to handle salt or pepper.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Chinese Cars are Now Achieving 5-Star Safety Ratings
When you think of Chinese automobiles, safety isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But in a relatively short amount of time, China's nascent automaking industry appears to have caught up with, and even exceeded, long-established car brands in safety ratings.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Erina Caldeira's Steel Twist on Woven Baskets
This KŌSA container references the directionality of traditional basket weaving, but here the perpendicular elements do not actually touch. Instead the structure comes from the material: Two pieces of thin sheet steel, seamlessly joined.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Strutt's Awesome Powered Wheelchair is Not a Wheelchair (For Legal Reasons)
Let's say you've assembled a team and designed an awesome powered wheelchair. One that works better than incumbent designs and is easy on the eyes. How do you bring it to market?
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Cea Design's Incredibly Modernist Hideaway Toilet
This Abaco bathroom system is by Cea Design, an Italian manufacturer of high-end bathrooms. It's designed to not look like a toilet at all, when not in use, and is made of stainless steel. It can also be customized with wood or marble.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Rainwater Wall: A Space-Saving Water Harvesting Tank
In many parts of the world, people harvest rainwater. In rural America, where I live, you'll see people using two solutions. The first is a rain barrel.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
AI-powered barcode unmasks 'zombie cells' in aging tissue
As we age, some of the cells in our body enter a state of senescence, in which they stop dividing but do not die. Those senescent cells can contribute to age-related disorders such as cancer, tissue degeneration and inflammatory diseases.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
Children born today in Europe will live through almost twice as much extreme fire weather as their grandparents
A child born in Europe in 2025 will live through more than three additional years of extreme fire weather compared with someone born in 1950 if we continue with current climate policies, according to new research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
Iranian President Pezeshkian to head to New York for UN meeting as Trump warns of no-deal consequences
Trump threatened to destroy Iran's economy or eliminate its leadership if Tehran doesn't strike a deal, complicating efforts at diplomacy.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Man hospitalized in Texas after being shot by ICE agent
A man in Austin, Texas, was hospitalized in serious but stable condition after being shot by an ICE agent during a foot chase. Local officials demand a thorough investigation into the incident.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Explosions at Aleppo munitions depot in northern Syria
Several such blasts have previously occurred in Syria, which is emerging from more than a decade of civil war following the toppling of the Assad regime.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 39
Russia: Kremlin party dominates controlled vote
In Russia, early results from the parliamentary election show the Kremlin-backed United Russia party leading in the tightly controlled vote.
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Ed Davey rejects claims party is ‘sleepwalking into irrelevance’ under his leadership – UK politics live
Lib Dem leader says he is proud of party’s record at Brighton conference Ed Davey has urged Andy Burnham to deliver some “home truths” to Donald Trump when they meet at the UN tomorrow. Asked how Burnham should treat the US president, Davey told Sky News : Take a stand, please.
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