Battery producers are scrambling to tie down supplies of lithium, the metal at the heart of mobile technologies. By some estimates, demand for lithium will quadruple from 2022 through 2029, while new mines face delays put up by regulators and environmentalists.
Author: admin (Kendrick Williams)
BALD NO MORE? NATURAL SUGAR REGROWS HAIR ON MICE
For the 50 percent or more of men who will see their hair disappearing down the shower drain at some point, researchers at the University of Sheffield and Pakistan’s COMSATS University have promising news: a sugar present in humans and animals seems to regrow hair.
THE GOVERNMENT LIES JUST KEEP ON COMING
The Framers of the United States Constitution understood several things very clearly from their experience as a colonial vassal state with only limited legislative or self-governing authority under the rule of Britain’s King George III.
WHY IS LOW BLOOD CHOLESTEROL ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED LATE LIFE MORTALITY?
Low cholesterol levels are associated with increased mortality risk in older adults, challenging the "lower is better" paradigm.
ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
On 20 September, gold surpassed $2,600 for the first time after the U.S. Federal Reserve reduced its interest rates by 50 basis points two days earlier.
DON’T BET ON IT: CEOS SAY REMOTE WORK IS ENDING
Seventy-nine percent of CEOs told KPMG’s 2024 CEO Outlook Survey that remote work will largely be over within two years.
GHOST MEMES NOW ILLEGAL
A decade ago, a years-long battle was waged over what the Federal government labeled "ghost guns" (for more on that, see Jessica Solce’s excellent documentary Death Athletic.)
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Danish logistics provider DSV will pay $12 billion to acquire DB Schenker, which is the air, road, and sea freight services and logistics supply chain division of Germany’s Deutsche Bahn railroad.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC CRISIS
By a range of measures, China’s economy continued to lose momentum in August, leading one analyst to call for a “bazooka” stimulus to the economy if the country is to reach its 5-percent growth goal this year.









