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Is it a coincidence that KaJ Labs entered into a partnership with Brazil’s central bank after donating such an amount to Ripple’s defense? KaJ Labs, a Seattle-based blockchain company, has started talks with the Central Bank of Brazil to partner with the actual rollout of the country’s CBDC. The company …

REUTERS As WE collectively rush into the era of climate change, international relations as we have known them for almost four centuries will change beyond recognition. This change is probably inevitable, and maybe even necessary. But it will also cause new conflicts, and therefore wars and suffering. Since the Peace …

The Florida-based chain uses R290 crates all over storefronts and in pet food aisles. U.S. retailer Publix Supermarkets, which operates 1,284 stores in seven southeastern states, has committed to using propane refrigerant (R290) in all of its small stand-alone cabinets in new stores as well as in store replacement units. …

SEATTLE, November 3, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Brazil is the latest country to consider digital currency as legal tender. The Lithosphere cryptocurrency platform developed by KaJ Laboratories, a Seattle blockchain company, has started discussions with the Central Bank of Brazil to associate on the country‘s true digital deployment. LITHO …

Human ingenuity has created an integrated global economy, weapons of mass destruction and threats to the biosphere on which we rely. Yet human nature remains that of an instinctively tribal primate. This contradiction becomes more prominent than before, as the interdependence deepens and the rivalry between the superpowers intensifies. This …

Indian astronomers have found a new method to understand the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system by observing the polarization of light. In our quest for life beyond Earth, science has taken us to more than 5,000 exoplanets in the Milky Way galaxy, rich in water and atmospheric …

Suvarnabhumi Airport comes to life on Monday as the first tourists begin to arrive, marking Thailand’s reopening to foreign visitors. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul) A positive atmosphere reigned on Monday as Thailand began welcoming vaccinated tourists arriving by air from 63 countries and all deemed to be at low risk of …

As the COP26 summit kicks off in Glasgow, locally, the Isle of Wight Council emphasizes that it is already well advanced in meeting its own goals of a carbon neutral island by 2040. The Council declares that it has recently adopted a strategy for the climate and the environment (September …

Why the water you drink can be thousands of years old As surface water recedes in the western United States, people are drilling deeper wells and tapping into older groundwater that can take thousands of years to replenish naturally. Marissa gruneAlain seltzerKevin M. BefusSome of North America’s groundwater is so …

The Alpine Fault is a geological fault that stretches almost the entire length of the South Island of New Zealand. YouTube / Science GNS Tremors too weak to be felt could help scientists learn more about the next major break along the South Island’s high-risk Alpine Fault. As part of …