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'Bigger, hotter, faster': Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions #environment

'Bigger, hotter, faster': Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions
Rampant wildfires in the Americas drove a jump in global greenhouse gas emissions from fires in the year to February, new research found Thursday, warning that climate change was fanning the flames.

"Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance"
#Water #Pollution #Environment

Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance
Every flush sends traces of our medicines into rivers. When antibiotics mix with common drugs like painkillers or hormones, bacteria can evolve to resist treatment.

Sequoia, a16z, and other VC firms invested $1.2B into police and public safety tech startups over the past year, following the success of Palantir and others (Abram Brown/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/a

Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Add to $1.2 Billion Funding Boom for Police Tech Startups
Over the past year, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital and many of Silicon Valley’s other top venture capital firms have funneled at least $1.2 billion in funding to startups selling technology to city police departments and local public safety agencies. Those companies illustrate the technology industry’s growing enthusiasm for making software and hardware for the government and law

Oh great. Sales of pesticides containing PFAS 'forever chemicals' growing explosively, as more and more types are allowed on the market.
https://www.nieuweoogst.nl/nieuws/2025/11/12/afzet-gewasbeschermingsmiddelen-met-pf…

Afzet gewasbeschermingsmiddelen met PFAS neemt enorm toe
De afzet van PFAS-houdende gewasbeschermingsmiddelen is flink gestegen. In de periode 2010-2020 lag dit rond de 150.000 kilo, in 2023 was dit ruim 250.000 kilo. Fungiciden hebben het grootste aandeel. Dit blijkt uit onderzoek van adviesbureau CLM.

🍆 A Hermetic, Transparent Soft Growing Vine Robot System for Pipe Inspection
#robots #machine

A Hermetic, Transparent Soft Growing Vine Robot System for Pipe Inspection
Rehabilitation of aging pipes requires accurate condition assessment and mapping far into the pipe interiors. Soft growing vine robot systems are particularly promising for navigating confined, sinuous paths such as in pipes, but are currently limited by complex subsystems and a lack of validation in real-world industrial settings. In this paper, we introduce the concept and implementation of a hermetic and transparent vine robot system for visual condition assessment and mapping within non-bra…

Erinnert ihr euch an die Grenzwächter, die in der Aktion "Knobli" im Vorarlberg Schweizer EInkaufstouristen beobachteten, die Hanfsamen und Anbauzubehör kauften?
Sie zogen ihren Strafbefehl wegen Verletzung fremder Gebietshoheit weiter ans Bundesstrafgericht in Bellinzona - und wurden freigesprochen, mit Entschädigung (rechtskräftig).
SK.2024.68 Urteil vom 7. Oktober 2025

As Cyber Threats Escalate, the National Vulnerability Database Is Falling Behind
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is struggling.
It faces a growing backlog to process data in its vulnerability repository, which publicly shares information assessing and detailing mitigation solutions against new cyber exploits.
With nearly 1,800 new reported vulnerabilities sitting in a queue for analysis this year, delays in processing leave the United States increa…

A profile of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, whose estimated 11% stake is now worth $1B following ICE's $2B investment, as its rivalry with Kalshi intensifies (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciap…

Crypto’s Fastest-Growing Startup Mints World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire
A $2 billion investment from NYSE parent ICE vaults Polymarket’s 27 year-old founder Shayne Coplan into the three-comma club and intensifies its rivalry with prediction market competitor Kalshi.

UK social homes unprepared for rising heat as policy fails to keep pace, new research warns #UnitedKingdom

UK social homes unprepared for rising heat as policy fails to keep pace, new research warns
Millions of UK social homes are at growing risk from rising temperatures and soaring energy costs and current housing and climate policies are failing to keep up, according to new research by The University of Manchester.

UN sees world's emissions falling 10% by 2035, far short of 60% goal #environment

UN sees world's emissions falling 10% by 2035, far short of 60% goal
Global emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases are expected to fall by about 10% by 2035, compared with 1990 levels, representing the first decline ever forecast by the United Nations. But the world remains well off course to keeping global warming below the 1.5 C leaders committed to when they signed the Paris Agreement a decade ago.