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Study reveals hidden 'chemical currency' fueling the ocean's carbon cycle
A new study, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Columbia University, identifies a diverse set of molecules released by marine phytoplankton that fuel microbial life and help drive Earth's carbon cycle. While scientists know that carbon is moved through an invisible network of phytoplankton and other microbes in the surface ocean, the specific compounds have long been a mystery. These compounds are small, chemically difficult to detect in salty seawater, and are rapidly consu…

The unflattering secrets revealed so far in Elon Musk’s latest legal feud
Hundreds of court filings have revealed cringey texts, emails or private diary entries of Musk, Altman, other OpenAI founders and other public figures.
They include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg privately offering to use his social platforms to help Musk’s interests,
Musk insulting Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos (twice)
and a journal in which a big MAGA donor muses about becoming a billiona…

The unflattering secrets revealed so far in Elon Musk’s latest legal feud
Hundreds of court filings have revealed cringey texts, emails or private diary entries of Musk, Sam Altman, other OpenAI founders and other public figures.

New Transport & Environment research shows that the EU's proposed Clean Corporate Vehicles targets will not create lead markets; they are only intended to prevent fleets from falling further behind. Nevertheless, many car manufacturers are actively lobbying against the targets.

Crunchyroll says it is developing original video game titles under its Crunchyroll Games banner in partnership "with Japanese publishers and global developers" (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/crunchyroll-orig…

Crunchyroll to Launch Original Video Games Following Price Hike
Anime media giant Crunchyroll is now developing original video game titles under its Crunchyroll Games banner.

"Just following orders" is not a defense for war crimes (Judd Legum/Popular Information)
https://popular.info/p/just-following-orders-is-not-a-defense
http://www.memeorandum.com/260408/p40#a260408p40

Swarm Aero, which is developing large swarming drones capable of carrying missiles and cargo, raised a $35M Series A, following a $22M seed in 2023 (Colin Demarest/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/11/swarm-aero-seriesa-drone-factory

Exclusive: Big-drone builder Swarm Aero raises $35 million
CEO Danny Goodman previously co-founded Vannevar Labs. Another Swarm exec worked at Scaled Composites.

Amazon raised €14.5B in its euro bond market debut, the biggest ever corporate deal in the currency, following a dollar offering on Tuesday that raised $37B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-11/amazo…

More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic liver disease are on a waitlist for a liver transplant,
-- but there are not enough donated organs for all of those patients.
Additionally, many people with liver failure aren’t eligible for a transplant if they are not healthy enough to tolerate the surgery.
To help those patients, MIT engineers have developed ⭐️ “mini livers” that could be injected into the body and take over the functions of the failing liver.
In a n…

Injectable “satellite livers” could offer an alternative to liver transplantation
MIT engineers developed “mini livers” that could be injected into the body and take over the functions of a failing liver.

Sources: the US DOJ is investigating Iran's use of Binance to evade sanctions, focusing on money flowing to networks backing terror groups like Yemen's Houthis (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com…

Iraq oil ports halt operations after tanker attacks – report
Iraqi officials are saying oil ports have “completely stopped operations” while commercials ports continue to operate after an attack on a fuel tankers, according to Iraqi state media.
Iraqi port security officials have said two foreign tankers carrying Iraqi fuel oil were in flames after being attacked by Iranian boats laden with explosives, killing a foreign crew member.
Iraq’s General Company for Ports chief Fa…