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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide.

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CarDekho Group eyeing 40% consolidated growth in FY25: Founder Amit Jain – ET Auto

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The South East Asian market (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia) is yielding strong numbers, he said, adding that the company is evaluating the Middle East market (UAE and others) as the next phase of overseas expansion for the coming financial year. “This year we expect to clock about 50%growth as a group on a consolidated basis.

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The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

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government committed US $9 million to help build a NASA-themed science exhibit at the Seattle World’s Fair. Two years later, the Philippines’ Atomic Energy Commission contributed a siderite, a nickel-iron meteorite. An abridged version of this article appears in the October 2023 print issue as “No Ordinary Orrery.”

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

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A look at the current political climate in countries such as the United States and the Philippines would show this. Definitely, yes, especially when it comes to build consistency and after-sales service. It is then no surprise that tribalism is prevalent everywhere. It was a moral victory for Suzuki, but the damage had been done. .

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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Keith is also the founder of Carbon Engineering, a Canadian firm building a sprawling facility in West Texas that will pull carbon dioxide directly from the air.). But at present, there is no United Nations agency to build a global consensus or U.S. There were nearly 40 million such flights in 2019. agency to provide oversight.

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Announcing a Benchmark to Improve AI Safety

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As leaders in the field of AI, from both industry and academia, we build and deliver the most widely used performance benchmarks for AI systems in the world. This POC validates the approach we are taking towards building the v1.0 The following MLCommons AI safety working group members contributed to this article: Ahmed M.