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Regional differences The researchers note that aerosols can also contribute to cloud formation, which also causes further losses. But the degree of that contribution is much harder to estimate, so the researchers focus on aerosols for much of the analysis. Some of those aerosols occur naturally, typically from dust kicked up by winds in desert regions. However, despite deserts’ reputation as sunny paradises, the world as a whole hasn’t built much solar infrastructure in the desert yet, so this isn’t as much of a factor as you might expect.  Coal appears to be a major contributor. It’s estimated that sulfur…

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The artificial intelligence rally has already reached historic proportions and is now passing some famous — or rather, infamous — milestones. The SOX semiconductor index has a peak price that’s 62% higher than its 200-day moving average — more than double the spread of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the run-up to Black Monday in 1987, as well as the lead-in to Black Tuesday in 1929, according to a Thursday note from Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett. The spread is closer to the Nasdaq ‘s margin of 55% ahead of the dot-com crash in 2000 when the commercial…

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U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth behind, speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight from Dover, Delaware, to Miami, Florida, U.S., March 7, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersPresident Donald Trump scooped up shares of artificial intelligence software maker Palantir weeks before he famously lauded the stock, with its ticker symbol, on his social media platform Truth Social, according to records released this week by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.The records show thousands of transactions during the first quarter totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, with each trade listed as a price range.During the…

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in front of the American flag to the press as he departs the White House on May 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesDemocratic lawmakers on Friday slammed the Trump administration over reports that President Donald Trump would drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in an exchange for what some called a $1.7 billion “slush fund.””This administration is dripping with corruption from top to bottom, but rushing a settlement to steal $1.7 billion taxpayer dollars for a slush fund before a judge can toss your junk lawsuit would…

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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, April 23, 2026.Jeenah Moon | ReutersU.S. Treasury yields spiked on Friday following a week of messy inflation data and as traders looked to price interest rate policy under new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh. The yield on the 30-year bond jumped nearly 12 basis points to yield 5.129%, the highest since May 22, 2025, and nearing the highest since October 2023.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconUS30Y, 1-yearThe yield on the 10-year Treasury note — the main benchmark for U.S. borrowing — surged nearly 14 basis points to 4.595%.Meanwhile, the 2-year Treasury note yield,…

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AI-generated slop has shown up everywhere, including in the peer-reviewed literature. Fake citations, unedited prompt responses, and nonsensical diagrams have all slipped past editors and peer reviewers, and it’s not always clear if there are any consequences for the people responsible. Now, it appears that a number of scientific fields will be enforcing rules against AI-generated problems even before peer review or journals get involved. One of the people involved in the physics and astronomy preprint server arXiv used a social media thread to announce that any inappropriate AI-produced content submitted to the server will result in a one-year ban…

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