A massive blackout hit Paris: 170,000 homes lost power, and several metro lines came to a halt
A technical incident at a substation in Issy-les-Moulineaux, southwest of the French capital, temporarily cut electricity to around 170,000 households. Several metro and suburban train lines halted, and traffic lights, intercom systems, and street lighting went dark.
The large-scale outage was resolved fairly quickly, but several thousand homes are still without power. The exact cause of the incident remains unknown, and an investigation is underway.
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A technical incident at a substation in Issy-les-Moulineaux, southwest of the French capital, temporarily cut electricity to around 170,000 households. Several metro and suburban train lines halted, and traffic lights, intercom systems, and street lighting went dark.
The large-scale outage was resolved fairly quickly, but several thousand homes are still without power. The exact cause of the incident remains unknown, and an investigation is underway.
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Eye-opening chart, despite spending almost $8 Trillion globally on renewables since 1995, the percentage of renewables in total energy consumption stayed flat.
Have we spent a fraction of this on nuclear, the climate issue would be resolved by now.
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Have we spent a fraction of this on nuclear, the climate issue would be resolved by now.
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Scientists found a type of fungus that can break down plastic – fast.
Researchers in Pakistan have identified a strain of the widespread fungus Aspergillus tubingensis thriving in a landfill that possesses an extraordinary talent: the ability to rapidly break down polyurethane, one of the most persistent and difficult-to-recycle plastics.
Polyurethane is ubiquitous—found in foams for furniture and insulation, adhesives, footwear, car seats, and countless other products—yet it is almost never recycled and can persist in the environment for hundreds of years. Conventional degradation is excruciatingly slow, but this fungal strain attacks the material aggressively. In controlled laboratory tests, polyurethane samples exposed to the fungus developed visible cracks, lost significant mass, and became noticeably softer within just two weeks. The fungus achieves this by secreting specialized enzymes that sever the ester and urethane bonds anchoring the polymer chains.
Crucially, A. tubingensis requires no extreme conditions to perform this feat. Unlike many industrial plastic-degradation processes that demand high heat, pressure, or chemical pre-treatments, the fungus operates effectively at ambient temperatures in ordinary soil—with minimal nutrients and no added catalysts—mirroring the landfill environment where it was discovered.
With global polyurethane production exceeding 20 million tons annually and recycling rates near zero, the material contributes heavily to long-term waste accumulation. This naturally occurring microbe represents a promising biological solution: a low-energy, environmentally benign way to accelerate breakdown rather than relying on energy-intensive mechanical recycling or incineration.
Scientists are now exploring ways to optimize and scale the process, with potential applications ranging from engineered soil caps on landfills to integration into municipal composting or bioremediation facilities.
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Researchers in Pakistan have identified a strain of the widespread fungus Aspergillus tubingensis thriving in a landfill that possesses an extraordinary talent: the ability to rapidly break down polyurethane, one of the most persistent and difficult-to-recycle plastics.
Polyurethane is ubiquitous—found in foams for furniture and insulation, adhesives, footwear, car seats, and countless other products—yet it is almost never recycled and can persist in the environment for hundreds of years. Conventional degradation is excruciatingly slow, but this fungal strain attacks the material aggressively. In controlled laboratory tests, polyurethane samples exposed to the fungus developed visible cracks, lost significant mass, and became noticeably softer within just two weeks. The fungus achieves this by secreting specialized enzymes that sever the ester and urethane bonds anchoring the polymer chains.
Crucially, A. tubingensis requires no extreme conditions to perform this feat. Unlike many industrial plastic-degradation processes that demand high heat, pressure, or chemical pre-treatments, the fungus operates effectively at ambient temperatures in ordinary soil—with minimal nutrients and no added catalysts—mirroring the landfill environment where it was discovered.
With global polyurethane production exceeding 20 million tons annually and recycling rates near zero, the material contributes heavily to long-term waste accumulation. This naturally occurring microbe represents a promising biological solution: a low-energy, environmentally benign way to accelerate breakdown rather than relying on energy-intensive mechanical recycling or incineration.
Scientists are now exploring ways to optimize and scale the process, with potential applications ranging from engineered soil caps on landfills to integration into municipal composting or bioremediation facilities.
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Chinese hospital automated the annoying work to empower doctors and nurses.
Instead of removing them … nice.
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Instead of removing them … nice.
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BREAKING: Alphabet, $GOOGL, has officially surpassed Microsoft as the 3rd most valuable public company in the world, now worth $3.68 trillion
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NEW: A Denver health inspector caught on camera pouring Clorox bleach on a street vendor’s food.
According to the owner, Isidro Garcia Barrette, about 100 pounds of food was thrown out.
The city of Denver is defending the move, saying they had been issuing warnings and citations for weeks.
“So the clip that went viral, unfortunately, was a very small snippet without any context of an unfortunate action that was occurring,” said Denver’s public health director Danica Lee.
“We don’t have to use bleach, actually, very often, so this was a better than unusual situation.”
“The vendor had been warned multiple times and was in the process of trying to pack food up and lock it up. We did have to take a measure to actually destroy the food.”
Inspectors say they found workers washing their hands in a bucket of dirty water, raw meat sitting out, bad refrigeration and no sanitizer.
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According to the owner, Isidro Garcia Barrette, about 100 pounds of food was thrown out.
The city of Denver is defending the move, saying they had been issuing warnings and citations for weeks.
“So the clip that went viral, unfortunately, was a very small snippet without any context of an unfortunate action that was occurring,” said Denver’s public health director Danica Lee.
“We don’t have to use bleach, actually, very often, so this was a better than unusual situation.”
“The vendor had been warned multiple times and was in the process of trying to pack food up and lock it up. We did have to take a measure to actually destroy the food.”
Inspectors say they found workers washing their hands in a bucket of dirty water, raw meat sitting out, bad refrigeration and no sanitizer.
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BREAKING: Congressman Davidson has proposed a bill for paying federal taxes in Bitcoin for a strategic $BTC reserve
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BREAKING: Bitcoin falls below $88,000 for the first time since April 22nd.
Bitcoin is officially down more than -30% since October 6th.
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Bitcoin is officially down more than -30% since October 6th.
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