End of an era for the largest model railway in southeastern Europe Posted January 5, 2025 It’s the end of an era for the largest model railway in southeastern Europe. The Backo Mini Express—a 1.5-kilometer model railway with 150 mini locomotives—has it…
Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows Posted January 4, 2025 Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows. Some neighborhoods were most vulnerable to the …
What billionaires and their advisers say keeps them from giving more and faster Posted January 3, 2025 America’s wealthiest people have urged each other to give away more of their money since at least 1889, the year Andrew Carnegie argued that the richest should give away their for…
Panasonic opens its first fully renewable energy factory in Europe, powered by solar and hydrogen Posted January 2, 2025 Tech giant Panasonic has converted its 50-year-old microwave production facility in Cardiff, Wales, to operate entirely on renewable energy. This project, the company’s first i…
Sails ahoy! Pioneers spearhead comeback for wind to clean up global shipping Posted January 1, 2025 Seafaring pioneers are spearheading a comeback for wind power in the shipping industry, to try to make a dent in its huge carbon…
Libraries are becoming hubs for public health across the U.S. Posted December 31, 2024 The mobile clinic is one of several health programs offered by libraries across the U.S.—from tiny rural town libraries to large urban systems. They offer fitness classes, …
Campbell’s shareholders approve the company’s new, soupless name Posted December 30, 2024 Campbell’s is ditching the soup—at least in name. And the change has now received the shareholders’ green light. Campbell Soup Co. announced its intention to c…
Disabled Americans rely on rideshare apps but say they still face discrimination Posted December 29, 2024 Disabled people who use rideshare apps Lyft and Uber say their experience is not a seamless task of p…
Think ‘brain rot’ summed up 2024? Oxford agrees it was the word of the year Posted December 28, 2024 Many of us have felt it, and now it's official: "brain rot" is the Oxford Dictionary's word of the year. Oxford University Press said that the evocative phrase…
Cyber Monday shoppers were expected to set a record on the year’s biggest day for online shopping Posted December 27, 2024 Even though e-commerce is now part and parcel of many people’s regular routines and the holiday shopp…