UK inflation hit its highest level in nearly a decade in October after rising energy prices hit household bills. NS Consumer Price Index rose to 4.2 percent It was up 3.1 percent from the previous year, the highest since November 2011, and 3.1 percent in September, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. The …
American astronomers called on Thursday for the nation to invest in a new generation of “extremely large”, multibillion-dollar telescopes that will be larger than any currently in orbit on Earth or in space. The investment will require salvaging and combining the efforts of two competing projects, the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Thirty Meter Telescope. …
Pacific Gas & Electric announced on Wednesday an ambitious plan to take power lines 10,000 miles underground to prevent the wildfires that sent the utility to bankruptcy court in 2019. The project, which will include about 10 percent of the lines currently above ground, could cost tens of billions of dollars to realize. The utility, …
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