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If Microsoft is to be believed, Sony is preparing to launch a PlayStation 5 Slim

Meta Platforms Inc.’s Threads app — the social network rolling out this week to take on Twitter Inc.

For the first time, companies and governments are raising considerably more money in the debt markets for environmentally

The secret to life on distant planets could lie beneath the ocean floor, according to staggering research. A rich tapestry of microbes uncovered from rocks hundreds of feet down among the ocean crust proved an illuminating discovery for authors of a study first published in 2020. The single-cell organisms that live off methane in the South Pacific were far more plentiful in number than expected after being uncovered during an expedition in 2010. It came when the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) collected samples from 400 feet below the ocean crust. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter The sheer number of microbes they found in the rock samples surprised them, with the rocks containing an enormous 10 billion bacterial cells – a huge increase compared to normal levels on the seafloor, which normally only measure around 100 bacterial cells per cubic centimeter. "I thought it was a dream, seeing such rich microbial life in rocks," Yohey Suzuki from the University of Tokyo said. The signs are certainly encouraging when it comes to searching for life on Mars and other planets in the solar system, especially as the findings of the study suggested that the microbes were there organically and not influenced by underwater volcanoes. "Minerals are like a fingerprint for what conditions were present when the clay formed. Neutral to slightly alkaline levels, low temperature, moderate salinity, iron-rich environment, basalt rock—all of these conditions are shared between the deep ocean and the surface of Mars," Suzuki said. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Secondary schools are being asked to ditch devices to try and improve students' learning.

Denmark’s financial watchdog ordered Saxo Bank to dispose of its own holdings of cryptoassets, saying banks aren’t allowed

July's Buck supermoon could be seen around the world lighting up the skies at the start of this week, but incredible new footage is showing the sheer scale of the phenomenon. A plane flying over the skies of Oregon is going viral after being filmed getting completely eclipsed by the moment. In the footage of the giant moon, the tiny plane goes flying past, and looks absolutely minuscule in comparison to the planet. Click here to sign up for our newsletters

McKinsey & Co. joined the growing chorus warning that metals considered key to the clean-energy transition face shortages

There was a lot to like in Tesla Inc.’s latest quarterly numbers. The carmaker delivered roughly 18,000 more

Japan’s biggest maritime port was crippled by an alleged Russian cyberattack, disrupting cargo as operators rushed to prevent

Mark Zuckerberg is in hot water in China — again. An influential social media account affiliated with the

Police in China have detained a college graduate suspected of stealing university data to create a website rating the attractiveness of his fellow students.