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Zero-Covid harming 75% of European firms in China: business group

Beijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 - China's inflexible and inconsistent zero-Covid policy is crippling European business operations in the country, a major business lobby said Wednesday, warning that the presence of the companies can no longer be taken for granted.

By Space War Editorial Team · Jun 25, 2026

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In 1859, a solar storm now called the Carrington Event induced currents so strong in telegraph lines that operators disconnected their batteries and kept sending messages powered by the aurora alone, with sparks jumping from the keys to their fingers

On September 2, 1859, the largest geomagnetic storm ever recorded induced currents so powerful in telegraph lines that operators across North America disconnected their batteries and kept working — powered entirely by the aurora — while sparks leapt from keys to their fingers.

By Space War Editorial Team · Jul 27, 2026
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The Soviet Venera 13 probe survived 127 minutes on the surface of Venus in 1982, transmitting colour photographs of orange rock through an atmosphere hot enough to melt lead before the pressure crushed its electronics into silence

In March 1982, the Soviet Venera 13 lander survived 127 minutes on Venus — nearly four times its design life — long enough to return colour panoramas of orange-lit basalt and drill a sample of alkaline rock before the pressure and 855-degree heat killed it.

By Space War Editorial Team · Jul 27, 2026
Psychology

Psychology says the people who stay genuinely fit deep into their 60s and 70s aren't the ones with the best genetics, the most discipline, or the strictest routines — they're the ones who quietly decided a long time ago that moving their body wasn't about the way they looked, it was about staying inside a life they didn't want to start opting out of

Maybe it's the 72-year-old who still hikes the hard trail. The neighbor in her late 60s hauling mulch like it's nothing.

By Brendan Brown · Jul 26, 2026

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