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In think tank’s Taiwan war game, US beats China at high cost

WASHINGTON – In a pessimistic, but realistic, 2026 war game scenario, a combined sabotage and information operation campaign helped Chinese military […]

By Aidualc | 05 Sep 22 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

China’s Ultra-Rich Are Losing Their Favorite Escape Route to Europe

It’s a pitch that’s lured thousands of Chinese over the past decade, helping to reshape Portugal’s urban landscape as part […]

By Aidualc | 03 Sep 22 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

This Solar Tower Can Transform Water, Sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuel

Aldo Steinfeld, a professor at ETH Zürich’s Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, says his system for converting ambient air […]

By Aidualc | 02 Sep 22 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Visualized: Which Countries are Dominating Space?

▼ Use This Visualization Believe it or not, there is a lot of stuff in space. In fact, our atmosphere […]

By Aidualc | 01 Sep 22 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

No path out of economic oblivion for Russia, Yale University scientists believe

August 11, 2022·19 min read In the study, titled “Business Retreats and Sanctions Are Crippling the Russian Economy” the experts said that […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

A Nuclear War Could Starve Billions, But One Country May Be Safer Than The Rest

It starts with a single mushroom-shaped cloud the world hoped to never see again. Retaliation prompts tit-for-tat attacks, each intended […]

By Aidualc | 30 Aug 22 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China just ran into something that could be even more devastating for its supply chains than COVID-19 lockdowns: A record heat wave

OVID-19 lockdowns in China threw a wrench into global supply chains earlier this year, causing shipping and production delays worldwide, and hindering […]

By Aidualc | 29 Aug 22 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

‘We realized that there’s no way we can return’: Russia’s best and brightest are leaving the country in record numbers. 6 young Russians explain why they left

Three months ago, Sonya, a 25-year-old who works at a major mobile gaming company and moonlights as a tutor, made […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Heat waves: The worst is yet to come

Mariano Zafra Molina  For more than 30 years, scientists have been warning of the increased impact of heat waves due […]

By Aidualc | 22 Aug 22 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Humans are not prepared for a pandemic caused by fungal infections

When the 48-year-old longtime smoker came to Shmuel Shoham, an infectious diseases expert at Johns Hopkins, she was worried about […]

By Aidualc | 19 Aug 22 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)