Disaster-prone Japan doubles as real-world test lab for US startups

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 20:45:00 +0200nikkei-en (en)

TOKYO -- Ahmad Wani, the CEO of One Concern, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to gauge what kind of damage a disaster might leave behind, founded his company in California, no stranger to wildfires, earthquakes and other natural disasters. But One Concern now finds itself as part of a trend in which U.

Body found in search for missing British diplomat who vanished while out jogging

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 01:40:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

A body has been found in the search for a missing British diplomat who vanished while out jogging over three months ago. Richard Morris, the UK’s former ambassador to Nepal, disappeared after he set out from his home in Bentley, Hampshire, near Farnham, on the morning of May 6.

The climate change exchange: ‘Back-up’ plan

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 04:32:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

From physics, we know that if an object exerts a force opposite and equal to that which is being externally exerted upon it, then that object is said to be in a state of equilibrium and consequently that object remains at rest. Furthermore, for soils whose pH levels are lower they are more acidic....