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Economics & Business Mar 7, 2025

Airlines with more women at the top found to be more efficient

The aviation sector was one of those hardest hit by the restrictions in place during the COVID pandemic. Research led by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) analyzed the efficiency of 45 airline groups over two years, ...

Space Exploration Mar 7, 2025

Musk's SpaceX faces new setback after Starship explosion

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday once again lost the upper stage of its massive Starship rocket in a fiery explosion, even as the booster was successfully caught in its orbital test—a near replay of the previous attempt.

Space Exploration Mar 7, 2025

SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came ...

Environment Mar 3, 2025

Hitting the UK's net zero targets would save money and the climate

The latest report from the UK's climate advisors has been released—and offers a positive vision of a net zero future.

Economics & Business Feb 24, 2025

Sudden oil supply outages creating turbulence for airline industry

Unplanned oil supply outages caused by geopolitical instability, military conflicts, natural disasters and technical issues are throwing airline stock markets into chaos and making it more expensive to fly.

Environment Feb 12, 2025

Ukraine war forces planes to take longer routes, raising CO₂ emissions

Global aviation carbon dioxide emissions increased by 1% in 2023 because planes had to fly longer routes to avoid Russian airspace, according to a new study.

Environment Feb 10, 2025

How the war in Ukraine has made flying worse for the climate

Some long-haul flights connecting Europe and Asia are emitting 40% more CO₂ since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, my new study shows. The spike is largely due to airspace closures above conflict zones which ...

Space Exploration Feb 5, 2025

Rocket junk has a 1 in 4 chance per year of entering busy airspace, study suggests

There's a 26% annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a UBC study. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Environment Jan 22, 2025

NZ's climate policies are no longer enough to keep warming at 1.5°C—here's what needs to happen

It's now official. Last year was the warmest year on record globally and the first to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This doesn't mean it's too late to rein in further warming, but the ambition required rises with ...

Space Exploration Jan 18, 2025

US grounds SpaceX's Starship after fiery mid-air explosion

The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission.

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