Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++Brexit First Brexit, then Covid: can Eurostar get back on track? Financial Times - Henry ManceIn an office near St Pancras station, Jacques Damas is holding a train magazine and preparing for a train journey. The 63-year-old chief executive of Eurostar has worked in railways for his entire career....
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++Energy How Britain decarbonised faster than any other rich country verified_publisherThe Economist OVER THE summer of 2020, as coronavirus cases fell and life in Britain felt briefly normal, something very abnormal was happening to the country’s …
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++Software A Letter Sealed for Centuries Has Been Read---Without Even Opening It The Wall Street Journal. - Sara CastellanosUsing computer algorithms and an X-ray scanner designed for dental research, an international team of researchers has unlocked the secrets of a tightly folded letter sealed since 1697—without opening The...
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++Carbon Britons brace for price of UK going to net zero Financial Times - Peter FosterWhen the UK became the world’s first major economy to commit to a binding target of “net zero” carbon emissions by 2050, it had already made good progress with its electricity grid. The rapid growth of...
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++Vaccination Novavax closes in on Covid-19 triumph after 33 years of failure Financial Times - Hannah KuchlerLess than a year before the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the world, Novavax was facing delisting from the Nasdaq. The pharmaceutical company had poured hundreds of millions of dollars into research and development...
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++Biodiesel The Lion, the Polygamist, and the Biofuel Scam WIRED - Vince Beiser How a member of a breakaway Mormon sect teamed up with a Lambo-driving, hard-partying tycoon to bilk the government for hundreds of millions of …
