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Jusant preview (Xbox Series X): The exact kind of relaxing exploration game I needed

I had a chance to preview Jusant, an upcoming, relaxing narrative-adventure game focused around scaling a giant tower.

Windows Central · Aug 24, 2023

Fukushima nuclear power plant is now pumping wastewater into the Pacific Ocean

The International Atomic Energy Agency — the UN's atomic watchdog — has said the release meets international safety standards with a "negligible radiological impact."

LiveScience · Aug 24, 2023

How do coral reefs thrive in parts of the ocean that are low in nutrients? By eating their algal companions

Coral reefs thrive in parts of the world’s oceans that are low in nutrients. This mystery has puzzled scientists for centuries and has become known as the “Darwin paradox of coral reefs”.

The Conversation · Aug 24, 2023

Barnacles could hold key to mystery of missing Malaysian Airlines plane MH370

Shells growing on debris washed up along Indian Ocean shores can yield clues about the aircraft’s final flight

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023

Wind-powered cargo ship takes maiden voyage

A cargo ship that has been fitted with giant, rigid sails designed to cut the vessel’s carbon emissions set out on its maiden voyage from Singapore this week. The Pyxis Ocean was chartered by the US commodities group Cargill, in an attempt to investigate how wind power could reduce energy…

The Week · Aug 24, 2023

Events at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster

The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will start releasing treated but still slightly radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023

Japan begins releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear power plant into Pacific Ocean

China has branded the move ‘selfish and irresponsible’ amid huge backlash

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023

China bans Japanese seafood after Fukushima wastewater release

Water containing radioactive tritium being pumped into Pacific via tunnel from Tepco plant, amid protests from China, South Korea and fishing communities

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2023

Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant to release radioactive wastewater into sea

The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will begin releasing the first batch of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean later Thursday, utility executives said.

France 24 · Aug 24, 2023

The Fukushima nuclear plant is ready to release radioactive wastewater into sea later Thursday

The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it will begin releasing the first batch of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean later Thursday

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023