Monthly Archives: June, 2025
Gold Gains as Fed Uncertainty Weighs on Dollar
Reuters reports that gold rose 0.5% on Thursday to $3,347.39 as the U.S. dollar weakened amid concerns over the Federal Reserve’s independence and ahead...
Greener Gold: Scientists Unveil Safer Extraction Method
Mrigakshi Dixit of Interesting Engineering reports that Scientists at Flinders University have developed a safer, eco-friendly method to extract high-purity gold from ore, electronic...
The Lay of the Land: Who Can You Trust?
In times like these, it’s good to get your bearings. But sometimes there’s too much going on to do so. It’s why in my...
Data Centers Could Dominate U.S. Commercial Power Use by 2050
The US Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2025 projects that electricity use for commercial computing—especially in data centers—will grow faster than any other...
UBS Predicts Robot Boom: 300 Million Humanoids by 2050
A new UBS report, led by China-based analysts and backed by over 30 contributors, forecasts that 2 million humanoid robots will be deployed within...