Tesla and BYD have joined forces to establish sustainable practices that bring about environmental cleanliness by setting aside their traditional industry competition, according to Stella Li, BYD's executive vice president during an interview with the Financial Times. (LINK) — 26 April 2025

Kennedy Center's LGBTQ+ Pride events canceled (LINK) — 26 April 2025

World's first 'splashless' urinal keeps the floor clean and your pants pee-free: Scientists at the University of Waterloo, Camada, designed the Nautilus which works for users of almost any height and reduces splashback by 98%. Switching North America over to Nautilus-style urinals could save up to 10 million litres of water per day. (LINK) — 25 April 2025

Switzerland unveils world's first operational solar railway project near Buttes in the canton of Neuchâtel (LINK) — 25 April 2025

World's tallest abandoned skyscraper resumes construction: nearly 600m-tall Goldin Finance 117 in the Chinese port city of Tianjin was paused in 2015 because of financial difficulties. (LINK) — 25 April 2025

10 things French people really eat every day (and it's not what you'd expect) (LINK) — 25 April 2025

China hosts world's first half-marathon race between humans and robots: some 21 humanoid robots, sourced from Chinese manufacturers, raced alongside thousands of runners around the 21km course in Beijing (LINK)— ground.news: 151 media reports (LINK) — 18 April 2025

U.S. healthcare chains shutting down in the wake of COVID: 40% of residents in facilities had or likely had Covid in 2020 and over 1,300 facilities had infection rates of 75% or higher in surge periods. — 3 April 2025 (LINK)

— Economic issues mounted as rising inflation after the start of the pandemic impacted senior facilities' expenses and increased the cost of products, supplies, and employee wages. Higher interest rates in the last three years have also increased the cost of facility operators' debt.

Bus driver in crash that left Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre claiming she has 'four days to live' contradicts her account of the incident — and insisted that the car was in a minor collision with his bus. — 3 April 2025 (LINK)

March miscellaneous