The Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal
The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...
Orangutans prefer food associated with sounds of laughter, study suggests
Apes in study more likely to choose treats linked to sound of peers having fun, suggesting emotions influence learning Orangutans base their food choices on whether others appear to be having a good time, research suggests. Scientists studying captive orangutans have found that when the great apes heard the sound of their peers laughing before they searched a bowl for a tasty treat, they valued the reward more highly. Continue reading...
Westinghouse investing $1B to make a new kind of uranium at SC nuclear fuel factory
COLUMBIA — Westinghouse Electric Company plans to expand its nuclear fuel campus south of Columbia to make a new type of uranium for power plants.The nuclear power giant announced Wednesday it would invest $1 billion in a new factory, alongside its existing plant in southern Richland County, to make what it calls low enriched uranium plus.
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