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� � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � China says it discovered potentially vast amounts of a rare superconducting material - Popular Science    Dubbed 'niobobaotite,' a new type of ore found in China's mine in Inner Mongolia could be used to boost rechargeable batteries and reinforce steel. By Andrew Paul | Published Oct 16, 2023 11:00 AM EDT The ore found in Inner Mongolia—dubbed niobobaotite—also contains large quantities of barium, titanium, iron, and chlorine, according to a statement from China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) earlier this month. Continued here Americans are least likely to care about kids having good manners. Here's what they prioritize instead - CNBC    Having well-behaved kids is often a concern for parents. But not all adults in every country actually think it's one the most important things. Overall, adults in the U.S. are least likely to say that kids having good manners is an especially important quality — just 52% of them said so in 2017, according to a report released this month by King's College London. That makes the U.S. the country least likely, of the 24 countries surveyed in recent years, to believe good manners are crucial for kids. This is a significant drop from 1990, when 76% of U.S. adults said it was a very important quality for children to possess, the data shows. Continued here Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Hamas tunnels under Gaza will be a key battlefield for Israel - The Economist    STUDENTS OF urban warfare divide the battlefield into four planes. One is the sky above cities, increasingly thick with drones. Next are the buildings that extend upwards, offering vantage points and hiding places. A third is the streetscape: the lattice of roads, alleys and paths that form a city’s peacetime arteries. It is the fourth—the tunnels lying beneath—that will present the greatest challenge to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) when they begin their invasion of the Gaza Strip in the coming days. The first smuggling tunnels in the area were built by Bedouin clans on both sides of the Egypt-Gaza border after 1981, when Israel and Egypt demarcated the border. The first known tunnel attack from the strip occurred in 1989. But it was in 2001 that Hamas, the militant group that would later take over the territory, after Israel withdrew in 2005, began construction of a remarkable subterranean network. Its initial aim was to smuggle in material and arms from Egypt. But the tunnels had manifold other uses. Commanders could hide in them and use them to communicate without relying on Gaza’s phone network, tapped by Israel. They provided hiding places for weapons and ammunition. Hamas could use them for ambushes during Israeli ground wars in Gaza. And they allowed cross-border raids into Israel for attacks and abductions—such as the kidnapping of Corporal Gilad Shalit in 2006, a raid that later helped Hamas secure the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Hizbullah, the Lebanese militant group, built similar tunnels on the Israel-Lebanon border, though most were destroyed in 2018-19. Continued here CDs are cool again. Here's how to rip them. - Popular Science    By Justin Pot | Published Jun 20, 2023 10:00 AM EDT The number of sold CDs is rising for the first time in a generation, in part because buying them is a great way to support the bands you love. But there’s a problem: you can’t listen to CDs on your digital devices unless you rip them first.  In ancient times—back in 2001—people knew how to do this, but much that should have been remembered has been forgotten. Continued here

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