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Aunt Flo has arrived — and this time, she’s bringing a beverage cart. Period-friendly drinks have flooded the wellness world, with brands promising their specially formulated concoctions can help take the edge off that time of the month.  The Cycle, for instance, sells two canned drinks it markets as supporting hormonal health around your period, including one for the week before and another for the days you’re on it. Another player in the space is Pink Stork, which sells PMS Tea to support menstrual regularity, energy levels and mood while easing pre-period woes. Then there’s Jovia’s lineup, which has herbal…

Kate Adamala has a vision of the future. In it, biology would replace chemical manufacturing. “Ultimate success,” says the synthetic biologist, would be that “all the atoms we’re moving in our economy are moved with biology.” Adamala and her colleagues at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis announced one step…

Tesla has taken over electric vehicles, solar panels and robotaxis, and now it’s targeting bikes for kids. The tech manufacturing giant has developed a $225 balance bike for toddlers with a five-way adjustable seat and no pedals or brakes, complete with the Tesla logo plastered on its frame. The website says…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that Germany will take part in a French nuclear exercise later this year, following a joint meeting of the French and German governments near Cologne. “Alongside this work on a shared doctrine, German conventional forces will this year take part in a nuclear…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAI expect that Pauline Hanson is merely investigating the source of all those immigrants who come here to take Australian jobs (“Hanson’s Europe vacation reveals One Nation dissent”, July 17). How very kind of…

Ontario’s sport minister has announced his plan to retire from cabinet and provincial politics, stepping down from his role at the beginning of August. Neil Lumsden, who sits as the MPP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, wrote an open letter announcing his retirement from politics.“For the past four years, I have…

July 17, 2026 — 7:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAArtificial intelligence has been playing an increasing role in our lives at the micro level for years, from our televisions and smartphones to our playlists…

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Barito Renewables Energy—controlled by Indonesian billionaire Prajogo Pangestu—is seeking to buy Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in a deal valuing the largest Philippine geothermal company at $5 billion.The unsolicited, indicative and non-binding offer for EDC is subject to due diligence and necessary approvals, Manila-based First Gen Corp., the geothermal company’s biggest…

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