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Benzinga Watch Out, Elon Musk. These EV Startups Are Trying To Take On Tesla With a $145.9 billion fortune at press time Elon Musk, the founder of the electric car manufacturer Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), has added more than $100 billion to his net worth since January 2020. Tesla’s shares have been going up, beating …

The remains of a North Carolina woman who vanished last month, likely while “dumpster diving,” were found at a landfill Monday, authorities said. The family of Stephanie Cox, 30, reported her missing to police in Greensboro, where she was last seen, at about 8 p.m. on Jan. 30. Earlier that day, police in Burlington had …

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — The following are the highlights of China’s key technology news from the past week: PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY Chinese space engineers have tested a micro propulsion technology on a recently launched satellite, which could be used in future space-based gravitational wave detection. Experts from the China Academy of Space Technology under the …

Indonesia is the world’s second largest contributor to marine waste. Seeing the beautiful coral reefs off the coast of Indonesia’s capital drowning in plastic, 25 year-old Swietenia Puspa Lestari decided to take action. She leads a team of volunteer divers who clear rubbish from the reefs and recycle what they find. Produced by Callistasia Wijaya …

Thirteen-year-old Ranniel quit school to support his family. He now risks his life, diving into polluted waters to retrieve plastic waste, the result of a pay-as-you-go, single-use plastic culture that is devastating the environment. It’s estimated that Filipinos dispose of 163 million single-use sachets of household products a day, according to one study. That’s enough …

Congenital heart disease is a risk factor in scuba diving, but this shouldn’t stop prospective divers from pursuing heart-pounding underwater action. If you were to live life once, would you allow a medical condition to get in the way of extreme adventure? Nevertheless, a sufferer will have to take the necessary precautions should he decide …

Of the 39 people aboard the 75-foot dive boat Conception, only five crew members, including the captain, were found alive. The others, who were in the lower sleeping deck, likely got trapped when the roaring blaze blocked their escape routes, authorities have said. The crew was on the upper wheelhouse deck. “What’s emerging from the …

The bodies of 33 people who died in a diving boat fire off the coast of Southern California have been recovered, leaving only one still missing. The bodies of 13 additional victims were recovered Tuesday from the waters off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, where the 75-foot commercial vessel the Conception went up in …

I can imagine that because I’ve been there — never off the M/V Conception, but I have dived on one of her sister boats. I have made many dives in the cold, clear and thrilling waters in the area. I lived in Southern California early in my diving career and loved the experience of diving …

More than 30 people were unaccounted for Monday morning after a deadly fire on a diving vessel off the coast of Southern California. The Ventura County Fire Department told CBS News that there were fatalities, but officials didn’t know the exact number. Ventura County fire Captain Brian McGrath told CBS News 34 people were unaccounted …