Mike Corder

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Structural engineer Lou Ottens holds an audio cassette in a 1988 photo.
Cassette Tape Inventor Dies at 94
The engineer's goal was simple: make tapes and their players far more portable and easier to use.
Mar 12th, 2021
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US Manufacturers Start to Reopen
Boeing and a small number of other manufacturers around the U.S. geared up to resume production.
Apr 20th, 2020
Young Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, right, unveils the Interceptor in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. Slat is taking his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean to rivers, using the Interceptor, a new floating device to catch garbage before it reaches the seas.
Device Can Scoop Plastic Out of Rivers
A floating solar-powered device called the "Interceptor" that scoops plastic out of rivers as it drifts past.
Oct 28th, 2019
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Farmers Protest Efforts to Cut Emissions, Reduce Herds
Slow-moving convoys of tractors protested government actions targeting carbon and nitrogen emissions from agriculture.
Oct 16th, 2019
In this Thursday, March 15, 2018 file photo, the logo for Unilever appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Consumer products giant Unilever, whose brands include Dove soaps and Lipton teas, said on Monday Oct. 7, 2019, they are pledging to halve its use of non-recycled plastics by 2025.
Unilever Vows to Slash Use of Plastic
The company aims to achieve the goal by reducing its use of all plastics by 100,000 metric tons and using more recycled plastic.
Oct 7th, 2019
In this file photo dated Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, recovery workers in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine load debris from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in Hrabove, Ukraine, with recovery operations carried out under the supervision of Dutch investigators and officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Five years after a missile blew Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 out of the sky above eastern Ukraine, relatives and friends of those killed will gather Wednesday July 17, 2019, at a Dutch memorial to mark the anniversary.
5th Anniversary of MH17 Downing
The names of all 298 passengers and crew killed on July 17, 2014 will be read out at a solemn ceremony.
Jul 17th, 2019
Ford of Europe Chairman Steven Armstrong is interviewed at a Ford event in Halfweg, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Ford's European boss said that if the United Kingdom can't work out a deal on how to leave the European Union while guaranteeing 'frictionless trade' then the company 'will have to consider seriously the long-term future of our investments in the country.'
Ford May Reconsider UK Investments
Ford of Europe Chairman Steven Armstrong warned of the potentially disastrous effects of a no-deal Brexit.
Apr 2nd, 2019
In this Thursday, May 18, 2017, file photo the Dutch CEO of Unilever Paul Polman gives a speech at the launch of the New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize at the Saatchi Gallery in London. The Anglo-Dutch company announced Polman's retirement by the end of 2018 early Thursday, the announcement comes months after Unilever, under pressure from shareholders, reversed a decision to consolidate its headquarters in Rotterdam.
Unilever CEO to Retire
Paul Polman's retirement ends 10 years at the helm of Unilever.
Nov 29th, 2018
An Airbus passenger drone and Pop.Up Next, rear, a prototype designed by Audi, Airbus and Italdesign is displayed at the Amsterdam Drone Week in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. The Pop.Up Next, a two-seater vehicle, combines combines ground transportation with vertical take-off and landing.
Drone-Car Takes Flight
This could be the future of urban mobility.
Nov 27th, 2018
In this Feb. 22, 2000 photo the Unilever European headquarters are seen in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods multinational whose vast stable of brands includes Dove, Knorr and Ben & Jerry's, says it is basing its headquarters in the Netherlands, ending its longstanding structure of having head offices in both Rotterdam and London.
Unilever Ditches Headquarters
The move will end a dual structure that goes back nearly 90 years.
Mar 15th, 2018
Support beams stabilize an historic farm in Hunzinge, northern Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. More than 3,000 homes in Groningen province are facing reinforcement or even in some cases demolition because of a series of small tremors caused by decades of gas extraction and the Dutch government is being forced to confront the possibility of a future without locally produced gas years earlier than expected.
Manmade Quakes Force Village to Face Future Without Gas
Thousands of homes are facing demolition because of hundreds of small tremors caused by decades of gas extraction.
Jan 29th, 2018
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New Bike Lock Blocks Your Phone
One in five bicycle accidents involving children is caused by smartphone use.
Jun 21st, 2017