Weekly Digest 09.03.25

to continue to exist or be present

disparities remain

persistendure

To send a spacecraft, rocket, or missile into the air or into space

The spacecraft Athena, launched by Intuitive Machines, landed lopsided on the Moon.

blast offtake offliftoffsend up

A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to a shortage of water

Prolonged droughts have pushed women into informal fishing for survival.

dry spellwater scarcityaridfamine

A sum of money, often a large one

The project cost several million.

billionthousandcurrency

Capable of movement

The study found that men with a higher number of motile sperm lived 2–3 years longer.

motility

A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data

North Korean hackers cash out hundreds of millions from $1.5bn ByBit hack.

cybercriminalcrackerphishercyber-attacker

the action or process through which something is changed so much that it appears to be entirely new

Lady Gaga has built her career on constant reinvention.

transformationinnovationrenewal

convert illegally obtained funds into legitimate assets

They laundered the stolen money through a series of shell corporations.

washconceal

To change or modify something

The group altered the data.

modifiedchangedadjustedrevised

any digital currency that uses cryptography to secure transactions

a record-breaking $1.5 billion crypto heist

A hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk, often used as jewelry

Rihanna gave birth in pearls and sunglasses.

jewelrygemstoneoyster

taking unfair advantage

Prolonged droughts have pushed women into informal fishing for survival, where they face exploitative sex-for-fish arrangements due to power imbalances.

unethicaloppressive