This piece in The Economist puts humankind’s position vis-a-vis climate change into perspective. It’s not the end of the world, and it’s not the end of humanity either.
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Slovenia Is Different
Slovenians put their priorities in different places than we Americans do. For instance, they make a huge deal out of stacking firewood; the image at the left is something one sees virtually everywhere over here. I’ve split a fair amount …
A Contrubuted Post: How Much Does an Engineer Earn?
Meta-description: How much can you earn as an engineer? How much does a fresh engineer earn? Would you make more money as an engineering consultant? Find out answers to all this and more – we have the latest numbers here …
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Science in Peril
It was on this day in 1848 that the American Association for the Advancement of Science, known as AAAS, was created. Until recently, math and science were exalted as the disciplines that separated truth from falsity, fact from opinion or propaganda.
Changing the World Starts with You and Me
The incredible photos here remind us of one thing: the power that rests in all of us to change the world. When Greta Thunberg would skip school each Friday to protest here government leaders’ indifference to environmental protection, she could not …
Eating in the Balkans
The cuisine of the Balkans is very much about meat and carbs. Green vegetables aren’t easy to grow, and though one does see vast fields of corns, they’re largely there to feed the cattle. These people seem to have the …
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Challenge with the Black Sea
The Radovna River (pictured) flows into Slovenia’s longest river, the Soča , which makes its way southeast through Bosnia & Herzegovina into Serbia, where it meets the Danube in Belgrade and flows south into the Black Sea.
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Trump Tackles California’s Clean Air Standards
Trump is relentless in his quest to destroy California’s clean air standards associated with auto emissions, ordering the state to conform to the lowered protections he’s commanded for the other 49 states.
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Croatia Fighting the Battle We All Face
Croatia, like most prosperous countries, faces an internal debate associated with the development of pristine lands. The Dalmatian islands, of which there are 2243 off the country’s western coast, appear ripe for the taking, and there are plenty of hungry …
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Note on Human Evolution
As we remember from our biology classes, species evolve over time due to spontaneous mutations in our genetic material that either improve or not improve our capacity to thrive in our environment. Mutations that directly relate to sex and death …
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