Have you ever wondered why there is such horrific backlash against the vast majority of climate scientists who are warning us that global warming is in the process of ruining our planet? Where did all these climate deniers comes from, …
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When complete, this freshly vandalized billboard in Northern California will read, “We make kids disappear. — ICE.”
Last Wednesday we said goodbye to the law that was enacted to protect the oceans after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. Like essentially every other piece of environmental legislation that came from the Obama era, under the Trump administration, it’s …
Question: Santa Barbara is not the only city in the world know for its quirky parades, but its Summer Solstice Parade may be the most whimsical on Earth.
From this morning’s Daily Stoic: Around 1998, Miep Gies supplied a small note to be appended to the end of a forthcoming biography of Anne Frank. It was completely fitting that Gies have the last word on Anne Frank, given all …
Everyone in America who’s trying to pay attention to the world around him is working hard to make sense of a nonsensical situation. Current events in U.S. politics are happening so fast that none of us has the mental bandwidth …
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I don’t think I know anyone stupid enough to pay $160 for a device that requires a gushing stream or a stiff, steady breeze (and the time to position it properly) to do the job performed by a $25 piece …
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Here’s a video depicting one of variations on the theme of extracting energy from ocean waves. Though I’ve seen countless numbers, I haven’t studied each of the variants thoroughly, so it’s only a guess when I say that this seems …
The Hidden Brain is a fabulous radio program, broadcast on 900 NPR affiliates around the country. With a seemingly limitless variety of guests, host Shankar Vedantam discusses brain functions, emotional responses, and cognitive processes that happen outside of our conscious …
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I’m not sure how many Americans heard the news that U.S. President Donald Trump announced today a new sixth branch of the military: The Space Force, which would join the Coast Guard, Marines, Navy, Army and Air Force as a …
