Link: 23 States Sue Trump Administration to Keep California’s Auto Emission Rules
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Trees that survived the one-two punch of drought and bark beetles turn out to have …
Trees that survived the one-two punch of drought and bark beetles turn out to have been more water-efficient than those that didn’t, suggesting that at least some species can adapt to the longer droughts anticipated in the future. There’s thoughts of deliberately replanting with seeds from these trees to help it along.
Link: These Trees Survived California’s Drought and That’s Giving Scientists Hope for Climate Change
Article from IEEE Spectrum on large scale energy storage methods and the price point needed …
Article from IEEE Spectrum on large scale energy storage methods and the price point needed for utilities to switch to 100% renewables.
Scientists taught these adorable rats to play hide and seek
Scientists taught these adorable rats to play hide and seek – Los Angeles Times
Obligatory XKCD (time zones)
Great… I’ve already seen tumbleweeds the size of a car rolling down the street, back …
Great… I’ve already seen tumbleweeds the size of a car rolling down the street, back when I lived closer to more open space.
California’s Meddlesome Tumbleweeds Could Grow Even More Menacing
One of those headlines that makes you go, “Wait, what?” until you switch to …
One of those headlines that makes you go, “Wait, what?” until you switch to the right context.
“To Stop Transformers From Exploding, Make Their Tanks Flexible”
I mean, alternatively you could get someone other than Michael Bay to direct them….
An interesting read comparing the rhetoric of the “reasonable” right to the rhetoric of the pre-Civil War South.
An interesting read comparing the rhetoric of the “reasonable” right to the rhetoric of the pre-Civil War South.
“Despite substantial improvements in mobile UX over the past decade, people still tend to do …
“Despite substantial improvements in mobile UX over the past decade, people still tend to do their most important online activities on larger screens.”
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/large-devices-important-tasks/
– via @NNgroup
Link: Electric Boats Could Be Floating Batteries for Island Microgrids
Electric Boats Could Be Floating Batteries for Island Microgrids
Researchers in Australia have developed a control algorithm that allows electric boats equipped with solar panels to sell power to a microgrid
Sooner or later, the shark gets jumped
Link: Column: CEOs say they care about customers and workers. Propaganda experts are unimpressed
Link: Column: CEOs say they care about customers and workers. Propaganda experts are unimpressed.
Link: Editorial: Trump’s new plan to incarcerate migrant families isn’t just cruel, it’s unjustifiable
Link: Editorial: Trump’s new plan to incarcerate migrant families isn’t just cruel, it’s unjustifiable
Link: New plastic pollution formed by fire looks like rocks
Link: New plastic pollution formed by fire looks like rocks
Virologists have reconstructed the genome of an HIV sample preserved since 1966…
Virologists have reconstructed the genome of an HIV sample preserved since 1966, long before the virus was discovered. Comparing it to modern strains has helped fill in the history of the virus, which appears to have jumped to humans around 1900-1920.
I’m guessing these California wine growers being hurt by Trump’s trade war aren’t going to get the same government handout that midwest farmers are to make up for the damage. Link: The latest casualty of Trump’s trade war with China? California wine
I’m guessing these California wine growers being hurt by Trump’s trade war aren’t going to get the same government handout that midwest farmers are to make up for the damage.
Link: The latest casualty of Trump’s trade war with China? California wine
Gee, you think?
Gee, you think?
Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations
Man wearing TV on head caught on camera leaving old TVs on Virginia front porches
I think the headline says it all: “Dropbox had to evacuate its headquarters when an …
I think the headline says it all: “Dropbox had to evacuate its headquarters when an electric scooter caught fire”
Link: Court upholds ruling that children held at border have adequate food, bedding, sanitation
Link: Court upholds ruling that children held at border have adequate food, bedding, sanitation