The Power and the Glory
The US could reliably run on clean energy by 2050. A new simulation highlights the stability of wind, solar, and water power. "Time-dependent energy supply was matched with demand and storage in a grid integration model for every 30 second interval in 2050 and 2051".
What to Say to Make the Airlines Pay
You are due four times the price of the ticket if they overbook and bump you and the next flight out is over two hours later. The term of art is "involuntary denied boarding."
Artificial Intelligence on the Farm
Low-cost AI sensors could help farmers reduce fertilizer use, signal water needs, and point to insect infestations.Covid Has Hammered Dialysis Patients
The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century.
“Privilege” Exists in the Animal World
Drunk Hamsters
If given the opportunity, hamsters will regularly down 18 grams per kilogram of body weight a day, the alcoholic equivalent of a human drinking a liter and a half of 190-proof Everclear.
If given the opportunity, hamsters will regularly down 18 grams per kilogram of body weight a day, the alcoholic equivalent of a human drinking a liter and a half of 190-proof Everclear.
The 3-D Printed Home
Habitat for Humanity has produced a home using a type of 3-D printer that sprays concrete in layers. The 1,200-square foot Virginia house has three bedrooms and two full baths and was built in just 12 hours, which saves about four weeks of construction time for a typical home.
The intergenerational transfer of wealth and resources very much exists in the animal kingdom, and significantly contributes to inequality among the members of a given species.
Dying Cranes in Israel
Israel is trying to contain an avian flu outbreak that has already killed over 5,000 wild cranes. If it spreads to poultry and other birds, it will be devastating.
A Sunken Ark of Life
More than 100 animal species were found on a piece of a 2,200-year-old Roman-era shipwreck.
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