Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Author: Molly Bergen
04/02/2022
Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago
The Rappahannock Tribe, a Native Tribe in Virginia, has reacquired 465 acres of sacred land at Fones Cliff.
03/31/2022
Global wind and solar growth on track to meet climate targets
Solar and wind power can grow enough to limit global warming to 1.5C if the 10-year average compound growth rate of 20% can be maintained to 2030, independent climate think tank Ember said in a report on Wednesday.
04/03/2022
Red is dead: Russian anti-war protesters fly a new flag for peace
Seeing the tricolour as tainted, they took the ‘blood’ out to leave blue and white, then found others had done so too.
03/31/2022
Real Ways to Predict the Future
Do you wish you could predict the future? Not in a street-corner psychic kind of way, but in a more personal, meaningful way — to know what’s coming, and to know what decisions you should make?
04/03/2022
Lithuania cuts off Russian gas imports, urges EU to do same
Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia, apparently becoming the first of the European Union's 27 nations using Russian gas to break its energy dependence upon Moscow.
04/01/2022
Amazon NYC Warehouse Workers Support Union in Historic Labor Win
Amazon.com Inc. workers at a New York warehouse voted to join an upstart labor union, an historic victory that gives organized labor its first foothold in the company’s U.S. operations and could embolden workers at other employers.
03/28/2022
Robot dog called in to help manage Pompeii
Spot will be used to identify safety and structural issues including tunnels dug by relic thieves.
03/27/2022
Russian energy embargo: Europe must stop financing Putin’s Ukraine war
The head of Ukrainian energy giant Naftogaz has accused European countries of funding Putin’s Ukraine war and called for a complete ban on Russian energy exports.
04/01/2022
Hundreds fitted with artificial pancreas in NHS type 1 diabetes trial
Adults and children wear device that monitors glucose level and adjusts amount of insulin delivered.
04/01/2022
The Bear Breaks Down: Andrei Soldatov on Russia’s Self-Destruction
About 20 years ago, Andrei Soldatov, a Russian newspaper reporter, co-founded a website called Agentura.ru devoted to monitoring the activities of Russia’s security services.
02/15/2022
Engineering student’s AI model turns American Sign Language into English in real-time
Engineering student Priyanjali Gupta does not have tall tales of the inspiration behind her AI model that translates American Sign language (ASL) into English immediately.
03/30/2022