Maine’s strong policy response could mitigate future expenses, but short-term expenditures are proliferating and many costs remain untallied.
The price of PFAS: ‘Forever chemicals’ generate boundless costs
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Human Interest
Do you know what this sign really means?
Most of us have always thought the “peace sign” is a symbol of the hippie movement of the 60’s.
And in a way what it became.
But that’s neither its original meaning nor source.
1.5 Degrees Heat Rise Was Never End of the world
The most famous climate goal is woefully misunderstood. How hot is too hot for planet Earth? For years, there’s been a consensus in the climate movement: no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. The figure comes from the Paris Agreement, a climate...
Robotic lightning bugs take flight
Inspired by fireflies, researchers create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication.
Researchers find that pumping draws young groundwater to new depths, potentially with contaminants in Tow
How old is your water? It may seem like a peculiar question at first, but there are real implications to how long a drop of water has spent underground. Research suggests that the water cycle is speeding up in some places as a result of human enterprise.
Peter Zeihan: In Kherson, Ukraine and Russia Vie Over the Dnieper River
Peter Zeihan is a world class geopolitical expert with fact-based viewpoints of important world situations. The war in Ukraine has reached and interesting point and he will explain why. If you have any interest in the Ukraine war, this is a video is well worth watching.
The Surprising Science of Yawning
Yawning is one of the first things we learn to do. “Learn” may not even be quite the right word. Johanna de Vries, a professor of obstetrics at Vrije University Amsterdam, has discovered that the human fetus yawns during its first trimester in the womb. And, unless we...
Perhaps the Best Ice Cream Ever
If you’ve never tried Tillamook Ice Cream, you’re missing a great treat!
The Tillamook Country Creamery Organization is a farmer owned coop…
Yes, Men Hog the TV remote
Researchers (London Business School) conducted a study into TV viewing habits and found that men always seize control of the remote…
Look Who’s Showing Off Her New Starlink Satellite Dish!
We hope she's getting good reception, at least as long as she is pointing in the right direction.