Human Interest

How Stable Is the Russian Oil Industry?

How Stable Is the Russian Oil Industry?

The big news from the weekend is that Russia announced a plan to cut 500,000 b/d (barrels per day) of oil production. This accounts for about .5% of global supply and roughly 10% of Russian oil exports. Once Russia starts shutting down their oil wells because of...

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1.5 Degrees Heat Rise Was Never End of the world

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...

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The Surprising Science of Yawning

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...

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