7 clever behaviors of octopuses
Do you ever wonder if octopuses will one day take over as the planet’s most intelligent species? (And let’s get something out of the way: yes, octopuses is the correct plural.) No one could blame you if you believed in…
Daycare apps notify parents about everything their child does
Is it helpful information or a form of digitally-enabled helicopter parenting?
The magnetic north pole is moving and a liquid-metal ball explains why
The pole is racing towards Siberia – but why? It’s a mystery with huge implications, and to solve it, we’re building an explosive model of the planet’s core
Timely tips on designing for circularity
It’s time to dig deeper and think bigger, advise experts at Circularity 19.
A new material that's part plastic and part rock is forming on this Portuguese island
Ignacio Gestoso first found signs of plastic-infused rocks during a 2016 visit to Madeira. (Photo: Ignacio Gestoso) You know we have a problem when our plastic pollution starts becoming a permanent fixture of the planet’s geology. And that seems to…
Older people are spending way more time looking at screens, new research finds
The Pew Research Center has just released a study finding that Americans 60 and older are spending more time in front of their screens than a decade ago. Screen time is up 27 percent. At first I thought this was…
Boston’s mayor announces curbside compost program
Boston’s mayor Marty Walsh wants to know: are you going to compost that? Because chances are you should.
Table salt compound spotted on Jupiterâs moon Europa
Europa has an ocean, hidden beneath its icy crust. The discovery of sodium chloride – aka table salt – on the moon’s surface might be strong evidence that Europa’s ocean is very similar to Earth’s.
Atlantic Claims Green New Deal Favored Over Carbon Tax, Cites Far-Left Study
When the left conducts polls, it’s not surprising to see how they can manipulate questions to obtain their desired results. Atlantic staff writer Robinson Meyer on June 21 gushed how the Democratic Party has “become more interested” in pushing forward…
The climate crisis and the end of the golden era of food choice – Vox.com
Imagine waking up in a world that has become so hot and so crowded that most of what you eat has disappeared from the grocery store altogether. Or imagine eating only genetically engineered foods or a diet of exclusively liquid…
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