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How To Hack A US Presidential Election
I get a lot of press releases emailed my way. One flew in this week regarding how easy/difficult it is to hack a presidential election. I didn’t spend time on it since it didn’t seem like a story for...
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An Update on US Methane Emissions from Fracking
Originally published by gws on SkepticalScience.com A relatively large number of research publications has appeared in the peer-reviewed literature since we last updated our readers on fracking and...
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DARPA’s New Construction Materials… that Self-Repair?
Originally published on Green Building Elements Opening up a new field of design for construction technology, the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is envisioning...
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Open-Source Climate Change Data From NASA, NOAA, & Others Available For 1st Time
Climate change has many components — rising sea levels, alterations in rainfall patterns, and an increase in severe storm activity, among others. Communities around the world are faced with the need to...
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WHO: 92% Of World’s Population Is Exposed To Dangerous Levels Of Air Pollution
Around 92% of the world’s human population are exposed to air pollution levels that exceed the “safe” limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO), owing to their place of residence, according to...
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Deep-Sea Animals Found To Now Be Ingesting Microplastics, Research Shows
Even deep sea animals, such as sea cucumbers, hermit crabs, and squat lobsters, are now ingesting microplastics pollution, according to a new study from Bristol and Oxford universities. The findings...
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Researcher: It Appears That The Entire Coast Off Washington, Oregon, &...
In an example of how little is actually known about what goes on in the world’s oceans, researchers recently discovered 500 “new” (newly discovered, that is) methane vents off the west coast of the US....
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New Research Supports Theory Of 9th Planet Orbiting On Fringes Of Solar System
The past few years have seen a lot of speculation and debate about a possible ninth planet orbiting somewhere on the very out fringes of the solar system. Now, new research from the University of...
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Radical Mycology Book Is The Fungal Opus We’ve Been Waiting For
Peter McCoy's Radical Mycology really ought to be on the bookshelves of everyone from fermented foodies to foragers, from ecologists to chemists, to permaculturists and orchardists and environmental...
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Neanderthals & Denisovans Granted Humans Specific Genetic...
The so-called Neanderthals and Denisovans were two, of very likely a great many, of the branches or relatives (depending on your view) of humans that lived in Asia, Europe, and the Near East, for up to...
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Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea) Nutritional Value Can Be Enhanced Through...
Common purslane is, despite its public image as a weed in many regions, a very nutritious food item — with the plants being high in a number of different important vitamins and minerals. Notably,...
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Wild Chimpanzees In Bakoun, Guinea Regularly Go Fishing For Algae, Research...
While using the word fishing is perhaps a bit misleading (though some chimpanzees and orangutans do apparently go fishing with their hands sometimes), new research has found that a population of wild...
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Deforestation & Tree Deaths Can Have Significant Effects On Global Climate...
Deforestation events and mass tree deaths — whether through drought, heat, and insect infestations — can have significant effects on global climate patterns, according to new research from the...
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Large Marine Animals More Likely To Go Extinct Than Smaller Ones,...
Large marine animals are now more likely to go extinct than smaller ones — a situation that is apparently unprecedented on the planet — owing to the overfishing of the world’s oceans by humans, new...
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Compounds That Give Plants Their Vibrant Colors Improve Brain-Functioning In...
Many people find the bright, vibrant colors of various fruits and vegetables to be culinarily appealing, and an apparent appetite stimulant. Interestingly, new research has suggested that these same...
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Trump Will End Politicized Climate Change Science Says Key Adviser
Bob Walker, a senior Trump adviser, says the new administration will slash funding for NASA to study climate change. He says half of all climate scientists doubt climate change is real. Trump Will End...
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Retreat Of Pine Island Glacier In West Antarctica Began In 1940s, Through...
The retreat and thinning of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica, which had been known to go back at least as far as satellite monitoring of the region in the early 1990s, began all the way back in...
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Ant Species (Philidris Nagasau) On Fiji Has Been Symbiotically Farming With...
While farming has long been a known phenomenon amongst various ant species, there’s much that remains unknown. With that in mind, new research has revealed some interesting things about the symbiotic...
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Coconut Crabs Possess Strongest Pinching Force Of All Crustaceans (Greater...
The coconut crab has the strongest pinching force of all crustaceans — with the force applied during pinching actually being greater than the biting force of all living terrestrial animals except for...
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US Passenger Vehicle Emissions Comparable To 1980 Mt. St Helens Eruption...
The USGS estimates that 10 million tons of CO2 was released over the 9 hour eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. That's a pretty huge number, but passenger vehicles in the USA alone emit as much CO2...
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