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The 30 Most Magical Island Getaways in the United States
No shoes, no passport, and no problems eagerly anticipate your arrival at these spectacular island getaways.
Experts warn Antarctica ‘sleeping giant’ could raise sea level more than 16ft
The collapse of Antarctica’s “sleeping giant” could cause planetary-scale change in the coming centuries, according to a new warning from scientists.
Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes
Jared Mauch, the Michigan man who built a fiber-to-the-home Internet provider because he couldn't get good broadband service from AT&T or Comcast, is expanding with the help of $2.6 million in government money.
Toledo to replace all customer-owned lead lines
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The City of Toledo is going to utilize $10 million of the American Rescue Plan Act funding to replace all customer-owned lead lines in the city. According to the Division of Water Distribution, there are estimated to be about 3,000 lines still in use.
Republicans Are Now Parroting Trump’s Attacks on “Woke” Generals
The article goes on to detail the many efforts made by General Mark Milley—Trump’s pick to serve as the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—to prepare for a potential Trump-led coup.
Giant Cell Arteritis Growing More Lethal
Mortality rates among patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) in Canada's Ontario province rose by 15% from 2000 to 2018, a new study found, even as the general population saw declines in overall mortality. In 2000, mortality in GCA patients stood at 50.0 per 1,000 patients.
270 Experts Call On Spotify To Take Action Over "Dangerous" Misinformation On Joe Rogan Podcast
Nearly 300 doctors, scientists, medical and healthcare professionals have signed an open letter to Spotify asking the audio platform to take action against podcaster Joe Rogan, who they say has a "concerning history" of broadcasting misinformation in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Story Of Marshall Applewhite, The Unhinged Cult Leader Who Orchestrated A Mass Poisoning
As founder of the California-based Heaven's Gate cult, Marshall Applewhite and 38 of his followers died by suicide in March 1997 to ascend to an Earth-saving spaceship. On Mar. 21, 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult sat down for a final meal together.
Landmark US climate bill will do more harm than good, groups say
The landmark climate legislation passed by the Senate after months of wrangling and weakening by fossil-fuel friendly Democrats will lead to more harm than good, according to frontline community groups who are calling on Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency.
Many Americans still don't think climate change is coming for them
While parts of his state have been ravaged by deluge this summer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is pretty sure most Americans don't really care about the climate crisis.
Rainwater in parts of US contains high levels of PFAS chemical, says study
New data shows that rainwater in some parts of the US contains high enough levels of potentially toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to possibly affect human health and may, if found in drinking water, in some cases be high enough to trigger regulatory action.
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Let’s Be Clear. When the Right says “George Soros”, they mean “Jews”.
Almost everybody has a last name. Some, like Sting, Madonna, Cher and, apparently now Ye, don’t actually use them. But they all came into the world with one. For most people, whatever last name they have is largely irrelevant to the path of their life.
We need to take away children.”
As a therapist for children who are being processed through the American immigration system, Cynthia Quintana has a routine that she repeats each time she meets a new patient in her office in Grand Rapids, Michigan: She calls the parents or closest relatives to let them know the child is safe and we
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Your own private island
An island is a whole world in manageable miniature. That's why in fiction, they're the ideal setting for controlled experiments, be it in political philosophy (Utopia), platitudinous piracy (Treasure Island) or problematic paleogenetics (Isla Nublar). Real islands too kindle the imagination.
Cancer-causing hexavalent chromium spills from Wixom plant into Huron River
Prior to the current spill, Tribar was responsible for much of the PFAS contamination that resulted in widespread, years-long fish consumption advisories in communities surrounding the Huron River.
Humans Have Always Been Wrong About Humans
The phrase “the dawn of everything” first struck David Wengrow, one of the authors of The Dawn of Everything, as marvelously absurd. Everything. Everything! It was too gigantic, too rich, too loonily sublime. Penguin, the book’s august publisher, would hate it.
State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy
As the Supreme Court anticipated when it overturned Roe v. Wade, the battle over abortion rights is now being waged state by state. Nowhere is the fight more intense than in Ohio, which has long been considered a national bellwether.
Actually, the Russian Economy Is Imploding
Five months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there remains a startling lack of understanding by many Western policymakers and commentators of the economic dimensions of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion and what it has meant for Russia’s economic positioning both domestically and globally
This Guy Sued a Spam Texter and Got $1,200 (and You Can Too)
We spoke to two experts who have helped people demand damages to robocallers and spam texters. Like many of us, David Weekly regularly gets robocalls and spam text messages. Unlike the rest of us, he made $1200 by suing a company that sent him a spam text..
We Are Not Freaking Out Enough About Climate Change
We could be facing a “climate endgame,” and the concept of climate change ending human existence is a “dangerously underexplored topic,” says a troubling new research paper.
VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence
Fifteen years ago, David Glowacki was walking in the mountains when he took a sharp fall. When he hit the ground, blood began leaking into his lungs. As he lay there suffocating, Glowacki’s field of perception swelled.
Fox News in TROUBLE: Loses Major Certification as a Trusted News Source and Could Now Lose Top Advertisers
Ah, it’s a great day when we learn that Fox News could potentially lose a lot of money. And that’s what appears will happen to the conservative network.
MIT Researchers Created Artificial Synapses 10,000x Faster Than Biological Ones
Researchers have been trying to build artificial synapses for years in the hope of getting close to the unrivaled computational performance of the human brain. A new approach has now managed to design ones that are 1,000 times smaller and 10,000 times faster than their biological counterparts.
Turns Out, Walking Barefoot At Home Is A Bad Idea
Many people have rules about things in the household, especially with shoes and whether or not you can wear them inside. Some people prefer that when someone comes into their home, they take their shoes off and leave them at the door.
National Scenic Trails: The Best 50 Miles
It would have been easy for Congressional legislators to punt on trail issues in 1968. The year started with the Tet Offensive, intensifying opposition to the Vietnam War. That was followed by the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. The country was in turmoil.
How does GDP differ by state?
What is each state’s biggest contributor to the nation’s GDP? Each state’s economy has different strengths based on their natural resources and core industries. For example, Washington DC is the home of much of the federal government.
Digital History
While most believe that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, a loophole was opened that resulted in the widespread continuation of slavery in the Southern states of America--slavery as punishment for a crime.
Researchers Call for New Studies to Learn How Our Brains Change When We’re Awake After Midnight
Summary: A new hypothesis suggests when people are awake during the biological circadian night there are neurophysiological changes in the brain that alters the way in which we interact with the world, especially when it comes to impulse control, information processing, and reward processing.
A Town's Housing Crisis Exposes a 'House of Cards'
HAILEY, Idaho — Near the private jets that shuttle billionaires to their opulent Sun Valley getaways, Ana Ramon Bartolome and her family have spent this summer living in the only place available to them: behind a blue tarp in a sweltering two-car garage.
To grow up healthy, children need to sit less and play more
Children under five must spend less time sitting watching screens, or restrained in prams and seats, get better quality sleep and have more time for active play if they are to grow up healthy, according to new guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Mental Health Care: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses the cracks in our broken mental health care system, some of the inadequate ways we’ve tried to fill them, and what it all has to do with the gallbladder. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it
A new nova disappeared faster than ever, and an even bigger cosmic catastrophe is coming
Stars, although they’re incredibly stable over very long timescales, simply cannot live forever. No matter what their composition, mass, temperature, or other properties may be, every star will eventually run out of the nuclear fuel that powers it.
Mayo Clinic Study Uncovers Dietary Trick To Help Prevent Kidney Stones
Not only can kidney stones cause excruciating pain, but they also are associated with chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease. If you’ve experienced a kidney stone once, you have a 30% chance of having another kidney stone within five years.
There’s a ‘perfect storm’ brewing in the family housing market — here’s a super simple way to take advantage
Inflation is out of control. So it’s no surprise that real estate is red hot as well. According to real estate investing company CARROLL founder and CEO Patrick Carroll, his company has raised rents up to 30% over the past year.
A powerful solar storm could take Earth to dark ages by pushing satellites off their orbits
The first half of 2022 was packed with solar storms that struck the Earth. Some of them even reached the intensity of a G3 class solar storm, which can disrupt GPS systems and cause radio blackouts.
CT scans of shark intestines find Nikola Tesla’s one-way valve
Considering how much sharks are feared by humans, it is a bit of a surprise that scientists don’t know much about the predators. For example, until recently, sharks were thought to be solitary creatures searching the seas for food on their own. Now it appears that some sharks are quite social.
‘Soon the world will be unrecognisable’: is it still possible to prevent total climate meltdown?
The publication of Bill McGuire’s latest book, Hothouse Earth, could not be more timely.
Who Will Save the Ecosystem Builders?
If you don’t follow the Ecosystem Building Twitterverse you may have missed an important sub-current that rose to the surface the last few days regarding the health and sustainability of ecosystem builders. It started with a tweet from Joe Maruschak referencing a recent article he wrote on Medium.
Revenge of Old World Economy as Big Oil’s Cash Flow Rivals Tech
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s cash haul overtook that of Alphabet Inc. for the first time since 2018, proving the oil giant is back in the big league just a year after suffering one of the biggest activist shareholder upsets in corporate history.
Reinfection, severe outcome more common with BA.5 variant; virus spike protein toxic to heart cells
July 28 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Compared with the earlier Omicron BA.2 subvariant, currently dominant Omicron BA.
Oregon law establishes renters’ right to AC, but some landlords threaten fines over air conditioners
After nearly 100 Oregonians died in last year’s sweltering heat wave, the state Legislature passed a bill giving tenants the right to have air conditioning units in their apartments.
Former Republicans and Democrats form new third U.S. political party
LOS ANGELES, July 27 (Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America's dysfunctional two-party system.
Once-ignored Indigenous knowledge of nature now shaping science
If you come into contact with people working in and around natural resources in Minnesota you may hear the term TEK. It’s a popular buzzword, which, confusingly, has little to do with technology.
Dietary Supplement Cuts Risk of Hereditary Cancer by 60%, Scientists Find
Upper GI cancers include esophageal, gastric, and pancreatic cancers. Resistant starch is a type of starch that passes through the small intestine and then ferments in the large intestine, where it feeds beneficial gut bacteria.
Italy Trip – Group Travel | Atlas Obscura Trips
When you join one of our trips, we want you to have peace of mind. In response to COVID-19, we’ve: Widely considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, Tuscany boasts centuries of extraordinary art and architecture—not to mention ample mystery.
The Supreme Court Is Making America Ungovernable
Like many governmental agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency has an elaborate process for developing important rules. As I saw during the Obama administration, when I headed the EPA office that oversees this process, getting a major rule over the finish line can take years.
Biden to launch plan to bring solar to low-income homes
The Biden administration projects the program could spur the development of 134 gigawatts of new solar power capacity nationwide.
Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy
The CEO of the biggest power company in the US had a problem. A Democratic state senator was proposing a law that could cut into Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) profits.
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