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Monday September 18, 2017. 06:33 PM
In Impact of excess NOx emissions from diesel cars on air quality, public health and eutrophication in Europe, published today in Environmental Research Letters, researchers from Norway, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands estimate that 5,000 early European deaths per year...
'If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBaXd7dz404
California's Inland Empire was hit hard by the 2008 crisis, with disproportionate foreclosures on poor and working-class families, leaving neighborhoods blighted by empty, vandalized homes. (more…)
Three high-ranking Equifax executives are being investigated for selling shares of Equifax shortly after the company was hacked, but long before Equifax admitted it had been hacked. They are Equifax Chief Financial Officer John Gamble, President of U.S. Information Solutions ...
Ten years ago, Warren Buffett bet celebrated hedge fund manager Ted Seides of Protégé Partners that an investment in a low-cost S&P 500 index fund would outperform an investment in Seides's 'fund-of-funds,' a basked of five funds managed by his firm. (more…)
When you stumble upon a mysterious water leak or a strange rattle coming from inside an appliance, getting a better view of the problem usually requires some laborious disassembly, or a desperate call to the nearest handyman. If you embrace the DIY spirit, however, this...
Pennsylvania State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, a Republican, wrote on Twitter that he would drive through protestors who got in his way. Linking to an article about protests in St. Louis, where a white police officer was acquitted of murder after killing a black man, Bernstine...
43% of Canadians believe 'science is a matter of opinion,' 47% think the science of global warming is 'unclear'; 24% of Canadian millennials are anti-vaxxers, all according to a Leger survey of 1,514 Canadians. (more…)
Downtown LA's vacancy rate is 12%, which is the highest it's been since 2000 and triple the overall rate for LA -- and downtown LA is also the site of LA's skid row, whose population surged by 20% last year, thanks to a dramatic increase in homelessness among veterans and...
Sean Spicer, the former Trump press secretary who said Hitler didn't use chemical weapons, was a surprise guest at last night's Emmy Awards. Welcomed by Stephen Colbert, he was even given a kiss by a British comedian whose name escapes me but who everyone already hates...
Evolution is one of 170 topics that have been purged from the high-school curriculum by the Erdogan regime as part of its efforts to cozy up to the reactionary religious right that has backed its extreme authoritarianism. (more…)
Lovely new video from Iceland. For the first release from her forthcoming new album, co-produced by Arca, Björk has teamed up with a super-troupe of contributors to create a hallucinogenic new video. Artist Andrew Thomas Huang lends his tech-savvy hand to envision a...
CCleaner is a clean-your-computer app beloved of people who own inexplicably slow PCs. If you installed recent editions of it, you were installing malware. But the company behind it hasn't gone rogue, reports Reuters. Hackers compromised their systems. A version of CCleaner ...
The Mag Hand Workstation[Amazon link] by Hobby Creek is a 4.5 Lb steel platform with flexible, magnetic arms that hold delicate objects in place while I paint, solder and study them. Since my side projects involve tiny antiques with itsy bitsy locking mechanisms, I used...
A Republican Pennsylvania state representative suggested he’ll run over anyone blocking highways in a tweet that also links to an article about protestors shutting down streets in St. Louis. “If anyone EVER tries to stop my car on a highway with negative intentions...I...
Sunday September 17, 2017. 10:30 PM
Conversations with Siri are about to become a whole lot deeper and likely much more unsettling as users begin seeking personal guidance from the voice assistant. Apple is preparing Siri to become iPhone customers’ virtual therapist, according to the International Business...
The sky is always much clearer outside of urban spaces. Next time you find yourself in the wilderness, you should come prepared with this Outdoor Monocular Telescope. It provides a crystal-clear view of stars, landscapes, and the rest of the natural world, and is now being...
This is one of those things I wish I had thought up: an incense burner that looks like the RV meth lab from Breaking Bad. More like Breaking rad, amirite? It's called the 'Krystal Ship' and it's available from ThinkGeek for $29.99. Set up your own cook lab at home with this ...
The Sound Traveler is an alternate channel by the creator of Smarter Every Day. It focuses on memorable auditory experiences, like sliding down snowy Mount Adams, a large stratovolcano due east of Mount St. Helens in Washgington State. (more…)
The 8bitdo SN30 is a replica SNES controller that's both wireless and compatible with Windows, MacOS, Nintendo Switch and Android, all via USB-C or Bluetooth. In addition to the classic digital controls are two analog sticks, neatly designed into the otherwise accurate...
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