science / science - 6 years ago
The debate about coal use has threatened to overshadow discussions on developing renewable and low-carbon energy at U.N. climate talks in Katowice, a city that lies in the heart of Poland's Silesia coal mining region. Delegates from nations that rely heavily on coal power have called for a "just tr...
science / science - 6 years ago
Failure by countries to agree rules on implementing the 2015 Paris climate agreement aimed at curbing global warming would be suicidal, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday. Guterres told delegates from over 130 countries meeting in the Polish city of Katowice that th...
science / science - 6 years ago
Incoming freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been building support for her idea of a plan to tackle the monumental challenge of climate change while also bettering the economic situation of poor Americans. Stopping climate change before the effects get truly severe is going to be a...
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The action is a loss for messaging company Twilio Inc. and free speech groups that had asked for more protections for text messages, saying carriers sometimes interfered. With the vote, the FCC cleared up the the regulatory status of text messages. Supporters of the measure said it strengthens the...
science / science - 6 years ago
By Nina Chestney KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) - Average world temperatures are on course to far exceed the main goal set in the 2015 Paris Agreement on limiting global warming, a study showed on Tuesday. But the overshoot by the end of this century could be less severe than expected thanks to signific...
science / science - 6 years ago
Pressure washers, hedge trimmers, and fire pits are all going for cheap.
science / science - 6 years ago
So, you just won the lottery-but you have to split it with your pesky coworkers. You can afford a supercar, but price IS an object. Here's your ride: the McLaren 570S Spider.
science / science - 6 years ago
Millions of Indians do not have access to sanitation and open defecation is a problem, even in developed, industrial states. The girl, E. Hanifa Zaara, didn't want to go out in the open and won a promise from her father to build a lavatory indoors, said police officer A. Valarmathi. "We then rang...
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Wikipedia — The Flammarion engraving (1888) depicts a traveler who arrives at the edge of a flat Earth and sticks his head through the firmament. Back in the 1970s when organized science-based skepticism was just getting on its feet, someone such as The Amazing Randi or Joe N...
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In the November 2018 midterm elections, Democrats won the U.S. House of Representatives popular vote by& a margin of about 8.6 percent& and gained 40 seats in that chamber. For perspective, President Obama won his convincing 2008 and 2012 elections by 7.2 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively. While...
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Solar and Wind Australia’s six States and two Territories have always had primary responsibility for implementing policies on the transition away from fossil fuels to renewables as an energy source.& & As a result, there has been a significant increase in the number of solar and wind farm...
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Arkansas’s White River holds claim to a “monster” that has been said to have appeared intermittently for a century or more. Its reality is defended by cryptozoologists and skeptics alike (I am both), but what is the huge aquatic creature that has proven so elusive? The late crypto...
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The real Smokey Bear narrowly avoided death in the pine-filled Capitan Mountains of New Mexico, nearly 70 years ago. Just west of the town of Roswell, firefighters found the bear cub clutching to the upper reaches of a tree, with singed paws and legs. The stranded black bear would almost certainly...
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The last time we saw Tony Stark, he was adrift in space in the Avengers: Endgame trailer, and it didn't look like survival was likely. Luckily, the folks at NASA heard about Iron Man's plight and had some advice to offer for the rest of the Avengers who were still alive on Earth. Hey @Ma...
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