“According to a recent study by researchers at NASA and the University of California-Irvine, humans are depleting more than half of the world’s 37 largest aquifers at unsustainable rates, and there is virtually no accurate data showing how much water is left. … The growing demand[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Science’
June 14th, 2015 - 6:38 pm § in Uncategorized
“E=mc² is liberal claptrap”
From Conservapedia, an alternative to Wikipedia concocted by Andrew Schlafly, son of rightwing gadfly Phyllis Schlafly, to counter what he calls Wikipedia’s “liberal bias” (which apparently means anything that doesn’t conform to the conservative worldview): “E=mc² is E[...]
Demanding that UW Divest from COAL
COAL We have talked about the movement of universities divesting from fossil fuels on this mailing list a few times. Here is a call for action at UW: Faculty and staff friends of Divest UW, The University of Washington could become the largest university (by enrollment) to commit to divest [...]
ART: Too beautiful for words
CLICKME earth forecast by supercomputers updated every three hours [...]
Can someone call a doctor?
While we complain about our broken healthcare system in the United States, there are 5 billion people worldwide who lack access to surgical care. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32452249 &nbs[...]
April 14th, 2015 - 12:32 pm § in The Ave Scene
SPACE X (A Seattle Company) brings the free market to the iSS
WATCH to learn about Espresso in Space![...]
April 13th, 2015 - 1:26 pm § in Uncategorized
Anti-vaxxer mom has 7 kids with whooping cough.
I guess learning the hard way is better than not learning at all.[...]
April 13th, 2015 - 4:23 am § in Misc.
Ice Age Swiss Guy Had Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factor Genes!
From TopNew.In and other sources Well, now we know that God had it in for modern Europeans at least 5 millennia ago. The 5,300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman from the Alps had a strong genetic predisposition for increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). The researchers who conducted the wh[...]
Global carbon dioxide concerns
The Earth’s CO2 levels have reached 400 parts per million globally for the first month since record keeping began. The Earth is already dealing with rising seas, storms of monumental proportions, wildfires, and extreme weather all caused by global warming. As CO2 levels increase, what el[...]