Monthly Archive: September 2020
Wildlife is under pressure from habitat loss, including deforestation. Image copyright Getty Images – By Helen Briggs BBC Environment correspondent 2020 Sep 10 – Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report …
Guidance issued on the payroll tax deferral action 00:49 – Opinion by Nancy Altman Nancy Altman, a lawyer, is president of Social Security Works and chair of the Strengthen Social Security coalition. Her latest book is “The Truth about Social Security.” The opinions …
Each year, some choose to ‘disappear’ and abandon their lives, jobs, homes and families. In Japan, there are companies that can help those looking to escape into thin air. – This piece is based on this BBC Reel video produced by Andreas Hartman, …
A bag from Bolt Threads, made using leather derived from fungi materials. Bolt Threads – By Rich Haridy 2020 Sep 07 – A new review article, from an international team of material scientists, is suggesting a leather-like material made from mushroom-derived biomass has …
One of Marcel Leyat’s extraordinary Helica propeller cars came out for the 2020 concours of Elegance. Tim Scott/Concours of Elegance – By Loz Blain 2020 Sep 07 – The Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace in the UK is an extraordinary event that …
A Kentucky driver’s DIY license plate didn’t quite fool the police. – By Kelsie Smith, CNN Updated 2020 Sep 07 – Millersburg Police Department officers conducted a traffic stop on September 2 after spotting a license plate that seemed a bit out of …
The education innovator, in London, in the late 1940s. AP Photo – By Catherine McTamaney, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University 2020 Aug 28 – One hundred and fifty years after Maria Montessori’s birth, tens of thousands of teachers around the …
Winner – Animal Portraits. The Last Stand, Nayachar, West Bengal. Ganesh Chowdhury – By Rich Haridy 2020 Sep 06 – The winning images from this year’s Nature inFocus Photography Awards illustrate the remarkable variety of ways wildlife inhabit the natural environment, from a …
In August 2020, the RAS Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, supported by the local Yamal authorities, conducted a major expedition to the new crater. Skoltech researchers were part of the final stages of that expedition. Credit: Evgeny Chuvilin – By Katie Hunt, …
The hotter it gets, the more urban emissions you get from hot asphalt, according to a new Yale study. Krivosheevv/Depositphotos – By Loz Blain 2020 Sep 04 – The more we work to get emissions down from motor vehicles and power generation, the more …
