Monthly Archive: May 2021
Messerschmitt KR-202 Sport. Messerschmitt Werke – By C.C. Weiss 2021 May 03 – A few years back, a German team resurrected the adorable Messerschmitt microcar as an electric-assist two-man Velomobile. At the time, some people wondered why it didn’t just skip the pedals, drop …
The billion-year-old multicellular microfossil was found at Loch Torridon in the Scottish Highlands. grafxart/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2021 May 02 – Scientists have discovered the fossil of what may be the earliest multicellular animal ever found. Dating back a billion years, the microscopic …
Biden administration scrambles to avoid shortages after Colonial Pipeline targeted in worst-ever attack on US infrastructure. Holding tanks at a Colonial Pipeline facility in New Jersey. Photograph: Colonial Pipeline/Reuters – Associated Press Last modified on Monday, 2021 May 10 – The Biden administration …
Deep in southwest Arkansas is a state park that charges visitors $10 to search for gems that can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Courtesy of Crater of Diamonds State Park – By Katherine LaGrave 2021 May 05 – Share this Article …
The UK’s Royal Marines put the Gravity jet suit to “very successful” use in ship boarding demo exercises. Gravity Industries – By Loz Blain 2021 May 04 – Jet suits, jetpacks, jetboards … The new range of crazy personal flight devices all share some …
US employees are concerned about safety, others have caregiving responsibilities and some are using their job loss as an opportunity to find other work. Business owners claim the expanded benefits of $300 a week are keeping people at home instead of behind cash …
Peter Gleick argues there’s an urgent need to reshape our relationship to water: ‘There is enormous untapped potential for conservation’ – The Enterprise Bridge crosses over a section of Lake Oroville in Oroville, California. Water levels at the lake have dropped to 42% …
The Puritans saw May Day celebrations as a test from God. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Peter C. Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2021 Apr 29 – …
Financial bubbles are frequently depicted as manias. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Gayle Rogers, Professor and chair of English, University of Pittsburgh 2021 Apr 30 – In the late 1990s, America experienced a dot-com mania. In the 2000s, the housing …
The Green New Deal, formerly seen as radical, is now in mainstream debate. And renewable energy becomes more efficient every day. Power-generating windmill turbines at sunset near Larnaca, Cyprus. Photograph: Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters – By Rebecca Solnit Last modified on 2021 May 01 – …
