Just Plain WEIRD #2
Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom’s attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands. “I want them to understand that if you come at us, it means some of your infrastructure is going …
Kimbal Musk, Elon’s brother, has launched one of these new kinds of nonprofits. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for ‘The Game Changers’ – By Sean Stein Smith, Assistant Professor of Economics and Business, Lehman College, CUNY 2022 Feb 04 – Cryptocurrency is becoming a more …
Top 100. Born of Fire. Fagradalsfjall area, Iceland. Filip Hrebenda – View 39 Images – By Rich Haridy 2022 Feb 02 – Cementing its position as one of the most spectacular photo contests on the annual circuit, the International Landscape Photographer of the Year …
The Ford F-150 Lightning with extended-range 131-kWh battery pack can power the average US home for three days in the event of an outage. Ford View 5 Images – By C.C. Weiss 2022 Feb 03 – Electric vehicles are increasingly including the capability …
Scientists have studied the chemical components of everyday plastics such as drink bottles, and found that many contribute to fat cell development in mice. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Jan 31 – Obesity rates around the world are on the rise, almost tripling …
Scientists have developed a promising new technique to heat up and destroy tumors from within. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Feb 02 – One promising possibility for next-gen cancer treatments involves infiltrating tumors with specially-designed particles and heating them up to destroy the …
Formerly rare high temperatures now covering half of seas and devastating wildlife, study shows. Pedalos on the banks of the Marmara Sea covered with sea snot. As the climate crisis heats the seas, plankton are on the move, with potentially profound consequences for …
The Guardian picture essay House of bears: polar bears living in an abandoned weather station in Kolyuchin. Photograph: Dmitry Kokh – Photographer Dmitry Kokh discovered polar bears living in an abandoned weather station in Kolyuchin, in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian …
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs), like this one photographed in 2015, can cause geomagnetic storms on Earth. Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA – By Michael Irving 2022 Jan 27 – The Sun is capable of some worryingly powerful outbursts. In ice cores from both ends of …
The longspine squirrelfish is just one of many fishes that has something to say. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jan 28 – We generally don’t think of fish as being a vocal bunch – after all, anglers don’t typically use “fish calls” to …
