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By Rich Haridy – These were shot using a DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone. (Credit: Paolo Pettigiani). Italian photographer Paolo Pettigiani has been experimenting with capturing the infrared spectrum of light for several years, most notably turning New York’s Central Park into …
By Rich Haridy – Research suggests the fertilizer industry’s methane emissions is three times higher than the EPA assumed was emitted by all industrial production in the United States. (Credit: BespaliyA/Depositphotos). A disturbing new study from researchers at Cornell University and the …
By Ben Coxworth – A preproduction EVE r3, on display at ICRA 2019. (Credit: Ben Coxworth/New Atlas). You might think that most new robots are designed to head off into factories or other workplaces, but the fact is that many of them are …
The controversial herbicide is everywhere, apparently. By Robby Berman – U.S. PIRG tested 20 beers and wines, including organics, and found Roundup’s active ingredient in almost all of them. A jury on August 2018 awarded a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma victim $289 million in Roundup …
The owner’s personality was the most important factor in examining the stress-hormone relationship between pet and owner. By Stephen Johnson – A new study found that dogs and their owners show similar levels of the stress hormone cortisol over time. The dog-owner cortisol …
By Aaron Turpen – Road hazards are absorbed by the Uptis tire, eliminating about 200 million tires a year that are scrapped early due to damage. (Credit: Michelin). Michelin has teamed with General Motors to target a 2024 production goal for airless …
by Tribune Media Wire – – SLIDELL, La. — A Taco Bell in Louisiana ran out of taco shells Monday, which was emergency enough for one customer to call police. – Police in Slidell said someone called to complain that the Taco Bell …
By Joseph Stiglitz – Critics of the Green New Deal ask if we can afford it. But we can’t afford not to: our civilization is at stake. ‘The war on the climate emergency, if correctly waged, would actually be good for the economy.’ …
By Loz Blain – Compact and portable, the Jyrowheel is launching on Indiegogo. (Credit: Jyroball). Weighing just 20 lb (9 kg) and folding into a 10-inch-diameter (25-cm) ball for transport, the Jyroball is a super-compact self-balancing urban monowheel that its creators say is …
By Ben Coxworth – Brown tube sponges on a reef in Belize. (Credit: dsabo/Depositphotos). We’ve recently been hearing about how scientists can tell which creatures are present in an aquatic environment, by detecting their cast-off DNA in the water. A new study …
