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The Biden Administration Doesn't Need To Approve California's New Electric Vehicle Mandate But Did Anyway
Plants Make Sounda During Stress
The sounds are similar to the popping of popcorn and emitted at a volume similar to human speech, but frequencies human ears don't detect. The researchers believe plants usually emit sounds when they are under stress, and that each plant and each type of stress is associated with a specific identifiable sound.
Though the frequency is too high for human ears, it is in the range detectable by bats, mice, and insects.
How To Get Dumped On April Fools' Day
What would you do to get more likes or shares on your favorite social media platform this April Fool’s Day?
Would you blast an airhorn in your partner’s ear while they’re sleeping, record and upload their reaction online? Would you put hot chilli in their food, then film and share their distress?
Online prank videos are nothing new, and while many are lighthearted, a concerning sub-genre called “clout-lighting” has been emerging across the internet.
But in case you might be planning to clout-light your partner this April Fool’s Day, research shows it’s a surefire way to get dumped.
You'll Pry Your Massive Galaxy From My Cold Cosmic Carbon
The findings of galaxy 4C 41.17 provide observational evidence supporting hypothetical cosmological models and offer new insights into the origins of the cosmic materials that enable galaxy and star formation.
PFAS Chemicals Can Be Detected In Canadian Food Packaging - Should You Be Worried?
Ironically, this new detection, and resulting scare, happened because consumers demanded alternatives to plastic after environmental public relations campaigns saying all the fish were dying. Most foods will not be safe in paper(1) unless you eat them right away. And yet the alternative is now claimed to be worse than the thing they wanted replaced.
Horses Started In North America, Went Extinct, And Then Europeans Brought Them Back
Then in the early 1600s they were back, brought by Europeans, according to a new study.
Some stories claimed that natives only got horses after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 , when Spanish were defeated in New Mexico and left those and livestock.
FDA Approves Narcan Drug Overdose Medication For OTC Sale
Naloxone reverses the effects of opioid overdose. Recreational fentanyl use has led to a major public health issue in the United States, with more than 101,000 fatal overdoses occurring last year, primarily due to illegal sale and use.
30 Billion X The Mass Of The Sun: One Of The Biggest Black Holes Ever Found
Climate Doomism Is Bad Storytelling
When news about the climate is published, like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, frightening headlines like “final warning” or “now or never” are often the norm. Some activists call this approach “climate doomism”, and are quick to criticize media publications and other influencers for it.
The Racism Of Virtual Pollution
After that, wealthier nations engaged in pollution control, and then PM10 and its health issues began to dissipate. In the 1990s and with much cleaner air, pollution activists and allied epidemiologists began to 'define pollution down.' PM2.5 was suddenly the new goalpost, they said, and showed air quality maps with red and orange to prove it.
Science And Its Demons
I) An article recently published in Nature concludes that the percentage of disruptive scientific findings and patents is much lower than it was a few decades ago.
500,000 California Kids Can't Go To School, So The State Goes After Energy Companies
A year after Governor Newsom bragged during his re-election campaign that his progressive policies were Making California Great Again, he says there is no money for teachers, but there is money for new government agencies.
Third MODE Workshop, Princeton July 24-26 2023
K-Nope: California To Ban Police Dogs
Obviously dogs are not racist so Democrats who control the legislature, and the ACLU and NAACP groups behind the bill, think police dog trainers are racist - dogs attack people of color twice as often as white people, they state.
80% Of Trans Adults Who Transitioned Report Being Happier
It's not all good news. Though they are happier now, in the past 41 percent have felt unsafe in a locker room, 64 percent have been verbally attacked, and 25 percent have been physically attacked. 43 percent reported suicidal thoughts.
Activists And Academics Really Want To Know If You Bought A Gun
Democrats In California Now Want To Ban Skittles
It is not just Skittles they are after, it is also Hot Tamales, pez, and others. The reason is because they contain chemicals.
Ivermectin Same As Placebo In Clinical Trial
Yet about 30 percent of the time, people who take a placebo do feel better, the same way people who eat food labeled Non-GMO feel better taking a nocebo. Neither is improving health but a lot of things can sound like science or health if you look at statistics and create correlation.
That's epidemiology, an entry point to science, and epidemiology findings led to continued interest in various off-label treatments for COVID-19, such as ivermectin.(1)
WOTUS: Another Judge Has Blocked New Federal Efforts To Control Farms
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown has granted an injunction against the Biden administration for Idaho and Texas.
It makes little sense to consider any of them WOTUS, since no American ship is traveling on them, nor could they. The White House is instead arguing because small streams can feed into larger rivers they all fall under the new definition.