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During the June heatwaves in Europe NASA was studying the “Ecostress”
of various cities. The heat coming off Charles DeGualle’s runways is
easily visible from space. (As are all the other ideal locations for
putting climate change thermometers.) h/t To AndyG The NASA Ecostress
map for Paris | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Hands up who thinks
thermometers in 1880 were reading too warm? Anyone… The shot
During the June heatwaves in Europe NASA was studying the “Ecostress”
of various cities. The heat coming off Charles DeGualle’s runways is
easily visible from space. (As are all the other ideal locations for
putting climate change thermometers.) h/t To AndyG The NASA Ecostress
map for Paris | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Hands up who thinks
thermometers in 1880 were reading too warm? Anyone… The shot
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Sometimes circumstances are so strange, so upsetting, and so truly
bizarre that if you don't laugh at them, you might just cry. Perhaps
that was the mindset Alex Kack, the man seen wearing a green shirt and
laughing uncontrollably at a Tucson, Arizona, City Council meeting on
Tuesday. Mid-meeting, a man and a woman (both wearing Trump hats)
protested the recent decision to put a "Sanctuary City"
Fox News has a lot of ideas about how to counter America's gun violence
problem — but not many of these seem to involve actually restricting
the guns themselves. In the segment above from The Daily Show , Trevor
Noah responds to three possible solutions broadcast by the network in
the wake of the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio: more God, more
stability in families, and — the old favourite — mor
Scientists
have identified an extinct species of giant parrot that weighed 15lbs
and stood up to 3ft in height. Bones belonging to the gargantuan bird...
Via:
ZeroHedge: Raytheon published a company press release last week that
detailed how it “will deploy two prototype high energy laser weapon
systems” to the Air Force for a 12-month in-field operation against
enemy drones. The $23 million contract for two of Raytheon’s High Energy
Laser Weapons Systems (HELWS) will be used by the Air […]
Via:
MarketWatch: Gold prices on Wednesday jumped above an important
psychological level at $1,500 amid a round of easy-money policies that
helped to stoke fresh appetite for the perceived safety of precious
metals. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note’s TMUBMUSD10Y, -4.93% fall to new
lows not seen since 2016 below 1.7%, also helped to drive demand […]
Sometimes circumstances are so strange, so upsetting, and so truly
bizarre that if you don't laugh at them, you might just cry. Perhaps
that was the mindset Alex Kack, the man seen wearing a green shirt and
laughing uncontrollably at a Tucson, Arizona, City Council meeting on
Tuesday. Mid-meeting, a man and a woman (both wearing Trump hats)
protested the recent decision to put a "Sanctuary City"
Fox News has a lot of ideas about how to counter America's gun violence
problem — but not many of these seem to involve actually restricting
the guns themselves. In the segment above from The Daily Show , Trevor
Noah responds to three possible solutions broadcast by the network in
the wake of the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio: more God, more
stability in families, and — the old favourite — mor
Scientists
have identified an extinct species of giant parrot that weighed 15lbs
and stood up to 3ft in height. Bones belonging to the gargantuan bird...
Via:
ZeroHedge: Raytheon published a company press release last week that
detailed how it “will deploy two prototype high energy laser weapon
systems” to the Air Force for a 12-month in-field operation against
enemy drones. The $23 million contract for two of Raytheon’s High Energy
Laser Weapons Systems (HELWS) will be used by the Air […]
Via:
MarketWatch: Gold prices on Wednesday jumped above an important
psychological level at $1,500 amid a round of easy-money policies that
helped to stoke fresh appetite for the perceived safety of precious
metals. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note’s TMUBMUSD10Y, -4.93% fall to new
lows not seen since 2016 below 1.7%, also helped to drive demand […]
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Andy
Borowitz jokes that President Donald Trump has demanded an inquiry into
why former President Barack Obama’s post about gun violence was so
popular.
Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders
said that if he becomes president and learns about aliens, he’ll
announce it on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Sanders spent an hour
talking to Rogan Tuesday about his platform for president—universal
health care, student loan forgiveness, taking on the billionaire class.
But at the end of the show, Rogan asked Sanders if the
Industry will also leave Eurail scheme for non-EU visitors in move
described as shocking The UK’s train operators are to pull out of the
Interrail scheme, which has allowed unlimited train travel across Europe
for a fixed price for almost 50 years. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG),
which represents the industry, said it would withdraw on 1 January 2020.
It will also pull out of Eurail, the parallel
The man told bystanders "(the boy) was disrespecting the national anthem so he had every right to do that."
Health minister confirms plans and calls on neighbouring countries to
relax their laws Luxembourg has called on its EU neighbours to relax
their drug laws as its health minister confirmed plans to become the
first European country to legalise cannabis production and consumption.
“This drug policy we had over the last 50 years did not work,” Etienne
Schneider told Politico. “Forbidding everything
The racist ads have been reached as many as 5.5 million Facebook users, according to a new report
Andy
Borowitz jokes that President Donald Trump has demanded an inquiry into
why former President Barack Obama’s post about gun violence was so
popular.
Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders
said that if he becomes president and learns about aliens, he’ll
announce it on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Sanders spent an hour
talking to Rogan Tuesday about his platform for president—universal
health care, student loan forgiveness, taking on the billionaire class.
But at the end of the show, Rogan asked Sanders if the
Industry will also leave Eurail scheme for non-EU visitors in move
described as shocking The UK’s train operators are to pull out of the
Interrail scheme, which has allowed unlimited train travel across Europe
for a fixed price for almost 50 years. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG),
which represents the industry, said it would withdraw on 1 January 2020.
It will also pull out of Eurail, the parallel
The man told bystanders "(the boy) was disrespecting the national anthem so he had every right to do that."
Health minister confirms plans and calls on neighbouring countries to
relax their laws Luxembourg has called on its EU neighbours to relax
their drug laws as its health minister confirmed plans to become the
first European country to legalise cannabis production and consumption.
“This drug policy we had over the last 50 years did not work,” Etienne
Schneider told Politico. “Forbidding everything
The racist ads have been reached as many as 5.5 million Facebook users, according to a new report
science
There
might be life on the Moon after all: thousands of virtually
indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling
heat, the coldest temperatures of the universe, and decades without
food.
Nature, Published online: 07 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1464-0
RNA polymerase II with a hypophosphorylated C-terminal domain
preferentially incorporates into mediator condensates, and with a
hyperphosphorylated C-terminal domain into splicing-factor condensates,
revealing phosphorylation as a regulatory mechanism in condensate
preference.
The
study examined the safety of place of birth by reporting on the risk of
death at the time of birth or within the first four weeks, and found no
clinically important or statistically different risk between home and
hospital groups.
The
key component of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is ready to be sealed and
lowered nearly 1.5 km underground, where it will search for dark matter.
A new study finds that marijuana access leads to reductions in opioid-related deaths.
Nature, Published online: 07 August 2019;
doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02379-w Scholars globally are feeling the heat
from politicians. They should take inspiration from scientists in the
1950s who raised the alarm over nuclear
There
might be life on the Moon after all: thousands of virtually
indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling
heat, the coldest temperatures of the universe, and decades without
food.
Nature, Published online: 07 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1464-0
RNA polymerase II with a hypophosphorylated C-terminal domain
preferentially incorporates into mediator condensates, and with a
hyperphosphorylated C-terminal domain into splicing-factor condensates,
revealing phosphorylation as a regulatory mechanism in condensate
preference.
The
study examined the safety of place of birth by reporting on the risk of
death at the time of birth or within the first four weeks, and found no
clinically important or statistically different risk between home and
hospital groups.
The
key component of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is ready to be sealed and
lowered nearly 1.5 km underground, where it will search for dark matter.
A new study finds that marijuana access leads to reductions in opioid-related deaths.
Nature, Published online: 07 August 2019;
doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02379-w Scholars globally are feeling the heat
from politicians. They should take inspiration from scientists in the
1950s who raised the alarm over nuclear
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