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Archaeologists recreated three common kinds of Paleolithic cave lighting
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5 years ago
Looking at cave art the way the artists saw them is interesting. Kinda like walking in a caveman's bearskins to understand them. A trip through a way-way-back machine.
An Observatory Spied on LA's Carbon Emissions—From Space
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Cities. Not corn fields or cow farts or flyover country. Climate change is being caused by where fossil fuels are consumed; not where fossil fuels are produced. Urban areas are the source of...
Why America Doesn't Really Make Solar Panels Anymore
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An interesting (and accurate) analysis of how the United States lost the competition on the cutting edge of technology. The United States has chosen to sit on the sidelines as a spectator and...
Google Earth reveals the world's largest geoglyph
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The surprising thing about these geoglyphs is the estimated age of 150 to 200 years old.
Wild-Looking 'Open Rotor' Engine Could Cut Airliner Emissions by a Massive 20 Percent
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Old technology getting another look. Propfans were being evaluated in the 1970s during the 'oil crisis'. Propfans proved to be much more efficient but manufacturing would have been difficult at...
Media coverage of the economy ignores the plight of most Americans
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Study after study suggests news reporting is biased. Yet the political left scoffs at the idea of 'fake news'. The news media claims to be the watchdogs of democracy. But who is scrutinizing...
Democrats wary of emerging bipartisan infrastructure deal
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Save the bloat! Can anyone explain what climate change, long-term home care, and prescription drugs have to do with infrastructure? Bipartisanship isn't dead. These huge omnibus spending bills...
Despite pandemic, carbon dioxide level in atmosphere hits record high
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The pandemic has turned climate politics into a morass of conundrums, contradictions, mixed messages, faulty assumptions, and deliberate obfuscation. The political imperative is to control public...