Flint: Treasure of Oblivion turns Treasure Island into a tactical RPG
Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a new tactical pirate RPG set entirely in the world of Treasure Island......»»
GM delays shift at pickup plant for Detroit Lions game
Flint Assembly, the only GM plant in Michigan scheduled to be open during Sunday's NFC Championship game, will start its third shift an hour later than planned......»»
GM workers at Flint assembly plant narrowly vote against tentative UAW contract
UAW Local 598 said in a Facebook post on Thursday that 51.8 percent of votes cast were against the proposed deal......»»
Black women teaching science find ways for incorporating anti-racist practices
Whether teaching about the practices and systems that led to high rates of diabetes in Black communities or discussions about the Flint water crisis, Black female science teachers are finding ways to incorporate anti-racist teaching in their classroo.....»»
UAW accusations against GM, Stellantis have few precedents
The last known charge of unfair labor practices filed by or against the Detroit 3 was in 1998. The UAW also made such a claim against GM during the 1937 Flint sit-down strike......»»
Do technological civilizations depend on atmospheric oxygen?
Nearly 2 million years ago a species of upright apes known as Homo erectus began to use fire. It was a gradual process, from opportunistic users of natural fires to masters able to craft flames from flint and tender. We are their descendants. We are.....»»
Early humans in the Hula Valley invested in systematic procurement of raw materials hundreds of thousands of years ago
A new study from Tel Aviv University and Tel-Hai College solves an old mystery: Where did early humans in the Hula Valley get flint to make the prehistoric tools known as handaxes?.....»»
GM"s Texas plant to get $500M for next full-size SUVs
Arlington follows investment announcements in Flint, Mich., and Oshawa, Ontario, to support the next generation of internal combustion full-size pickups built there......»»
GM to invest more than $1 billion in Flint, Mich., for next-gen HD pickups
GM will upgrade an assembly plant and stamping plant to build the next version of the gasoline-powered Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD......»»
US public water supply is a local source of phosphorus pollution, finds study
In the United States, public water systems are sometimes dosed with phosphate to reduce copper levels and lead pipe corrosion. This practice can help avert humanitarian disasters like the Flint water crisis, but because phosphorus can contribute to e.....»»
Flint water crisis demonstrates value of social networks
The size, strength and makeup of people's social networks are key indicators of how they will respond to the health consequences of an environmental disaster, according to a new Cornell study that focused on the Flint, Michigan, water crisis......»»
Collectors in the prehistoric world recycled old stone tools to preserve the memory of their ancestors
A first-of-its-kind study at Tel Aviv University asks what drove prehistoric humans to collect and recycle flint tools that had been made, used, and discarded by their predecessors. After examining flint tools from one layer at the 500,000-year-old p.....»»
This 5,300-year-old skull shows evidence of the earliest known ear surgery
Archaeologists also found a flint blade that may have been used as a cauterizing tool. Enlarge / Lateral view of a skull found at the El Pendón site in Spain, showing signs of a primitive form of ear surgery. (credit: ÑFotógrafos Ph.....»»
Flint water crisis costs Michigan $600 million—preventing it would have cost $80/day
Up to 20,000 children were exposed to lead during two-year crisis. Enlarge / The city of Flint Water Plant water tower in Flint, Michigan. (credit: Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) Residents of Flint, Michigan, began complaining in.....»»
Flint water crisis worsened birth outcomes, especially for Black babies
Not long after Flint, Michigan, started using river water as the local drinking supply, incidences of childhood lead poisoning skyrocketed. For the next several months, residents across the city—many of them Black and below the poverty line—would.....»»
Lead remediation efforts show promise for safe drinking water in New York city public schools
Since the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, many states have passed legislation requiring public schools to assess and treat lead in their drinking water. Two Princeton University researchers examined the efforts by New York City, the largest school d.....»»
G.I. Joe goes triple-A with new game headed by ex-WB developers
Plans to "redefine a beloved IP" could be helped by WB Games fallout. Enlarge (credit: Hasbro) Consider this a public service announcement big enough for Flint, Gung-Ho, and Alpine to host: G.I. Joe, one of the United States' longest-running c.....»»
GM cuts some U.S. truck production shifts because of chip shortage
The automaker is canceling scheduled overtime production for Saturday at its Fort Wayne assembly plant in Indiana and canceling a Friday night shift as well as overtime shifts for Saturday and Sunday at its Flint assembly plant in Michigan......»»
Early humans used chopping tools to break animal bones and consume the bone marrow
Researchers from the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University unraveled the function of flint tools known as "chopping tools," found at the prehistoric site of Revadim, east of Ashdod. Applying advanced research methods,.....»»
Ex-Michigan governor indicted for “willful neglect” in Flint water crisis
Public officials "evaded accountability for far too long," prosecutor says. Enlarge / Then-Michigan Governor Rick Snyder testifies on the Flint water crisis during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on M.....»»