Paper or no plastic: New bill may eliminate plastic bags in California entirely
For anyone who's shopped at Trader Joe's, it's already a familiar choice: You can carry your groceries out in a paper bag or perhaps a spare cardboard box, in a tote you brought from home or—if you're shopping lightly/daringly—by hand......»»
Our brains aren’t meant to be awake after midnight
The human brain isn’t designed to be awake late at night, new research suggests. The researchers behind the paper, which is published in Frontiers in … The post Our brains aren’t meant to be awake after midnight appeared first on BGR......»»
Apple CEO Tim Cook was business-focused at an early age
Apple CEO Tim Cook was entrepreneurial from an early age, using money from a paper route to save toward his college education.Tim Cook - Image credit: AppleAs the head of a major tech company, Tim Cook has a lot of experience dealing with business de.....»»
Ion engines could take us to the solar gravitational lens in less than 13 years, suggests paper
Sending an object to another star is still the stuff of science fiction. But some concrete missions could get us at least part way there. These "interstellar precursor missions" include a trip to the solar gravitational lens point at 550 AU from the.....»»
Chemists develop a metal-free way to selectively convert symmetrical diols into one of two mirror-image isomers
A team of chemists at the University of Cambridge has developed a metal-free way to convert symmetrical diols selectively into one of two mirror-image isomers. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group took advantage of the ability o.....»»
Bird flu hit a dead end in Missouri, but it’s running rampant in California
No new cases in Missouri, but plenty in California and Washington. As H5N1 bird flu continues to spread wildly among California dairy herds and farmworkers, federal health officia.....»»
Poaching suspected as camera traps find only 11 Sumatran tigers in 2 years
Camera-trap monitoring detected only 11 individual Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) and no cubs between 2020 and 2022 in the Ulu Masen Ecosystem, Sumatra Island, Indonesia, reports a paper published in Scientific Reports. The high proportio.....»»
Having the "right" friends may hold the secret to building wealth, according to new study on socioeconomic ties
Having wealthy people in your social network significantly boosts the likelihood that you'll participate in stock markets and savings plans, according to a new working paper I co-authored......»»
Astronomers discover a bright pulse that may be a fast radio burst
Searching for pulsars using the Large Phased Array (LPA) radio telescope, Russian astronomers have detected a bright pulse at a frequency of 111 MHz, which appears to be a fast radio burst event. The finding was reported in a research paper published.....»»
Astropad launches Bookcase to turn iPhone into a comfortable and smart page-turner
Astropad has been exploring hardware creations more over the past few years with its pen-on-paper iPad screen protector kit, iPad artist surface/stand Darkboard, and more. Now the company with roots in software has launched its latest creative physic.....»»
Florida"s condo crisis: In Brevard County, a community faces $50,000 repair bill per unit
Florida"s condo crisis: In Brevard County, a community faces $50,000 repair bill per unit.....»»
Michigan mom speaks out after Grand Valley State University sends son $84K bill for FOIA files he requested
Michigan mom speaks out after Grand Valley State University sends son $84K bill for FOIA files he requested.....»»
Kusari helps organizations gain visibility into their software
By ingesting Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) data – a list of all software components – the Kusari platform presents a timeline of the software to identify where impacts are likely to surface. In creating a single source of truth, Kusari is hel.....»»
Biodegradable microplastics study helps quantify their climate change and ecotoxicity impacts
Over 20 million tons of plastic are estimated to end up in the environment every year, with much of it breaking down into microplastics that are harmful to the health of humans and wildlife. Biodegradable and bio-based plastics made from organic mate.....»»
Newsom sides with Musk in dispute over SpaceX rocket launches
In a legal dispute between Elon Musk and the California Coastal Commission over the number of rockets the billionaire's company can launch from the coast, Gov. Gavin Newsom has sided with Musk, saying over the weekend, "I'm with Elon.".....»»
Observations explore the nature of stellar stream Icarus
Astronomers from Italy and Chile have investigated an accreted stellar stream named Icarus in the Milky Way's disk. Results of the study, detailed in a research paper published October 16 on the preprint server arXiv, yield crucial information regard.....»»
Ford, Calif. dealership can"t coerce customer into arbitration over lemon law complaint, appeals court rules
Ford Motor Co. and the dealership that serviced a 2020 F-250 Super Duty can't force the pickup's owners to arbitrate their lemon law claim, a California appeals court ruled......»»
Smallest dinosaur egg ever found confirmed in China
A team of paleontologists, geoscientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that a fossilized egg unearthed in 2021 is the smallest dinosaur egg ever found. In their paper published in the journal Hi.....»»
Teslas don"t work as green squad cars, California police say
As an increasing number of cities in California require departments to buy zero-emission vehicles, police say the Teslas they're being put in make their jobs harder......»»
These are my favorite leather iPhone 16 cases
If you've bought an iPhone 16 and want an Apple leather case, you're out of luck. But fear not, as this California-based company makes the best replacement......»»
California Is Flooding School Cafeterias With Vegan Meals—and Kids Like It
Credit environmentally conscious students—and a handful of state funding programs......»»