Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock
"Britain warned its food producers on Wednesday to prepare for a 400% rise in carbon dioxide prices after extending emergency state support to avert a shortage of poultry and meat triggered by soaring costs of wholesale natural gas." State support has been given to a key producer for a period of 3 weeks.
Source: reuters.com
Sewage discharged into rivers 400,000 times in 2020
Waterways in England had sewage discharged into them for three million hours
Source: bbc.com
Greeks domesticated grapes about 4000 years ago to improve wine-making
We know that the ancient Greeks made wine as early as 4300 BC, but a new analysis of preserved seeds suggests grapes were domesticated around 2000 BC
Source: newscientist.com
Busicom 141-PF and Intel 4004 - a fascinating story of innovation through ‘lead users’.
Busicom 141-PF and Intel 4004 - a fascinating story of innovation through ‘lead users’.
Source: vintagecalculators.com
Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so: One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable
Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so: One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable journals at 400,000
Source: economist.com
A Brief History of Intel CPUs, Part 1: The 4004 to the Pentium Pro - ExtremeTech: We dive into the history of Intel CPUs
A Brief History of Intel CPUs, Part 1: The 4004 to the Pentium Pro - ExtremeTech: We dive into the history of Intel CPUs and the x86 architecture. From the very first microprocessor, through to the father of modern CPUs.
Source: extremetech.com
400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
Source: opennotes.org
400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
Source: opennotes.org
400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
Source: 80000hours.org
400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port
Source: 80000hours.org
'Thousands' of known bugs found in pacemaker code - BBC News: Thousands of bugs have been found in the code used to keep
'Thousands' of known bugs found in pacemaker code - BBC News: Thousands of bugs have been found in the code used to keep pacemakers functioning, say researchers
Source: bbc.co.uk
Tax plastic drinking straws, firm says - BBC News: A waste disposal firm claims that plastic drinking straws are "the ultimate
Tax plastic drinking straws, firm says - BBC News: A waste disposal firm claims that plastic drinking straws are "the ultimate in human wastefulness".
Source: bbc.co.uk
A filmmaker installed security software on a decoy phone to spy on smartphone thieves
A filmmaker installed security software on a decoy phone to spy on smartphone thieves
Source: theverge.com
WMO: Five hottest years on record have occurred since 2011 - BBC News: The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says
WMO: Five hottest years on record have occurred since 2011 - BBC News: The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that the five years from 2011 to 2015 were the warmest on record.
Source: bbc.co.uk
400,000 bots are posting political tweets about the election, and they have influence: Nearly 20 percent of all election-related
400,000 bots are posting political tweets about the election, and they have influence: Nearly 20 percent of all election-related tweets come from an army of influential robots.
Source: technologyreview.com
Royal colleges say that 40,000 deaths a year linked to air pollution and costs UK £20bn a year - Hospital Dr
Royal colleges say that 40,000 deaths a year linked to air pollution and costs UK £20bn a year - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk
This Buddhist temple's 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree is dropping a sea of yellow: Thousands of people from all over China have
This Buddhist temple's 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree is dropping a sea of yellow: Thousands of people from all over China have headed to the Zhongnan Mountains to appreciate the simple beauty of a tree shedding its leaves for the 1,400th consecutive year. The storied gingko tree’s leaves start falling...
Source: independent.co.uk
Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee
Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Three Large Prospective Cohorts. See reports in Telegraph, Tribune, BT news, South Wales Argus!, Harvard's own press release....
Source: ahajournals.org
California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations: California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law
California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations: California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law the state's first comprehensive regulations of medical marijuana, two decades after legalization fueled a wild west of disparate local rules, a gray market in cultivation and concerns...
Source: reuters.com
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