United States – Sivu 3

2024-02-05 @ 20.10.31 ∈ In English

Getting rid of bed bugs: Trickier than ever

[Tropical] bed bugs have turned up in the United States, Sweden, Italy, Norway, Finland, China, Japan, France, Central Europe, Spain — “even in Russia, which would have once been unthinkable,” says [Chow-Yang] Lee, of the University of California, Riverside.

2023-12-21 @ 13.24.32 ∈ In English

At what point does the Santa myth become a harmful deception? | Psyche Ideas

The adults who remembered feeling the worst were at an older age when they learned about Santa, they tended to have found out abruptly, and from another person, rather than figuring it out on their own. Yet a similar number of children, and around 13 per cent of adults, recalled experiencing positive emotions upon learning Santa wasn’t real.

2023-12-14 @ 20.44.29 ∈ In English

Mothers and children have their birthday in the same month more often than you’d think—and here’s why

The phenomenon likely has its roots in relatives sharing socio-demographic characteristics: people of similar backgrounds are known to pair up and to be more likely to give birth at certain times of the year[.]

2023-12-13 @ 17.42.50 ∈ In English

Global assessment of free-ranging cats shows they eat more types of creatures than previously thought

They summed up their findings by suggesting that cats worldwide are eating pretty much anything that they are able to catch and kill, ranging from rats and mice to snakes and frogs, spiders, and of course, birds—many, many birds.

2023-12-11 @ 18.59.42 ∈ In English

(No longer geoblocked)

Washington's Dream - SNL

George Washington (Nate Bargatze) tells his soldiers (Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Bowen Yang, James Austin Johnson) his dream for the country.

2023-11-20 @ 18.46.12 ∈ In English

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

[Electric bikes and mopeds are] displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present, due to their staggering uptake in China and other nations where mopeds are a common form of transport.

2023-11-20 @ 16.33.07 ∈ In English

Opinion | I’m a Climate Scientist. I’m Not Screaming Into the Void Anymore.

Some politicians now actually campaign on climate change, instead of ignoring or lying about it. Congress passed federal climate legislation — something I’d long regarded as impossible — in 2022 as we turned in the first draft. And while the report stresses the urgency of limiting warming to prevent terrible risks, it has a new message, too: We can do this.

2023-11-02 @ 19.04.40 ∈ In English

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds—and stop naming them after people

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday. […] Rather than review each bird named after a person individually, all such birds will be renamed, the organization announced.

2023-06-09 @ 14.14.22 ∈ In English

Social media and duct tape are helping people make DIY air purifiers that filter out wildfire smoke

Public health experts say Corsi-Rosenthal purifiers are highly effective at removing particles from the air. [Their] clean air delivery rate is relatively high and can be used to purify air against not only smoke, but pollen and viruses.

2022-02-15 @ 12.12.48 ∈ Suomeksi

Helmikuun tykit

Minkälainen kehitys on ajanut Euroopan tilanteeseen, jossa suurvaltain välisen sodan uhka on jälleen akuutti? Mitkä asiat Venäjän, itäisen Euroopan ja maailman tapahtumissa yleensä muodostavat taustan kaikelle sille, mikä nyt tuntuu sysäävän maanosaa kohti tuntematonta?