If you live in the US, most of the imported goods in your possession have traveled through the Port of Los Angeles, one of the largest ports in the world , and now, one of the biggest environmental success stories on the planet. A new study shows that due to major upgrades started a decade ago, the port is almost 10 years ahead of its emissions goals. Read more…
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The Port of LA’s Big Tech Upgrade Worked So Well It’s Hitting Its 2023 Emissions Goals
Radiation tends to strike fear in the hearts of the general populace, particularly the ionizing variety produced by X-rays and radioactive elements. But most have no idea what actual radiation looks like. Now a French organization c alled CloudyLabs has found a way to let us see the process in action using a simple cloud chamber. Read more…
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This is What Radiation from a Chunk of Uranium Looks Like
Last year, scientists in China used a gene-editing technique to produce pint-sized pigs for medical research. Now they want to sell them as pets. Critics say the precedent could lead to bizarre versions of cats and dogs, while at the same time preventing biologists from focusing on more important research. Read more…
Teslas might be ‘practical’ and ‘fast’ and other useful things, but they’re also a little nouveau riche. If you want real electric-car class, you’ve got to hark back to 1905, and this very expensive vintage golf cart. Read more…
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110-Year-Old Electric Car Sells for $95,000
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that a free version of Windows 10 would be available for Raspberry Pi devices. Now it’s here , and this $75 kit aims to make the process of using it as straightforward as possible. Read more…
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This $75 Kit Makes It Easy to Run Windows 10 on a Raspberry Pi
Instagram announced huge growth numbers that show more than 100 million people have joined the app in the last nine months. Twitter? Not so much. Read more…
Not long ago, the idea of walking up to a clerk behind a counter and getting a baggie of weed seemed ludicrous. Now, in states where recreational or medical marijuana is approved and regulated, it’s a routine, mundane part of life. Are psychedelics next? Read more…
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When Are You Going to Get Your Prescription MDMA?
Marco Arment, internet pundit and creator of Instapaper, has decided to stop selling his wildly-popular ad blocker, Peace, for iOS 9. His reason? It “just doesn’t feel good.” But there’s more to it than that. Read more…
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The Most Popular Paid App in the App Store Is Gone
Every product Amazon makes is designed to sell you something else. It’s an open secret. That’s why the company could lose money on the Kindle Fire—yet still reap a profit . Now, Amazon is introducing the most irresistable moneysuck yet: a $50 tablet. Read more…
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Amazon’s $50 Fire Tablet Is The Impulse Buy That Never Ends
Yeast is an incredible organism—you can thank it for booze!—and thanks to the marvels of modern genetics, we’ve made it incredibly versatile. Just a month after announcing a method for hacking yeast to produce narcotics , researchers just announced that the creation of yeast that produces THC and cannabidiols . Read more…
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Scientists Can Now Make THC from Yeast