MIT: Five Grand Thermal Challenges to Decarbonise the Global Economy
What would it take to make renewable energy viable, and reduce emissions from industrial processes? MIT professors Asegun Henry, Ravi Prasher & Arun Majumdar describe five thermal challenges which must be overcome, to curb industrial CO2 emissions and make renewable energy a viable solution to the world’s energy needs.…
COVID-19: Is there an opportunity in the crisis? Jane M. Orient, M.D.
DDP 38th Annual Meeting August 16, 2020, Las Vegas, NV…
Media hypes new 130°F Death Valley Temperature – but it’s still short of the 134°F record
On Sunday, August 16th the National Weather Service in Las Vegas, Nevada sent out a Tweet highlighting a new maximum daily temperature of 130°F in Death Valley: Predictably, the media jumped on this number with the Los Angeles Times saying “…possibly the highest mercury reading on Earth since 1913“. Even the Drudge Report got into the act putting the……
Central Planning Gone Wild!
Indeed, the main purpose of reopening businesses is to prevent further deterioration of our economy by generating profits and provide incomes that many citizens desperately need. However, for employees in a contact-based position, the risk of COVID infection and transmission may remarkably increase if they return to work.…
Early spread of COVID-19 appears far greater than initially reported
Patients with undiagnosed flu symptoms who actually had COVID-19 last winter were among thousands of undetected early cases of the disease at the beginning of this year.…
Researchers one step closer to bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts
If you want to enhance a locust to be used as a bomb-sniffing bug, there are a few technical challenges that need solving before sending it into the field.…
UNSW Academic Repeats Tired “Dams will Never Fill” Climate Change Myth
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to UNSW academic Dr. Clara Stephens, future extreme rainfall will fail to fill Aussie dams, because the drier ground will absorb too much moisture. What you might not realise about the flow-on effects of climate change Fri 14 Aug 2020 10.42 AEST In the coming years, we are likely to……