California Heats Up Again

The trend line for California’s average temperature suggests warming by 4F every 50 years – and then it spiked. It Continue reading →

Legal Pot Undermines Mexican Cartels

Marijuana is only legal in a few US states, but the Mexican cartels are already seeing the impact. Legal production Continue reading →

Inequality Creates Miscommunications

The gap between rich and poor is widening, and not just financially. The poor, by necessity, spend almost everything on Continue reading →

Say Hello To Aliens By 2025

It is highly probable that we are not the only intelligent life in the universe. Drake’s Equation gives a reasonable Continue reading →

Global Warming Acceleration

Climate change is hard to measure because it is noisy data. Decades of data provide trends. Daily fluctuations provide noise. Continue reading →

Every Norwegian Is A Millionaire, Sort Of

Countries don’t have to live in debt. They can make their citizens rich. Norway has great resources, a relatively small Continue reading →

Are Aliens Saying Hello

SETI (the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) continues to listen for signals from space, but has to guess at what kind Continue reading →

Robots Rights

Robots are increasingly intelligent. Though none have gained sentience (we think) they are becoming so integrated into human teams that Continue reading →