Data That Matters January 2017

The maker of iPhones has already replaced 60,000 workers with robots and may replace up to 360,000 by 2020. A Continue reading →

Atmospheric CO2 406.1ppm

The planet has now experienced an entire year where atmospheric carbon dioxide has exceeded 400 parts per million, the agreed Continue reading →

Superconducting Graphene

As if graphene wasn’t magical enough, researchers have found a way to make it into a superconductor. Typical superconductors require Continue reading →

Doubting Chinese Economy

China’s economy has been growing incredibly. While the rest of the world is experiencing GDP growth of about 2% to Continue reading →

Land Temperatures Set Record 2016

For the third year in a row, the planet set record temperatures (1.78F, 0.99C above average, according to NASA and Continue reading →

Wealth Inequality Correction

Last year Oxfam announced that 62 people had as much wealth as half the world. They were wrong. The right Continue reading →

Bumble Bee Is Endangered Species

The population of one species of bumble bee, the Rusty Patched, has fallen 90% making it an endangered species. Its Continue reading →

US Job Participation Declines

These may be seasonal variations, but; according to Gallup, unemployment was up three-tenths of a point to 5.2%, job participation Continue reading →