Data That Matters July 2016

Antarctica’s ozone hole shrunk by 4.5 million square kilometers annually. Environmental controls work. California’s aquifers hold 2.7 cubic kilometers instead Continue reading →

Nuclear Lemon Into Solar Lemonade

Remember Chernobyl? It’s been thirty years since the nuclear disaster. In a moment of ingenuity, someone realized that the nuclear Continue reading →

US Economy Grows Slowly

“The US economy grew at an annual rate of just 1.2% from April to June, the US Department of Commerce Continue reading →

Ice Bucket Stunt Succeeds

Remember the summer of the ice bucket challenge? Lots of videos of creative people and celebrities dumping buckets of ice Continue reading →

Higher Taxes Encourage Competition

An unexpected dynamic within the debate about income and wealth inequality is the effect of income taxes on the management Continue reading →

Solar Plane Circumnavigates Earth

Granted that it took 16 months, and they had to stop 16 times; but, a solar powered airplane has circumnavigated Continue reading →

Killer Cop Robots

Just like with the drones in war zones that were redesigned to be central to drone warfare, the robots being Continue reading →

US Gun Death Data

Gun deaths in America have risen to about 33,000 people. While terrorism, mass shootings, police shooting people, and people shooting Continue reading →