Popular Posts 2016

Northwest Passage opens – because what other event demonstrates global warming? Breaking The Internet – because the network is no Continue reading →

Comet Overdue

Remember that bumper sticker from before the election, “Giant Meteor 2016 – Just End It Already”? Well, NASA reminds us Continue reading →

Venezuela Collapse Continues

Weirdly good news about terrible news: Various worries about economic and societal collapses are based on conversations and hypotheses. Venezuela Continue reading →

Breaking The Internet

Some stories are best covered in simple terms because the next level of complexity immediately jumps to expertise understood by Continue reading →

US Dam Hacked

By luck and chance, one of the major dangers from hacking was averted. One hacker managed to access the sluice Continue reading →

Media Scares Mapped

The media love a good story, or at least one that gets everyone’s attention – even if it isn’t the Continue reading →

Doomsday Clock Unchanged

The Doomsday Clock that (arbitrarily) illustrates how close humanity is to an apocalypse remains stuck at three minutes to midnight. Continue reading →

Forest Fire Record

Forest fires are natural, but the way they were managed for decades was unnatural. Unnaturally suppressing fires allowed fuel to Continue reading →