Iowa Bets Big on Wind Power
The state’s latest 2,500 megawatts of new projects are part of a wind energy surge around the country.
ISIS Is a Symptom, Not the Cause, of the Middle East’s Disintegration
We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and Africa. Across the vast swath of territory between Pakistan and Nigeria, there are at least seven ongoing wars—in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, and South Sudan.
It Snowed in the Sahara and the Photos Are Breathtaking
Look, I know we cover a lot of the bad types of weather here. Wildfires, droughts, extreme cold, hurricanes. But allow me to make it up to you with some Good Weather. Snow in Sahara? Yes, please.
It’s been 10 years since the 2008 financial crisis — but I’ll never trust a bank again
I’ll truly never get over my horror at what happened in 2008. Statistics show other millennials feel the same.
James Webb Telescope arrives in California
The James Webb Telescope’s 2 component halves had been undergoing testing in Houston. They’re now at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in California.
Join us online or in person to stop food waste!
In just one week, on September 13, Food Tank will host a one-day summit at the WNYC Greene Space in New York City, titled “Focusing on Food Loss and Waste.”
Juno probes depths of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Juno spacecraft data show the Great Red Spot – nearly 1.5 Earths wide – with roots penetrating some 200 miles (300 km) into Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Just for fun: Tour alien worlds
Some fun multimedia from NASA, including (free) Exoplanet Travel Bureau posters, cool 360-degree visualizations, and a journey into the life and death of planetary system.
Justice Department warned White House that Flynn could be vulnerable to Russian blackmail, officials say – The Washington Post
Intelligence officials feared the national security adviser had misled the vice president after saying he did not discuss sanctions with the Russian ambassador.
Kellyanne Conway and the Bowling Green Massacre That Wasn't – The Atlantic
In an interview on Thursday, the adviser to President Donald Trump invented a massacre to justify restrictions on refugee admissions and travel from several predominantly Muslim countries.
