Rise Of The Robot Bees: Tiny Drones Turned Into Artificial Pollinators
Honeybees are a critical part of agriculture, pollinating many of our favorite crops. But bee deaths are on the rise. In Japan, scientists are testing whether insect-sized drones can help do the job.
Rocket Men
The rivalry between two billionaires is reducing the cost of space travel. Tom Standage climbs into the cockpit
Rollout Of Chevy Bolt May Mark Turning Point For Electric Car Market
The Chevy Bolt can go 238 miles on a single charge and costs about $30,000, after a federal tax credit. But the clean-car industry needs government support to thrive, and that’s far from certain.
Russian Trolling of US Social Media May Have Been Much Greater Than We Thought
The latest revelations from inside Russia heighten concern over Moscow’s Internet “troll farm.”
Sacred Activism and Self-Care as Catalysts for Positive Change
In this presentation, we will discuss the nature of spirituality, self-care, and how we maintain our inner health to feed our action in the world and make us more effective agents for change.
SailMail | Universal email for cruisers: all devices, all oceans.
The SailMail Association is a non-profit association of yacht owners that operates and maintains an email communications system for use by its members. SailMail supports email communications using every internet communications device in all oceans of the world.
Sanctuary Cities Join Forces in First Meeting of Its Kind
On Monday, March 27, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated Trump’s threats to cut funding to sanctuary cities, local elected officials from across the country gathered to plan how we can fight back together. Seeking Sanctuary: Municipal Policy to Confront Mass Deportation and Criminalization, a national convening hosted by Local Progress, Center for Popular…
Saudis in market to buy nuclear power plants….and make nuclear weapons?
The Saudi shopping spree includes talks with U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who is in London hoping to sell the Saudis AP1000 commercial nuclear reactors made by the bankrupt US company Westinghouse.
Saving seeds to build bonds in our community
In life, it’s easy to take short cuts, but if you take time to do things a different way, what develops may surprise you.
Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump
Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of government data onto independent servers in hopes of safeguarding it from any political interference.
