Communications: Alfred Vail, not Samuel Morse, likely invented “Morse Code”
Alfred Vail, not Samuel Morse, is the likely inventor of the "Morse Code".
Climate: # of passenger jets to double over next 20 years
Does this mean we are not banning air travel? Airline fleets to double in new blow to flight-shamers
Climate: Climate change affects those with migraines, worse
Or something: Georgia weather summer 2024: Heat will trigger more migraines, study finds (ajc.com)
Crime: NYC spends US $1,500+ per day per incarcerated criminal
NYC spends more than one half million dollars per incarcerated inmate per year - or more than $1,500 per day spent in jail.
Demographics, Education: College enrollments to start dropping faster in 2025
The number of kids born from the 2008 Great Recession onward began a sharp fall off. That cohort is set to start college in the next few years: College enrollment…
Public Health: Oregon really did shut down non-emergency health care in 2020
Every time I mention Oregon's shutting down non-emergency health care in Mar'20, some idiot tells me this is not true. No, it was absolutely true.
Demographics, Education: The Higher Education “Enrollment cliff” approaches
Colleges, facing the demographic cliff, think they can persuade more of the smaller cohorts to attend college. But that's not what surveys of young people think will happen.
Demographics: Immigration to be sole source of population growth in coming decades (for rich countries)
Wealthy countries' population growth will soon come exclusively from immigration.
Climate: They want “15 minute” cities even though study says they will not work for most
Study says limiting people to "15-minute" radius might not work in N America; should limit to 30 minutes instead. It's Just Science.