Climate: Northwest Passage openings becoming shorter
A new Nature paper finds that assumptions of increased use of an ice free Northwest Passage in the Arctic are not warranted.
Education: Scientific American calls for criminal background checks of homeschool parents
Scientific American says we need Federal regulations for home schooling and parents should undergro criminal and background checks.
Business: Starbucks, and why I don’t go there anymore
The Starbucks experience is not what it used to be - and why I no longer stop in. It's 70% mobile orders now, and no longer an enjoyable sit down…
Demographics: The end of families as a central shared attribute of society
Why couples are no longer having kids? It's not money.
Social: Videos dominate, words and still photos are dead
Textual posts and photos are dead. Everything is now video, all the time.
Public health: Celebrity doctors advocates for censorship, police forces, to counter “misinformation”
Celebrity public health spokesperson Dr. Peter Hotez, suggests we need to bring police and military forces to bear against vaccine and science misinformation...
Security: Doing math on board aircraft is dangerous
This really happened - an economist working on differential equations was temporarily removed from an airline flight because passenger thought he must be a terrorist.
Education: Financial illiteracy
Student debt is not the root problem - financial illiteracy is the root of education loan problems.
Health: Vegans, vegetarians, elderly need to be aware of B12 deficiency
B12 deficiency is not a minor health issue - it's serious. If you are vegetarian or vegan, you need to pay attention.
Demographics: State budgets threatened by declining populations
Low fertility rates are already beginning to impact state budgets.