A sweltering mid-June day with temperatures topping 100 degrees spurred one of the largest livestock die-offs in recent Kansas history, killing about 2,000 cattle. Twice that many cattle perished in fierce 2011 Iowa heat, with thousands more dying in neighboring states. And a July 1995 heat wave took a similar toll in the Farm Belt.… Continue reading Putting Cows in Forests Could Prevent Heat-Related Losses
Gazprom Suspends Gas Supplies To Latvia As Austria Warns EU Russian Energy Ban “Impossible”
“Today, Gazprom suspended its gas supplies to Latvia… due to violations of the conditions” of purchase, Russian energy giant Gazprom has announced Saturday in a statement posted to Telegram. This after on Wednesday gas deliveries to Europe were cut to about 20% of capacity via the Nord Stream pipeline. The EU has continued charging Moscow… Continue reading Gazprom Suspends Gas Supplies To Latvia As Austria Warns EU Russian Energy Ban “Impossible”
A Biochemist’s View of Life’s Origin Reframes Cancer and Aging
Quanta Magazine > 0; if (typeof predicate !== ‘function’) { throw new TypeError(‘predicate must be a function’); } var thisArg = arguments[1]; var k = 0; while (k We care about your data, and we’d like to use cookies to give you a smooth browsing experience. Please agree and read more about our privacy policy.Agree… Continue reading A Biochemist’s View of Life’s Origin Reframes Cancer and Aging
Why High School Teachers Need to Teach Liberal Arts
A book I wrote called “The Death of Learning” has been generating some attention, both good and bad. It catalogs the decline of traditional liberal arts education in America – especially in our colleges and universities – and offers some modest and fairly traditional ways to turn this situation around. But what most commentators have… Continue reading Why High School Teachers Need to Teach Liberal Arts
Shadow People! (Aliens? Ghosts? Demons? Something Else?)
Podcast: Download MYS221: Ever thought you saw a shadowy figure out of the corner of your eye? Or the shadowy silhouette of a person directly in front of you? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Shadow People, what they are, and where they come from. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow… Continue reading Shadow People! (Aliens? Ghosts? Demons? Something Else?)
The Life of Grace – SpiritualDirection.com
Editor’s note: This article is part 5 of a series, “The Kingdom of Grace.” Part 4 can be found here. Grace is a special gift of divine Love, different from all the blessings of nature, and stands out from them all. God has loved us excessively and poured out himself upon us. He gives us… Continue reading The Life of Grace – SpiritualDirection.com
Inflation, Recession Or Both? | ZeroHedge
Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Perhaps more than anything else, the one question that is going to determine whether or not people make money in the market in the second half of this year is whether or not bad news is once again good news. So, let’s discuss the setup: what the macro picture looks… Continue reading Inflation, Recession Or Both? | ZeroHedge
NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission Is ‘Go’ for Launch
After more than a decade of development, NASA’s new moon rocket will finally attempt to shed the shackles of Earth’s gravity and soar into space. The space agency has officially set August 29 as the launch date for its Artemis I mission. This flight will be the beginning of an intricate series of spaceflights that… Continue reading NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission Is ‘Go’ for Launch
When You Don’t Know If the Indirect Effect Will Be Greater
The NY Times featured an article on August 22, 2022 “People are paying to have personal messagespainted on Ukrainian artillery shells.” (see: https://nyti.ms/3CsFNwy, which is also a photo source.) The article chronicles a novel way that Ukrainians are raising money to support their war effort against Russia. According to the article the signmyrocket… Continue reading When You Don’t Know If the Indirect Effect Will Be Greater
Mary and the Magnifying Glass
I remember the day when I was in fifth grade when some of the more mischievous boys, not generally inclined towards academics, nonetheless took a sudden interest in science. They would get up and go to the potted plants on the windowsill, and using the magnifying glass, would study them intently and at length. This… Continue reading Mary and the Magnifying Glass