What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
Britain told the G7 industrial powers on Friday to do more to fight killer superbugs as the United States reported the first case in the country of a patient with bacteria resistant to a last-resort antibiotic.
…In Japan, British Prime Minister David Cameron said leading countries needed to tackle resistance by reducing the use of antibiotics and rewarding drug companies for developing new medicines.
G7 told to act on antibiotics as dreaded superbug hits U.S.
hmmm
Despite the fact that federal environmental regulators have wrapped up a coal ash rewrite, some utilities still have their toughest battles ahead of them — how to get rid of the yucky stuff that is now on their sites and how to prevent it from leaching into the drinking water supplies.
Coal Ash Mess Continues To Muddy Utilities, Citizens And Regulators – Forbes
hmmm
Scientists hope to make greater use of satellites to pinpoint major sources of air pollution.
This gas leak was so massive that NASA saw it from space – The Washington Post
Jeezus freaking kerr-eyest….
There better be some serious fines levied and criminal charges lodged.
Fucking weak-ass, not-protecting-the-citizenry-at-all EPA, fucktard losers.
The world breaks more temperature records, loses more ice and shows unprecedented CO2 levels, NASA reports.
NASA: World temperatures continue to rise – News from Al Jazeera
Sigh…
In 2015 an engraved shale pendant was found during excavations at the Early Mesolithic site of Star Carr, UK. Engraved motifs on Mesolithic pendants are extremely rare, with the exception of amber pendants from southern Scandinavia. The artwork on the pendant is the earliest known Mesolithic art in Britain; the ‘barbed line’ motif is comparable to styles on the continent, particularly in Denmark.
Mesolithic Shale Pendant | Star Carr
cool.
Biblical miracles can be explained with (wildly unlikely, but still technically possible) science.
6 Scientific Explanations For Famous Bible ‘Miracles’ | Cracked.com
Heh, love me some Cracked.
A study of the eight main Hawaiian Islands shows that ocean debris regularly accumulates around the archipelago, and that most of it is not linked to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, state officials said today.
Aerial surveys document ocean debris around Hawaii | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
sigh…
In 1925, archaeologist Howard Carter found two daggers, one iron and one with a blade of gold, within the wrapping of the teenage king, who was mummified more than 3,300 years ago. The iron blade, which had a gold handle, rock crystal pommel and lily and jackal-decorated sheath, has puzzled researchers in the decades since Carter’s discovery: ironwork was rare in ancient Egypt, and the dagger’s metal had not rusted.
…Other objects from Tutankhamun’s tomb, including jewelry and miniature daggers, are believed to made from meteorite iron.
“…The Egyptians referred to this stuff as metal from the heaven …What I find impressive is that they were capable of creating such delicate and well manufactured objects in a metal of which they didn’t have much experience.”
Dagger in Tutankhamun’s tomb was made with iron from a meteorite | World news | The Guardian
very cool.
Recent research into an iron dagger in King Tut’s tomb has confirmed it was made from meteoric iron at a time when iron was more precious than gold and ironworking wasn’t yet thought to exist in Ancient Egypt.
Ancient dagger found with King Tut forged with meteoric iron | ExtremeTech
very cool.
The case will likely have consequences for enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
Supreme Court rules against White House in water pollution case | TheHill
Argh……….
An incredibly rare gold crown estimated to be more than 2,000 years old was found in a tattered cardboard box under a retiree’s bed in England.
cool!
A new study finds that a key protein implicated in Alzheimer’s may normally protect the brain from infection.
Antimicrobial Mechanism Gone Rogue May Play a Role in Alzheimer’s Disease – Scientific American
hmmm
The setting sun will align perfectly with the numbered streets that run east and west on the city’s grid on Sunday and Monday.
Celebrate Manhattanhenge This Memorial Day Weekend – The New York Times
So cool!
A San Francisco surgeon seeking to perform a liver transplant between two people infected with HIV will be able to proceed after legislators this week rushed through changes to state law.
California to allow transplants between HIV-infected people | The Sacramento Bee
Nice.
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert is taking a stand against gay space colonies.
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert argues against gay space colonies – NY Daily News
So, in this scenario we have the technology to colonize space but not to preform in vitro fertilization or create test tube babies? Huh?????
Report Warns of Climate Change Disasters That Rival Hollywood’s
Stonehenge eroding under the forces of extreme weather. Venice slowly collapsing into its canals. The Statue of Liberty. gradually flooding.
Images like these, familiar from Hollywood climate-catastrophe thrillers, were evoked by a joint report, released on Thursday by Unesco, the United Nations Environment Program and the Union of Concerned Scientists, that detailed the threat climate change could pose to World Heritage sites on five continents.
(The Australian continent was originally included in the report, but that its government requested it be removed because of concerns that the information would hurt its tourism industry.)
Report Warns of Climate Change Disasters That Rival Hollywood’s – The New York Times
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…And this is cause for a bunch of tinfoil hate wearing, self-satisfied morons to spew hundreds of posts about these things have survived for so long before this. Yes, you fucktards, that is the point. Climate change is changing all that you think is permanent. And no, that isn’t nature. That’s the effects of human technology. (we debate whether or not human technology is “natural” later – you know, when there is no danger of the oceans rising a foot in our lifetimes when we could have prevented it…) And anyone who isn’t concerned is not only ignorant but has some serous cognitive disabilities.
As early as 1850, visitors noticed old cemeteries and “ghost forests” uncovered by the shifting sands. Elsewhere, the sands entombed more trees and structures.
…Fifteen hundred WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers were employed to build the fences. …Working seven days a week, with Sunday afternoons off, the young men built fences with timber and brush, and installed them along the contour of the shoreline. The fences stopped the blowing sands, allowing dunes to form and grow. The workers then planted grasses — beach grass, sea oats, cordgrass, and wire grass — along with shrubs and tree seedlings to fortify the dunes, which ranged from 10 to 25 feet in height.
…Scientists discovered that, despite the dunes, erosion and flooding had continued, and the ocean tide had inched closer to properties. Apparently, the dunes served a reverse purpose by blocking sound waters from rushing back to the ocean. Dune construction was officially halted.
The History of the Outer Banks Dunes — Our State Magazine
hmmm
The university says the new law would shut down efforts to find cure for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Indiana University lawsuit claims abortion restrictions law will shut down research
hmmmm
BOSTON — A shipwreck from the 1800s has been uncovered during construction in Boston’s Seaport District.
Shipwreck uncovered in the middle of Boston | New York Post
Wild!
The ship, a wooden sloop at least 50 feet long from the mid-to-late 1800s, was uncovered late last week during construction of a new building.
Shipwreck from 1800s found buried in Boston – CBS News
wild!
The waters off Koh Khai Nok, Koh Khai Nui and Koh Khai Nai are renowned for their colourful coral displays and are popular with day-trippers from nearby Phuket, but the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) claims that up to 80 per cent of reefs there have been degraded and has decided to ban tourists from visiting them.
Thailand bans tourists from three more islands
good job, Thailand!
While their purpose is unclear, they are among the oldest-known constructions by a human species.
The scientists attributed the work to Neanderthals, who thrived in Europe at the time but vanished roughly 40,000 years ago, after our species Homo sapiens, which first appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago, trekked into Europe.
The six short-walled structures were built with pieces of stalagmites, rock formations made of mineral deposits from water dripping onto a cave floor. The two ring-shaped ones measured 22-by-15 feet (6.7-by-4.5 meters) and 7.2-by-6.9 feet (2.2-by-2.1 meters). All six had traces of fire.
hmm
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe failed in his bid to have Group of Seven leaders warn of the risk of a global economic crisis in a communique issued as their summit wraps up Friday in central Japan.
Japan Fails in Bid to Have G-7 Warn of Global Crisis Risk – Bloomberg
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