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[CoolBrees]

I haven't been able to adequately describe to young people how littered and dirty everything was in the 70's.

Every car had black smoke coming out, garbage everywhere, and up here we have all of the steel mills, a coal fired electric facility (back then) and a couple of oil refineries. We'd be on the playground and be running on can tabs, broken glass, used condoms, razor blades, and cigarette butts.

When we lived in Whiting by what was Standard oil, we would have to clean the ash off of everything outside and we would have pink snow in winter. The exhaust from cars would turn the snow black. Everything was disgusting.

everything was filthy.

When I was about 8 I saw people do it and thought is was ok so I rolled my window down and threw out a cup.

My dad pulled over and made me pick up trash for like an hour along the interstate. I didn't have a bag so I had to find one to fill. I can still hear: "The world is not your garbage can, boy!" In my ears. I never did it again and I still have PTSD from seeing road garbage.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Just roll the window down and throw it out like a McDonald's bag in the 80's

I actually just saw someone do this a few weeks ago

I couldn't believe it

At a red light, the car in front of me just tosses a fast food soda cup out the window

 

[CoolBrees]

I actually just saw someone do this a few weeks ago

I couldn't believe it

At a red light, the car in front of me just tosses a fast food soda cup out the

Littering is a $1000 fine here in Oregon. By comparison, the fine is only $25 for shooting heroin on the capital's front steps.

 

[Eeyore]

New evidence that insect wings may have evolved from gills

How did insect wings originate? This is a question that represents an unsolved mystery of insect evolution. Despite many years of research, it is still not entirely clear from which body structure insect wings actually evolved and what their original function was when they were not yet efficient...

phys.org

 

[Optimus Prime]

Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds

Vast reforestation a major reason for ‘warming hole’ across parts of US where temperatures have flatlined or cooled

www.theguardian.com

 

[Cajun Mike]

He was actually was Louisiana

 

[The Nomad]

He was actually was Louisiana

He's in my wife's family tree; full-blooded Italian.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Astronomers believe they might have found the brightest object in existence.

The blazing object appears to be a quasar. It is powered by a blackhole that is growing so fast it eats the equivalent of our Sun each day.

The record-breaking quasar shines 500 trillion times brighter than our sun. The black hole powering this distant quasar is more than 17 billion times more immense than our sun, an Australian-led team said.……

Scientists might have found the brightest object in existence

Black hole powering newly discovered quasar is eating the equivalent of our Sun every day

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Optimus Prime]

Researchers have figured out how to recreate a person’s fingerprints from just the sound they make while swiping a touchscreen.

The discovery, made by a team from the US and China, could have profound implications for biometric security systems that are used in everything from smartphones to door access locks.

The technique, called PrintListener, reconstructs the pattern of a finger’s papillary lines through the acoustic signals it generates as it slides across a screen.

Hackers could use the microphone found within the smartphone to record the sound and steal a victim’s fingerprint, according to the researchers.…..

New hack clones fingerprints just by listening to fingers swipe screens

PrintListener hacking technique can steal people’s fingerprints through a smartphone’s microphone

www.independent.co.uk

 

[fred8615]

Smallest Star Ever Discovered And It's Only A Tiny Bit Bigger Than Earth

And it orbits its companion with the shortest period ever!

www.iflscience.com

 

[fred8615]

Rock Art Featuring Ice Age Giants Proves Humans Settled The Amazon 12,600 Years Ago

The early Amazonian settlers ate piranhas, crocodiles, and capybara, among other animals.

www.iflscience.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

Scientists have discovered a previously undocumented species of giant anaconda in the Amazon which they say can grow up to 7.5m and weighing close to 500kg, making it the largest and heaviest snake yet known in the world.

Until now, four species of anacondas were known, with the largest one – the green anaconda – inhabiting tropical parts of South America such as the basins of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Esequibo rivers, as well as some smaller watersheds.…….

Biggest snake species in the world discovered in Amazon rainforest

Species was found during filming for National Geographic’s Disney+ series Pole to Pole with Will Smith

www.independent.co.uk

 

[fred8615]

40,000-Year-Old Multi-Compound Glue Suggests Neanderthals Were Smarter Than We Thought

The idea that Neanderthals were dumb just doesn't stick.

www.iflscience.com

 

[Tapxe]

Scientists Claim AI Breakthrough to Generate Boundless Clean Fusion Energy

Princeton researchers report that a new AI model has solved one of the major roadblocks to generating fusion energy.

www.vice.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

How do whales sing? Lab experiments suggest their voice boxes have a unique feature

Whales sing loud enough that the sound travels through the ocean. But how they do that has been a mystery.

apnews.com