Overshoot climate targets, even briefly, and the costs of extreme weather go up.
Could we build a synthetic digestive system for Vision to make him more human?
Also: five Avengers serve as case studies to ponder aging trajectories for superheroes
Omicron smashes US case records as experts are still trying to understand it
The mildness of omicron and the use of rapid tests are still in question.
Elon Musk rejects claims his satellites are squeezing out rivals in space
SpaceX founder points out that space is “extremely enormous,” satellites “very tiny.”
How “stars” are helping the French keep the night sky dark
A voluntary program is encouraging towns to manage their lighting.
Webb continues to unfold; has enough fuel for over a decade
We’re on the verge of trying to fully extend the sunscreen.
A year on: the highs and lows of a new engineering education system
Last Christmas, I got a new curriculum, but no curriculum survives actual students.
World’s Oldest Family Tree Created Using DNA
Scientists have compiled the world’s oldest family tree from human bones interred at a 5,700-year-old tomb in the Cotswolds, UK. The BBC reports: Analysis of DNA from the tomb’s occupants revealed the people buried there were from five continuous gener…
Detailed Footage Finally Reveals What Triggers Lightning
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a report via Quanta Magazine, written by Thomas Lewton: During a summer storm in 2018, a momentous lightning bolt flashed above a network of radio telescopes in the Netherlands. The telescopes’ detailed record…
気候変動対策という点で、2021年は大きな「機会損失」の年だった
コロナ禍が2年目となった2021年。経済活動が本格的に再開されたことで二酸化炭素（CO2）の排出は元通りになったが、米国では大型インフラ投資法案が成立して約1,540億ドル（約17.6兆円）が気候変動対策に割り当てられるなど、重要な動きも少なくない。
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