Laws protecting gun owners even more are spreading across the U.S. Mon Sep 12If someone dies from a gunshot you fired, normally you’d be taken in for questioning, but a growing number of states have enacted “stand your ground laws” that would protect you from arrest in claims of self …
Wheat or weed? Depends on who’s looking Mon Aug 29It seems like climate change is ruining everything, but it’s only just getting started. Part of the preparation for major problems to come includes securing our food supplies. Pest, disease, and weather threaten much of our monocrop agriculture (where a single …
Drinking our (recycled) toilet water? Mon Aug 29 We’ve all heard that our water sources are depleting. From headlines over poor water management to megadroughts, it’s clear that simply asking individual consumers to use water cautiously is not enough to move the needle. And if golf courses and agriculture also …
Regulators are ready to hold airlines accountable Fri Aug 5 Purchasing flights is quite stressful — what if your schedule changes or an emergency comes up? What if the airline makes major changes? Or a huge delay disrupts your whole schedule? In most cases, you lose money requesting a flight …
Women are bulldozing their way into construction jobs Tue Aug 16 These days, it feels like jobs are all over the place — especially when you look at it through the lens of gender. While women suffered the biggest burden on jobs lost due to the pandemic, the “Great Resignation” …
Facebook’s Scary Data DecisionWe’re no strangers to the dangers of how Big Tech uses of our data — but it doesn’t make it any less shocking. The latest egregious misuse? Facebook handing over a 17-year-old girl's data to Nebraska police for alleged crimes related to abortion (abortion is illegal in …
Days Are Shorter and Big Tech Hates It Fri Jul 29If it feels like time is flying by, it is! … Kind of. Although it’s imperceptible to us, the Earth has been spinning faster — meaning a day is not quite a full 24 hours. On June 29th of this …