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Education

How to Make Americans Read Again

Yesterday at 13:00 PM, via New York Times

The reading crisis is real, but the solution does not require new inventions.

Entertainment

Admit you’re wrong, Steenhuisen

Today at 07:03 AM, via The Citizen

If Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has any sense, he’ll take the recent high court ruling as a signal to abandon his habitually bellicose approach.

Science/Tech

The enigmatic summer phenomenon shining from the edge of space

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

With no recorded sightings before 1885, noctilucent clouds have been linked to volcanoes, pollution or climate change

As summer arrives in the northern hemisphere, so do the noctilucent clouds – hopefully. These high-altitude formations are as enigmatic as they are beautiful. Their name derives from Latin, meaning “night shining”.

They appear during the summer months and glow with an...

Science/Tech

New Desalination System Turns Seawater Into Drinking Water and Useful Salts – Including Lithium

Today at 05:54 AM, via Slashdot

“Scientists have developed a solar desalination system that turns seawater into drinking water without creating environmentally damaging brine,” reports ScienceDaily. “Special laser-textured metal panels use sunlight to evaporate water while automatically moving salt deposits away from the working surface, preventing clogging. The process was successfully tested with water from three oceans and...

Science/Tech

Something Made Earth’s Molten Core Reverse Direction In 2010

Today at 04:08 AM, via Slashdot

ScienceAlert reports:In the molten ocean of iron churning in Earth’s outer core, a section deep beneath the Pacific Ocean suddenly reversed direction and started moving eastward against the planet’s usual westward flow. This happened in 2010, according to satellite measurements of Earth’s magnetic field, and scientists are still trying to figure out what caused it… [I]t seemed to have a large,...