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Showing posts with label LeBron James. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Sunspots 887

Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to others*:


Computing: This blog linked to a report, last week, that simulated rape and other crimes are happening in the Metaverse, the supposed eventual successor to Facebook. Here's another report on the same incidents.

Education: Grammarphobia tells us why a coward is referred to as a "chicken."

Environment: Gizmodo reports that water use restrictions have appeared in southern California, and that more stringent ones may be needed. Other states are affected, too.

Finances: (or something) Gizmodo and  Electrek report that Elon Musk is requiring all employees to work 40 hours or more per week at their offices.

Health: CNN reports that scientists are close to more widespread use of successful replacement of "bad" genes in people.

Science: The Scientist discusses monogamy in animals. It is rather wide-spread, although social monogamy (staying together) is more common than sexual monogamy.

The Scientist reports on the largest organism ever found -- a seagrass clone off the coast of Australia.

Sports: (and finance) ESPN reports that LeBron James is now worth over a billion dollars.

The graphic used in these posts is from NASA, hence, it is free to use like this.

*I try not to include items that require a password or fee to view.

Thanks for reading.

Wednesday, August 08, 2018

Sunspots 689


Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:



Christianity: Christianity Today reports that a lot of Christians believe in the Prosperity Gospel.

Christianity Today also tells us four lies that keep people from attending church.

Relevant tells us why we should question our views on important subjects.

Relevant
also reports on the most common searches on Bible Gateway, over the last 25 years.

Health: Scientific American reports that women are more likely to die from a heart attack if the emergency physician is a male.

Politics: Gizmodo is pleased with President Trump's nomination (finally) of a science adviser, but fears that there are too many voices in the Administration that don't pay attention to scientific findings.

Science: A CBS 60 Minutes discussion of a story "Are Zookeepers Playing God?" Note -- this links to three videos, which are each a few minutes long. I thank one of my daughters for pointing to this material.

Gizmodo says that July, 2018, will be the hottest month ever recorded in one place, in Death Valley.

A Scientific American writer says that stories about time travel never talk about a fundamental hindrance to such travel.

Sports: (and Politics) A USA Today columnist compares the contributions to education of LeBron James and President Donald Trump, after Trump recently attacked James. James had attacked Trump, but, as the columnist points out, so have two prominent white NBA coaches, and the President hasn't hit back at them.

Thanks for looking!

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