Sunspots 851

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

Christianity (and Health): Relevant reports that public support for allowing religious exemptions against being vaccinated is declining. Christianity Today has a somewhat different take on this matter.

Education: Grammarphobia discusses the history of the expression "put English on the ball."

Environment: (and Computing) Gizmodo reports on the amount of environmental damage from bitcoin transactions.

Relevant reports that 27 species have recently been moved from "endangered," to "extinct." The article also mentions a joint statement by the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Orthodox Patriarch, on climate change.

Health: (and Politics, unfortunately) NPR reports on ivermectin, which has been used to treat COVID, without solid evidence than it works.

Science: The Scientist reports on successful attempts to potty-train cows, and why it's a good idea to do so.

Gizmodo reports that Martian colonists could produce concrete-like building materials from Martian soil mixed with their own blood.

Gizmodo also reports that two more murder hornet nests have been found in Washington State.

Gizmodo also reports on a new tool that should help remove stuck screws.

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.

Sunspots 846

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

Christianity: (and computing) Christianity Today reports on a Facebook feature that is supposed to make praying for specific requests easier to do. There are concerns about privacy, of course -- this is Facebook. The feature is already in use by some churches and Muslim groups.

Science: Gizmodo reports an a study that follows the movement of a mammoth throughout its life, a few thousand years ago.

Gizmodo, and other outlets, report that murder hornets continue to be found in Washington state.

Gizmodo also reports on the calculation of pi to over 60 trillion decimal places. Don't try to memorize it.

And Gizmodo reports on the origin of one of the main dog color genes.

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.

Sunspots 779

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

Environment: Gizmodo reports that deep-sea mining damages the ocean floor ecosystem for years, maybe decades, to come.

Health: FiveThirtyEight tells us why scientists don't believe that the current dangerous virus came from a lab in Wuhan, China.

Politics: FiveThirtyEight says that Mr. Biden probably won't announce his running mate for quite a while.

President Trump's favorability ratings, among white evangelical Christians, took a plunge in April, according to Relevant.

FiveThirtyEight discusses the "Never Trump" (Republicans, or former Republicans) voters, who are unhappy with Mr. Trump.

Science: Fossil bones of a number of giant sloths (about the size of an elephant!) have been found in Ecuador.

Gizmodo tells us about giant hornets, which, among other things, feed on honeybees they have killed.

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

Thanks for looking!