By: Educate Inspire Change The brightest meteor shower is well on its way. It is said that it will literally light up the night sky and that some of the meteors will actually be visible during the day. It will happen from August 11th, 2017 to August 13th, 2017 but will peak on the 12th and…
American Honeybees Are Doing Better In 2017
By: Alfredo Carpineti/IFL Science Good news bee-lovers and people who like to eat fruit, vegetables, and nuts! The US bee population has increased in 2017, with the number of bees disappearing due to colony collapse disorder significantly smaller than it was in 2016. According to a honeybee health survey from the US Department of Agriculture, the number of…
These ‘Puppies Of The Sea’ Are Being Killed In The Worst Way
By: Shayla Smith/The Dodo Fishermen lash out when they steal their bait — but people are fighting so hard to protect them. Diving around Port Phillip Bay in Australia has become traumatizing for recreational scuba divers. The bodies of mutilated stingrays litter the ocean floor and force divers to make a difficult decision — euthanize the beloved…
Tesla’s Model 3 Is More Than A Car. It’s A Revolution.
By: Dom Galeon/Futurism THE LUCKY 30 On Friday night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk held a special event to hand over the keys for Tesla’s new Model 3 to the EV’s first 30 customers. The very first Model 3 owner was Musk himself, of course — then, the next 29 ultimately went to Tesla employees (who made up 10,000 of the 500,000 supposed pre orders)….
IBM Announces Record Breaking New Data Storage Device
By: Dom Galeon/Futurism ON A ROLL Magnetic tape drives have been around for more than six decades now. Its commercial use has been mostly for storing data, such as tax documents and health care records, from mainframe computers. From the first 2-megabyte tape drives in the 1950s, today’s versions are now capable of storing up to…
Officials Find Traffickers Selling Bags And Bags Of The Saddest Thing
By: Sarah V Schweig/The Dodo What Ivory Coast officials found in bags last week is being called the largest bust of its kind in West Africa. It’s also being called a massacre. An estimated 4,000 pangolins were killed for the scales that traffickers were trying to sell and ship to China, where the scales. There, the scales — which are…
Reviewers of Tesla’s Newest Vehicle Are Unanimous: “The Model 3 Has No Competition”
By: Karla Lant/Futurism A PEERLESS RIDE As the Tesla Model 3 launch was imminent, Jack Stewart of Wired wrote, “The arrival of Tesla’s Model 3 signals a new chapter in automotive history, one that erases 100-plus years of the gas engine and replaces it with technology, design, and performance hot enough to make electric vehicles more than aspirational…
Millions Set To Keep Healthcare After All As Vote To Repeal ACA Fails
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Forget politics. Independent analyses of both the House version and the Senate version of the GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – better known as Obamacare – would have been a disaster for America. Anything that takes away health care from 22 million Americans, many of which are the poorest, sickest, oldest,…
California Sets Its Sights On Being 100 Percent Renewable By 2045
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science California is a powerhouse of clean energy. Not only does it have a long history of investing in hydro, wind, and solar power, but its current governor, Democrat Jerry Brown, is ensuring that the state sticks to the goals of the Paris agreement even if the White House foolishly eschews it. Now, a pair of…