From Jenna Orkin

Antidepressants can induce mutation and enhance persistence toward multiple antibiotics

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Record cold was achieved at 3 of our 4 climate sites for yesterday (Feb 3rd)!

Worst London air pollution in six years as home fires burn

Wood fires produce more particle pollution than traffic exhausts in UK, and controls remain ineffective

Medicaid rolls swell as 8 million New Yorkers get coverage at expected record- price of almost $35B

Russia-Ukraine updates: Dozens of soldiers freed in prisoner swap

Post COVID-19, still wear a face mask? Self-perceived facial attractiveness reduces mask-wearing intention

Emotional Judges and Unlucky Juveniles

California is turning mountain lions into roadkill faster than they can reproduce

Group backed by conservative Charles Koch to oppose Trump in GOP presidential primary

 

From Jenna Orkin

Live Look Atop Mt. Washington, Which Just Set a Wind Chill Record of -109

Moscow is sending poorly trained recruits, including convicts, to the front lines in eastern Ukraine to pave the way for more seasoned fighters, U.S. and allied officials say.

Brazil sank a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean off its northeast coast, the Brazilian Navy said, despite warnings from environmentalists that the rusting 1960s French-built ship would pollute the sea and the marine food chain.

Student Loan Payment Pause Benefits High-Income Households the Most

Change to classification of psilocybin and MDMA to enable prescribing by authorised psychiatrists

Using behavioural insights to decarbonise home energy, transport, food, and material consumption

‘Historic Arctic outbreak’ crushes records in New England

Water crises due to climate change: More severe than previously thought

Sending Help Instead of the Police in Albuquerque

After a week adrift, a surveillance balloon from China has been deflated. Here's what we know about the suspect device and its mission.

From Jenna Orkin

Chinese spy balloon flies over the United States: Pentagon

Excess Deaths Soaring as Health Card Systems Wobble

Norway discovers huge trove of metals, minerals and rare earths on its seabed

State and local authorities have reacted aggressively to protesters trying to stop 85 acres of the forest being torn down to build a sprawling, state-of-the-art, $90m police training complex – dubbed “Cop City” by opponents as it will feature a mock city for “tactical” exercises.

Harvard is shutting down project that studied social media misinformation

USDA announces rigorous new school nutrition standards NY Deer Lousy With Old COVID Variants, Study Shows — Mutation Worries Abound CHINA claims to have cloned mutant "super cows" that can pump out nearly twice as much milk.

1 out of every 4 migrant kids separated at the border by Trump still hasn't been reunited with their family 2 years later

• The Department of Homeland Security says nearly a thousand migrant children are still separated.

• Two years before beating Tyre Nichols, a Memphis police officer didn't report that a colleague ripped a woman out of her car and dislocated her shoulder just for laughing

 

From Jenna Orkin 

New Jersey councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour shot and killed, authorities say

Pricier Burgers Are Coming for Diners as US Cattle Herd Plummets

India Set To Crank Up Coal Power To Meet Soaring Demand

Rio’s missing radioactive capsule found on side of highway

Fungal Pathogens May Be Adapting Dangerously to Global Warming

Report: Duke Energy’s N.C. coal plants more expensive to run than building new solar farms

Bird flu 'spills over' to otters and foxes in UK

New Prototype Device Generates Hydrogen From Untreated Seawater

U.S. reaches military base access agreement in the Philippines

The clean energy transition relies on critical minerals. Do we have enough?

Cardboard box demand plunging at rates unseen since the Great Recession

From Jenna Orkin

South Africa’s Energy Crisis Could Spark A Political And Economic Disaster

Cardboard box demand plunging at rates unseen since the Great Recession

Britain grinds to a halt as half a million workers go on strike

Columbia Journalism Review "The Press Vs. the President"

An alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire.

How New Zealand plans to tackle climate change: Taxing cow burps

Y chromosome Disappearing FB

This is the environmental cost of the food we eat

Former ABC News journalist charged in child porn case

China's shrinking population is a grim omen for the rest of the world

• China will lose half its population by the end of the century.

• Russia's top prosecutor criticizes mass mobilisation, telling Putin to his face that more than 9,000 were illegally sent to fight in Ukraine

 

From Jenna Orkin

‘The world should be worried’: Saudi Aramco — the world’s largest oil producer — issued a dire warning over 'extremely low' capacity.

A Tiny ‘Highly Radioactive’ Capsule Lost in Vast Australian Desert Raises Alarm

A large share of Berlin’s vegetable consumption can be produced within the city

Oil companies post record-smashing profits as gas prices creep up From human composting to freeze-drying, new ways to plan a funeral   EPA may have dealt final ‘nail in the coffin’ to Alaska’s Pebble Mine

Panel seeks to allow re-exports of Swiss weaponry to Ukraine

Rep. George Santos is stepping down from committees amid fabrications about his biography

Inflation is so bad people are buying pigs and chickens to save on groceries — and even holding off on getting tattoos

1. Nikki Haley set to run against Trump for the GOP nomination for president

 

From Jenna Orkin

Firefighters Continue to Assess Damage After Large Fire at Bozrah Egg Farm

The Police Folklore That Helped Kill Tyre Nichols

A 1992 study claims that officers who show weakness are more likely to be killed. Law-enforcement culture has never recovered.

Sahra Wagenknecht: heroine of German left could become ally of far right

We Tried to Call the Top Donors to George Santos’ 2020 Campaign. Many Don’t Seem to Exist.

Meet the Man Who Brought You George Santos

Blast rips through police mosque in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 44

Memphis fires two EMTs who responded to police beating of Tyre Nichols

How a Drug Company Made $114 Billion by Gaming the U.S. Patent System

Abuse, death threats and riots: New Zealand reckons with a toxic political discourse

When Law Enforcement Alone Can’t Stop the Violence

 

From Jenna Orkin

Today, U.S. Central Command and the Israel Defense Forces concluded Juniper Oak 23.2, the largest U.S.-Israel partnered exercise in history.

can sea otters save the US west coast?

There are several changes that may affect SNAP household’s benefit amounts over the coming months. The temporary boost to SNAP benefits put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, known as emergency allotments, will end nationwide after the February 2023 issuance. 

Amsterdam’s underwater parking garage fits 7,000 bicycles and zero cars

‘The world should be worried’: Saudi Aramco — the world’s largest oil producer — issued a dire warning over 'extremely low' capacity. 

ALS patient set a record for communicating via a brain implant: 62 words per minute

Brain interfaces could let paralyzed people speak at almost normal speeds.

New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much?

 

Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.

WHITE HOUSE REFUSES TO SAY WHETHER UKRAINE WILL RECEIVE TOXIC DEPLETED URANIUM AMMO

Mercedes-Benz says it has achieved Level 3 automation, which requires less driver input, surpassing the self-driving capabilities of Tesla and other major US automakers

From Jenna Orkin 

The US Hasn’t Noticed That China-Made Cars Are Taking Over the World

Judge in DePape Case Allows Video Footage

Kemp signs order to call up National Guard troops after violent unrest

Gunther’s Millions: could this tale of a multi-millionaire dog kill the documentary for good?

Amazon Defender Named Brazilian Environmental Minister

U.S. general warns troops that war with China is possible in two years

Paul Pelosi attack video shows break-in, assault with hammer Ukraine says Russia is using inflatable tanks, but they deflated Memphis Police Department says it will 'permanently deactivate' the SCORPION unit whose officers beat Tyre Nichols Passengers were told overnight not to turn up for their flights after an airline collapsed for the 2nd time

From Jenna Orkin

Europe’s Energy Crisis Leaves Almost All Of Pakistan Without Power

In Unexpected Swing, Germany’s Public Now Favors Nuclear Power

Denmark Calls for Mandatory Military Service for Women

Germany Still Years Away From Replacing Russian Gas Capacity

Business empire of Asia’s richest man hit by sell-off after fraud report

They depend on Machu Picchu to survive. They shut it down anyway. Earth's inner core may have stopped spinning and could start spinning in reverse, reveals new study

Half Moon Bay suspect admits to shooting rampage, says he was bullied

Exclusive: Inside the cash-fueled double life of a FBI spy hunter charged with taking Russian money

• Charles F. McGonigal was no ordinary FBI agent, from leading the WikiLeaks investigation into Chelsea Manning to helping open the probe into the Trump campaign's Russia contacts.
• The Philippines' new luxury item amid rising prices: onions