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Solar Panels
Watertown Becomes 1st Town In New England To Require Solar Panels On New Commercial Constructions
wbur.org
Support the news Watertown will now require commercial developers to put solar panels on new buildings, becoming the first town in New England to do …
Tech Industry
Microsoft’s Airband Initiative aims to close broadband gap for 25M Americans
Digital Trends - Georgina Torbet
A new report from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says that 25 million Americans do not have access to broadband internet. Of these, more …
Web Development
Explore code-free web design with Warhead
creativebloq.com - Ruth Hamilton
With Warhead, you can design any website you can imagine, without having to write any code. This revolutionary web design platform is powered by CSS …
Science
Kate Orff: How Can Oysters Revive New York City's Waterways?
NPR - NPR/TED Staff
Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Circular. About Kate Orff's TED Talk Oysters filter water, their shells form protective reefs and habitats, and regenerate into more oyster shells. Kate Orff uses to
Opinion (UK)
Republicans are staging mini-coups across the US
The Guardian - Lawrence Douglas
If Republicans no longer respect the rules of the democratic process, then they must be forced to pay a political price for their arrogance Democracies empower the will of majorities. In the US, Republican
Science
Guns kill more U.S. kids than cancer. This emergency physician aims to change that
sciencemag.org - Meredith Wadman
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN—Rebecca Cunningham has only one kind of memory from her early childhood: violence. Her father shattered mirrors, tore up the …
Technology
California gives final approval to code requiring solar on new homes
Engadget - Jon Fingas
It's the first building code of its kind in the US. While there was little doubt it would happen, it's now a done deal: California will require solar panels on most new homes. Officials at a December Building
JavaScript
JavaScript library for data visualization and reporting. Free dev tool. Your thoughts? - DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻
dev.to - AKrus
Hi to all the community! Want to share with you a non-commercial project our team is working on. We truly believe that visualization and analysis …
Nobel Prize
Werner Heisenberg and the Uncertainty Principle
scihi.org
Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976) Bundesarchiv Bild183-R57262 On December 5, 1901, German theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Werner Heisenberg …
Science
The Democratic Party Wants to Make Climate Policy Exciting
The Atlantic - Robinson Meyer
After years of infighting, the Democrats may finally have found an environmental consensus in the Green New Deal. On Monday, speaking at a town hall led by Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative-Elect
Science
For the first time, a major US utility has committed to 100% clean energy
Vox - David Roberts
Another sign that zero-carbon energy is going viral. The energy world got some big news on Tuesday: Xcel Energy, one of the biggest utilities in the US, has committed to going completely carbon-free by
World News
Volkswagen says last generation of combustion engines to be launched in 2026
NBC News - By Reuters
VW, Europe and China's best selling passenger car brand, will focus on electric cars instead. Volkswagen will develop its final generation of vehicles using combustion engine technology in 2026, the company's
Opinion
We finally found election fraud
The Washington Post - By Jennifer Rubin
President Trump and his kangaroo court — the Advisory Commission on Voter Integrity — never found evidence of widespread voter fraud, the sort of fraud by impersonation that the Republican Party’s voter-ID
Opinion
North Carolina election probe exposes GOP hypocrisy
CNN - By Jill Filipovic
(CNN) — What a pathetic moment. Republicans have spent years warning us that voter fraud is rampant. Despite no evidence that this is the case -- election fraud in the United States is in fact rare --
Renewable Energy
Thermal power plants have now lost their cost advantage to renewable energy
Quartz
Renewable energy is coming of age in India. In a clear sign of their technological evolution, clean energy techniques have gained a cost advantage over coal-fired plants. Up to 62% of India’s existing
News
In States They Lost, Some GOP Lawmakers Rush To Limit New Democrats' Power
NPR - Marti Mikkelson , Cheyna Roth
Less than a month after the midterm elections, Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan are working to limit the powers of newly elected Democrats in statewide office. Just two days after Nov.
I Served in Congress Longer Than Anyone. Here’s How to Fix It.
The Atlantic - John D. Dingell
Abolish the Senate and publicly fund elections. In my six decades in public service, I’ve seen many changes in our nation and its institutions. Yet the most profound change I’ve witnessed is also the It
North Carolina
Democrats Are Poised to Wipe Out Republicans’ North Carolina Gerrymander In Time for the 2020 Election
slate.com - Mark Joseph Stern
For nearly a decade, rigged maps undermined North Carolina’s democracy. It looks like that’s about to change.
Electric Vehicles
Chinese Company Says It Will Soon Cross $100 Battery Threshold, Slaying The Gasoline Car
Forbes - Jeff McMahon
Envision Energy will produce batteries for $100 per kilowatt hour by 2020, the Shanghai company’s founder and CEO said at Stanford University, predicting the price will drop to $50 only five years later
Molecular Biology
Early Puberty Mystery Linked to Family Exposure to Household Chemicals
Inverse - Sarah Sloat
"We are starting to have enough information about them to certainly be concerned." American girls are now going through puberty significantly earlier …
Fossil Fuels
Plunging Prices Mean Building New Renewable Energy Is Cheaper Than Running Existing Coal
Forbes - Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology
A new report reveals 42% of global coal capacity is currently unprofitable, and the United States could save $78 billion by closing coal-fired power plants in line with the Paris Climate Accord’s climate
Natural Gas
This ‘Mushroom Death Suit’ Consumes Your Body After You Die
futurism.com
How Death Pollutes the World Although there’s a lot that we don’t know about death, there’s a lot that we do know. To begin, each year, conventional …
Autism
New Brain Power app helps those with autism improve social skills
CNET - Jonathan Greig
As AI usage in education grows rapidly, more companies like Brain Power are using technology to help those struggling with autism.
Electric Vehicles
The Misinformation Around Electric Vehicles
mantabgun.com
The oil and automotive industries’ increasingly crude attempts to spread misinformation about electric vehicles is a bid to protect a business model …
Environment
Supermarket ban sees '80% drop' in plastic bag consumption nationwide
The Guardian - Australian Associated Press
The ban on single-use plastic bags by Australia’s two largest supermarkets prevented the introduction of an estimated 1.5bn bags into the environment, and the retail industry is hopeful this is only the
Magnetism
10 Incredible Scientific Facts About The Planet Uranus
presscons.com - By presscons
Named after the Greek god of the sky, the planet Uranus was discovered by the famous astronomer William Herschel in 1781. Too dim for the ancient …
North Carolina
Election board votes not to certify North Carolina congressional race
Axios - Zachary Basu
North Carolina's board of elections voted 7-2 Friday to continue investigating allegations of possible fraud involving absentee ballots in the …
News (U.S.)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Mad That Congress Members With Cheap Healthcare Don’t Support It For Everyone
The Inquisitr - Nathan Francis
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supports Medicare for All, and the incoming congresswoman from New York doesn’t understand why other members of the House …
Software Development
7 Most Popular Python Libraries And Toolkits For Desktop GUI Applications
analyticsindiamag.com - Bharat Adibhatla
The real achievement of any programming knowledge is to be able to develop an efficient graphical user interface. Python is one of the favourite …

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That’s your Monday image for you. https://t.co/2skz1zRhVr

Watertown Becomes 1st Town In New England To Require Solar Panels On New Commercial Constructions

Microsoft’s Airband Initiative aims to close broadband gap for 25M Americans

Explore code-free web design with Warhead

Kate Orff: How Can Oysters Revive New York City's Waterways?

Republicans are staging mini-coups across the US

Guns kill more U.S. kids than cancer. This emergency physician aims to change that

California gives final approval to code requiring solar on new homes

JavaScript library for data visualization and reporting. Free dev tool. Your thoughts? - DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻

Werner Heisenberg and the Uncertainty Principle

The Democratic Party Wants to Make Climate Policy Exciting

For the first time, a major US utility has committed to 100% clean energy

Volkswagen says last generation of combustion engines to be launched in 2026

We finally found election fraud

North Carolina election probe exposes GOP hypocrisy

Thermal power plants have now lost their cost advantage to renewable energy

In States They Lost, Some GOP Lawmakers Rush To Limit New Democrats' Power

I Served in Congress Longer Than Anyone. Here’s How to Fix It.

Democrats Are Poised to Wipe Out Republicans’ North Carolina Gerrymander In Time for the 2020 Election

Chinese Company Says It Will Soon Cross $100 Battery Threshold, Slaying The Gasoline Car

Early Puberty Mystery Linked to Family Exposure to Household Chemicals

Plunging Prices Mean Building New Renewable Energy Is Cheaper Than Running Existing Coal

This ‘Mushroom Death Suit’ Consumes Your Body After You Die

New Brain Power app helps those with autism improve social skills

The Misinformation Around Electric Vehicles

Supermarket ban sees '80% drop' in plastic bag consumption nationwide

10 Incredible Scientific Facts About The Planet Uranus

Election board votes not to certify North Carolina congressional race

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Mad That Congress Members With Cheap Healthcare Don’t Support It For Everyone

7 Most Popular Python Libraries And Toolkits For Desktop GUI Applications