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A long covid app, and California’s wind plans

Posted on December 5, 2022 by

05
Dec

1 The Twitter Files weren’t the bombshell Elon Musk billed them as His carelessness triggered the harassment of some of Twitter’s content moderators, too. (WP $)+ The files didn’t violate the First Amendment, either. (The Atlantic $)+ Hate speech has exploded on the platform since he took over. (NYT $)+ Journalists are staying on Twitter—for now. […]

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US-built EV batteries, and California’s monkeypox emergency

Posted on August 2, 2022 by

02
Aug

The news: The US Senate Democrats released a bill last week that could significantly cut the country’s carbon emissions. One of the bill’s key components is an extension of electric vehicle tax credits, which are designed to help push adoption of EVs by giving buyers $7,500 credit towards purchasing a qualifying new electric vehicle, or […]

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Plus: The system behind organ transplants is in urgent need of overhaul

Posted on August 1, 2022 by

01
Aug

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Chipmakers are already scrapping for the $52 billion CHIPS fundingWhile the cash is a welcome boost to the industry, the struggle is far from over. (FT $) 2 The software that manages organ transplants is dangerously outdatedExasperated transplant doctors […]

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Monkeypox is in Bay Area wastewater

Posted on July 23, 2022 by

23
Jul

Recent data suggest that the DNA of monkeypox can also be detected in a variety of bodily fluids from those infected. That includes respiratory and nasal secretions, spit, urine, feces, and semen—meaning a flushed tissue from someone with monkeypox can register the virus in wastewater. If a pathogen’s genetic footprint can persist in wastewater for […]

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Droughts are cutting into California’s hydropower. Here’s what that means for clean energy.

Posted on April 1, 2022 by

01
Apr

Hydropower often comes under fire for its environmental impact, because dams disrupt ecosystems. In fact, California currently doesn’t count large hydropower plants in its renewable-power targets. But regardless of how it’s categorized, hydropower is a lower-emissions alternative to fossil fuels. During high-stress times on the grid, the reduced reliability of hydropower is already causing problems, […]

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How we drained California dry

Posted on December 16, 2021 by

16
Dec

Not a year after my grandfather arrived, the raisin went bust. The Armenian and Japanese farmers had planted so many grapes to dry into raisins that Sun-Maid couldn’t sell half of them. Who would buy the other half became a question of such wonderful theater, tragic and comic, that even Fresno’s sage, William Saroyan, would […]

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A long covid app, and California’s wind plans

Technology

US-built EV batteries, and California’s monkeypox emergency

Technology

Plus: The system behind organ transplants is in urgent need of overhaul

Technology

Monkeypox is in Bay Area wastewater

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Droughts are cutting into California’s hydropower. Here’s what that means for clean energy.

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How we drained California dry

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