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The U.S. Needs a SupergridFebruary 24, 2021 at 8:30 AM Right now, Texas is in the balmy mid-50s. Yet just a week ago, it was colder than Alaska, and we all know what happened next. Much of the state’s energy capacity got knocked offline, leaving millions of people without power, heat, and water for days.Read more...Tags: Energy, Texas, Science, Environment, Articles, Renewable Energy, Alaska, National Grid, Microgrid, Electric Power, Electrical Grid, Emissions Reduction, US Needs, Electric Power Transmission, Electric Power Transmission Systems, High Voltage Direct Current 120 people like this. Like Alaska thunderstorms may triple with climate changeFebruary 23, 2021 at 12:00 AM Warming temperatures will potentially alter the climate in Alaska so profoundly later this century that the number of thunderstorms will triple, increasing the risks of widespread flash flooding, landslides, and lightning-induced wildfires, new research finds.Tags: Science, Alaska 10 people like this. Like Kids represent a small fraction of overall COVID-19 deaths in the US but 75% of them are children of colorFebruary 21, 2021 at 10:07 PM A temperature check is taken as students return to St. Joseph Catholic School in La Puente, California on November 16, 2020.
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There have been fewer than 250 children who have died from the coronavirus.
More than three-quarters of the deaths were in children of color.
Overall, kids make up about 13% of the coronavirus cases in the US.
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Children make up a small percentage of the overall COVID-19 d...Tags: Post, Science, Washington Post, Cdc, US, Trends, Alaska, Npr, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, University Of Michigan, Frederic J Brown, La Puente California, Preeti Malani, Coronavirus, Sarah Al Arshani, Kimora Kimmie Lynum 145 people like this. Like FACT CHECK: Fox News aired bizarre and wildly misleading claims about Texas' blackouts that pin blame on renewables and climate policiesFebruary 18, 2021 at 5:25 PM Fox News host Tucker Carlson
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Some Fox hosts and guests misleadingly blamed Texas' power grid collapse on renewable energy and climate policies.
Fox's Tucker Carlson falsely claimed that millions of Texans lost power because wind turbines froze.
Gov. Abbott and former Gov. Perry misleadingly argued the Green New Deal would cause future energy crises.
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While millions of Texans suffered from power outages amid extrem...Tags: Energy, Politics, Texas, Science, News, Republicans, Climate Change, US, Trends, Renewable Energy, Joe Biden, Fox, Gop, Alaska, Paris, Rick Perry 89 people like this. Like What pregnant people need to know about COVID-19 vaccine safety, and when they can get the shotFebruary 12, 2021 at 3:11 PM Dr. Marina Del Rios, from University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, receives Chicago's first COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, at Loretto Hospital, a 122-bed medical facility in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago.
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Pregnant people who are eligible for the coronavirus vaccine have to decide whether the benefits of the shot outweigh the unknown risks.
About 20,000 pregnant women have been vaccina...Tags: New York, Science, Mississippi, Cdc, White House, Pregnancy, US, Los Angeles, Trends, Chicago, Austin, Alaska, World Health Organization, Pfizer, Vaccine, Women's Health 113 people like this. Like Found in Alaska, These Blue Beads Could Be the Oldest Evidence of European Goods in North AmericaFebruary 6, 2021 at 8:00 AM European-crafted glass beads found at three different indigenous sites in northern Alaska date back to the pre-colonial period of North America, in what is an intriguing archaeological discovery.Tags: Crafts, Science, Visual Arts, Alaska, North America, Jewellery, Bering Strait, Bead, Handicrafts, Beadwork, Entertainment Culture, Trade Beads, Prehistoric Beads In The Philippines, Glass Beadmaking, European Goods 111 people like this. Like American cities are significantly undercounting their greenhouse gas emissions because of flawed data, study saysFebruary 5, 2021 at 2:54 AM New York City, NY.
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A new study found US cities are under-reporting their greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities emit three-quarters of all greenhouse gases produced by fossil fuels.
Researchers say a standardized method of measuring emissions is needed to address climate change.
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US cities are significantly undercounting their greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study published this week in Nature Communicatio...Tags: Elon Musk, Science, News, Climate Change, California, US, Trends, Joe Biden, Cities, Alaska, Paris, Keystone, Biden, Greenhouse Gas, Nature Communications, CLEVELAND Ohio 87 people like this. Like DNA-based technique allows researchers to determine age of living beluga whales in AlaskaFebruary 4, 2021 at 12:00 AM Researchers can now determine the age and sex of living beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet thanks to a new DNA-based technique that uses information from small samples of skin tissue.Tags: Science, Alaska, Cook Inlet 42 people like this. Like Elusive 19th century Alaskan fort located using radar techJanuary 25, 2021 at 12:00 AM Researchers from Cornell University and the National Park Service have pinpointed and confirmed the location of the remnants of a wooden fort in Alaska - the Tlingit people's last physical bulwark against Russian colonization forces in 1804 - by using geophysical imaging techniques and ground-penetrating radar.Tags: Science, Alaska, Cornell University, National Park Service 35 people like this. Like Some Truly Disruptive Suggestions for Elon Musk's $100 Million Carbon Sequestration PrizeJanuary 22, 2021 at 11:06 AM Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced in a tweet on Thursday night he will be give a $100 million prize for the “best” carbon capture technology. Very exciting!Read more...Tags: Spacex, Elon Musk, Science, Carbon, Tesla, Chemistry, Alaska, Ketchikan, Tongass National Forest, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Capture And Storage, Businesspeople, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Alaska Boroughs, Emissions Reduction 85 people like this. Like US states where it's easiest, and most difficult, to get a coronavirus shotJanuary 14, 2021 at 7:18 PM The Javits Center in New York City began COVID-19 vaccinations on January 13, 2021.
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Procuring a coronavirus shot may be easy or difficult, depending on where you live.
A handful of states have managed speedy vaccine rollouts by attempting to deliver as many doses as possible or anticipating distribution challenges.
Other states have struggled with technical glitches or lack of demand among healthcare workers.
Visit Business Insider's homepage for m...Tags: Science, News, Justice, Cdc, New York City, Nbc News, US, Alabama, Los Angeles, West Virginia, Trends, Georgia, Walmart, Features, Walgreens, United States 52 people like this. Like Pfizer and Moderna vaccines should be safe for most Americans, but 5 groups may want to wait for more data before getting shotsDecember 18, 2020 at 8:33 PM Margaret Keenan was the first person to be given the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine outside clinical trials.
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The FDA authorized Moderna's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in people ages 18 and older on Friday.
Pfizer's COVID-19 shot got US clearance for people ages 16 and older a week ago.
The FDA said it's up to pregnant people and their doctors to decide whether to get Pfizer's vaccine.
The agency warns that anyone with severe allergies to a vaccine's ingredients shouldn't be immu...Tags: Science, News, Cdc, Massachusetts, US, Trends, Alaska, Healthcare, Sydney, Food And Drug Administration, Columbia University, Fda, Pfizer, Anthony Fauci, Bell, University Of Southern California 83 people like this. Like At least 4 people have had allergic reactions after Pfizer's vaccine, among hundreds of thousands who've been vaccinated. Here's what we know.December 18, 2020 at 8:15 AM MARK LENNIHAN/POOL/AFP/Getty
Hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers across the US and UK are beginning to get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
So far, there have been at least 4 reports of non life-threatening allergic reactions, shortly after people got their first shots.
2 allergic reactions happened in the UK last week, and 2 more were recorded at an Alaska hospital this week.
It's still not clear what's causing the reactions.
The FDA says people should only refrain from vaccination if ...Tags: UK, Science, Cdc, New York City, US, Trends, Public Health, Alaska, Healthcare, National Health Service, Bill De Blasio, Fda, Pfizer, Allergies, Juneau, US Food and Drug Administration 68 people like this. Like US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, second shot in arsenalDecember 18, 2020 at 9:03 PM By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day.
Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health.
The move marks the world’s first authorization for Moderna’s shot...Tags: Health, Business, New York, Science, News, California, Washington, Germany, New York City, US, Los Angeles, Sport, European Union, Ap, Lego, Britain 12 people like this. Like These are 20 of the 18,000 people who died of COVID-19 in the US this weekDecember 18, 2020 at 7:08 PM Funeral director Michael Neel looks at the casket of George Trefren, a 90-year-old Korean War veteran who died of COVID-19 in April.
The US recorded roughly 18,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week alone.
Wednesday marked the deadliest day in the pandemic so far, with nearly 3,500 deaths reported.
Below are the names and brief stories of 20 people recently killed by the virus — including the newly elected Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, a pioneering surgeon, and the f...Tags: Science, News, Supreme Court, Cdc, Washington, Israel, US, Trends, Features, Rome, North Dakota, Alaska, Washington Dc, House, New York Times, Dolly Parton 50 people like this. Like FDA expert panel endorses Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, clearing the way for regulators to green-light the shotDecember 17, 2020 at 5:00 PM Moderna; Samantha Lee/Business Insider
An influential Food and Drug Administration expert panel voted Thursday in favor of authorizing Moderna's coronavirus vaccine.
The FDA isn't required to follow the group's advice but often does so. The agency could OK Moderna's shot on Friday, according to media reports.
Twenty of the 21 committee members voted yes, and one panelist abstained.
If the vaccine gets the FDA's regulatory go-ahead, the government plans to ship 5.9 million doses of Modern...Tags: UK, Science, News, Cdc, Stanford, US, Trends, Data, Features, Alaska, Healthcare, Food And Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, Fda, University of Pennsylvania, Pfizer 93 people like this. Like FDA expert panel endorses Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, clearing the way for regulators to greenlight the shotDecember 17, 2020 at 5:00 PM Moderna; Samantha Lee/Business Insider
An influential FDA expert panel voted Thursday in favor of authorizing Moderna's coronavirus vaccine.
The US Food and Drug Administration isn't required to follow the group's advice, but often does so. The agency could OK Moderna's shot on Friday, according to media reports.
Twenty of the 21 committee members voted yes, and one panelist abstained.
If the vaccine gets the FDA's regulatory go-ahead, the government plans to ship 5.9 million doses of M...Tags: UK, Science, News, Cdc, Stanford, US, Trends, Data, Features, Alaska, New York Times, Healthcare, Fda, University of Pennsylvania, Pfizer, Biotech 87 people like this. Like Launch startup Astra’s rocket reaches spaceDecember 15, 2020 at 5:57 PM Rocket launch startup Astra has joined an elite group of companies that can say their vehicle has actually made it to orbital space — earlier than expected. The company’s Rocket 3.2 test rocket (yes, it’s a rocket called “Rocket”) passed the Karman line, the separation point 100 km (62 miles) up that most consider the barrier between Earth’s atmosphere and space, during a launch today from Kodiak, Alaska.
This is the second in this series of orbital flight tests by Astra; it flew its Rocket 3...Tags: Startups, TC, Space, Spacex, Science, California, Tech, Alaska, Rocket, Elite, Spaceflight, Aerospace, East Bay, Max, Kodiak, Outer Space 68 people like this. Like Delayed Arctic ice advance tracked back to atmospheric conditions near Alaska months priorDecember 15, 2020 at 12:00 AM Experts in Japan recently discovered that atmospheric conditions near Alaska can affect sea ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean months later. The team used various data, including ship-based data from 2018, to uncover how a single atmospheric event over the northern Pacific Ocean caused significantly delayed sea ice formation in the Pacific Arctic region.Tags: Japan, Science, Alaska, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Arctic 35 people like this. Like 13 discoveries in the last year have fundamentally altered our understanding of human historyDecember 11, 2020 at 10:41 AM Mikkel Winther Pedersen and other team members sample different archaeological layers in Chiquihuite Cave, Mexico.
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As anthropologists discovered new fossils and artifacts in 2020, our understanding of human history has changed.
Thirteen discoveries in particular offered new and sometimes perplexing insights into where we came from and who our ancestors were.
This year, researchers found the earliest known example of mating between different human populations, as well as eviden...Tags: Amazon, Asia, Europe, UK, England, Science, London, Tibet, News, Wales, Australia, California, Mexico, Americas, Trends, Features 136 people like this. Like Will the U.S. ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?December 6, 2020 at 2:21 PM NEW YORK — As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy.
Such a strategy, they say, could systematically check more people for infections and spot surges before they take off. The health experts say it would be an improvement from the current practice, which has professional athletes and students at elite universities getting routine tests while many other Am...Tags: Health, Business, New York, Science, News, Minnesota, Nbc, Mississippi, Colorado, Cdc, Sport, Joe Biden, Harvard, Soccer, Harvard University, Alaska 46 people like this. Like Alaska May Be Hiding a Huge Volcanic SystemDecember 4, 2020 at 4:00 PM As if we needed more upsetting right news right now, geologists have reason to suspect that a cluster of Alaskan islands is actually part of an interconnected volcanic system of the same kind seen at Yellowstone National Park. Read more...Tags: Science, Alaska, Geology, Volcanoes, Calderas, Yellowstone National Park Read 115 people like this. Like Cluster of Alaskan islands could be single, interconnected giant volcanoDecember 3, 2020 at 12:00 AM small group of volcanic islands in Alaska's Aleutian chain might be part of a single, undiscovered giant volcano, say scientists presenting the findings Monday, 7 December at AGU's Fall Meeting 2020. If the researchers' suspicions are correct, the newfound volcanic caldera would belong to the same category of volcanoes as the Yellowstone Caldera and other volcanoes that have had super-eruptions with severe global consequences.Tags: Science, Alaska, AGU, Yellowstone Caldera 45 people like this. Like Watching the Arctic thaw in fast-forwardDecember 1, 2020 at 12:00 AM The frozen permafrost in the Arctic is thawing on an alarming scale. By analysing an annual record of satellite images, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have now confirmed these findings: thermokarst lakes in Alaska are draining one by one because warmer and wetter conditions cause deeper thaw, effectively weakening frozen ground as a barrier around lakes. In the season 2017/2018, lake drainage was observed on a scale that scientists didn't expect until the end of the century.Tags: Science, Alaska, Arctic, Alfred Wegener Institute 48 people like this. Like Trump Administration Rejects Alaska's Controversial Pebble Mine ProjectNovember 25, 2020 at 6:33 PM The Trump administration rejected plans for a controversial open-pit mining project in Alaska on Wednesday that, if approved, could have threatened a thriving ecosystem for wild sockeye salmon. Read more...Tags: Science, Alaska, Trump 75 people like this. Like Astra targets December for next orbital launch attemptNovember 19, 2020 at 1:17 PM Astra is set to launch it’s next orbital rocket, with a window that opens on December 7 and lasts for 12 days following until December 18, with an 11 AM to 2:30 PM PT block each day during which the launch could occur, depending on weather and conditions on the ground. This is the startup’s Rocket 3.2, a slightly revised and improved version of the Rocket 3.1 launch vehicle it flew in September.
Alameda-based Astra is a startup focused on building a small, relatively cheap-to-build launch veh...Tags: TC, Space, Science, Tech, Nasa, Flight, Alaska, Darpa, Rocket, Aerospace, East Bay, Kodiak, Outer Space, Airbus Ventures, Astra, Canaan Partners 31 people like this. Like Video shows GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown arguing after the Republican refused to wear a mask while speaking in the SenateNovember 17, 2020 at 6:16 AM Sen Sherrod Brown, left, and Sen. Dan Sullivan, right, argue about face masks on the Senate floor.
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Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio called out Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska for not wearing a face mask on the Senate floor on Monday.
Sullivan responded that he didn't need "instruction" from Brown on when to wear a mask.
Watch footage of the exchange below.
Brown and Sullivan's argument mirrors the debate many liberals and conservatives have had about mask wearin...Tags: Utah, Politics, Science, Senate, White House, Trends, Gop, Alaska, News UK, Npr, Republican Party, Federal Reserve, North Carolina, Mike Lee, Pew Research Center, Brown 136 people like this. Like Piecing together the Alaska coastline's fractured volcanic activityNovember 17, 2020 at 12:00 AM Among seismologists, the geology of Alaska's earthquake- and volcano-rich coast from the Aleutian Islands to the southeast is fascinating, but not well understood. Now, with more sophisticated tools than before, a University of Massachusetts Amherst team reports unexpected new details about the area's tectonic plates and their relationships to volcanoes.Tags: Science, Alaska, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Aleutian Islands 23 people like this. Like Several states announced tightened travel and gathering restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving as US coronavirus cases surgeNovember 14, 2020 at 1:44 PM A traveler walks past screeners testing a system of thermal imaging cameras which check body temperatures at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) amid the COVID-19 pandemic on June 24, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
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Several states are tightening restrictions in an attempt to curtail the spread of the coronavirus as millions of Americans are expected to travel and gather for Thanksgiving.
These measures come as the number of positive coronavirus cases surge acr...Tags: Health, New York, Science, News, California, Washington, Oregon, US, Trends, Features, Alaska, New Mexico, West Coast, Andrew Cuomo, Anthony Fauci, Vermont 108 people like this. Like Black people are twice as likely to get COVID-19 as white people, according to the largest analysis of its kindNovember 12, 2020 at 10:51 AM Medical workers take in patients at a special coronavirus intake area at Maimonides Medical Center on April 06 in New York City.
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Black people are twice as likely to contract COVID-19 as white people, according to the largest analysis of its kind including more than 18 million people in the US and UK.
Asian people are about 1.5 times as likely to get the illness, and may be more likely to be admitted to the ICU and die, the study also found.
The results undersco...Tags: UK, Science, New York City, Race, US, Trends, Alaska, Nottingham, Leicester, Anthony Fauci, Black, Maimonides Medical Center, NIHR, Disparities, Racial Disparity, NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre 99 people like this. Like |
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