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5 tiny turtles released into mud of Grindstone Creek — the last from 59 nests rescued…
Before making a break for it into Grindstone Creek, five baby Midland painted turtles took their time getting used to their new surroundings. All five siblings — each about an inch long — padded around a reusable lunch container beside…
The Godmother of the Digital Image
The puzzle that Daubechies solved was how to take a recent wavelet advance — a thing of beauty, by the French mathematicians Yves Meyer and Stéphane Mallat, but technically impractical — and make it amenable to application. To “put it on…
Scientists race to preserve crucial climate records in glacier ice before they melt a…
Scientists are racing to collect ice cores — along with long-frozen records they hold of climate cycles — as global warming melts glaciers and ice sheets. Some say they are running out of time. And, in some cases, it's already too late.…
Pinterest Accused of Not Paying Female ‘Co-Creator’
SAN FRANCISCO — When Pinterest went public in 2019, Christine Martinez’s friends sent congratulations. She had worked closely with the founders of the digital pinboard in its earliest days and her friends thought she would get rich…
How I became a temporary ‘environmental refugee’ this summer
Travelling through the mountains of B.C. and Alberta by motorcycle in July was a smoky immersion into the effects of our warming planet as wildfires raged all around. A blue fog filled the valleys, so thick in places you could taste it,…
‘Loose Change’: How a 9/11 Conspiracy Video Bent Reality
Mr. Bermas, who came on to help with the film’s second edition, told me that “Loose Change” drew attention because it was better produced than other videos in its genre, and because it came out several years into the Iraq war, at a time…
The federal climate platforms: What’s in them and what sets each apart
The next government's climate change plan will impact every aspect of Canadians' lives, public policy researchers say. Climate change impacts such as wildfires, extreme heat and drought are already affecting Canadians in concrete ways,…
Tracking Viral Misinformation – The New York Times
Sept. 10, 2021, 3:58 p.m. ETSept. 10, 2021, 3:58 p.m. ETMark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, testifying in Washington in 2018.Credit...Tom Brenner/The New York TimesMore than three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook…
Federal parties stick-handle climate change, energy and economy in Alberta
Lewis Lix still thinks about the sunrises he watched while working on oil rigs in western Canada. "You could be covered in blood, sweat and diesel fuel, but you could take five minutes at 4:45 a.m. to watch the sun come up. When people…
How Apple’s Changes to Its Store Could Benefit App Developers
Dan Burkhart, the chief executive of Recurly, a subscription management and billing platform that works with more than 2,000 companies, said many of the app developers he communicates with regularly were buzzing with enthusiasm on Friday…