Hurricane Season Could Have More Than Two Dozen Storms, NOAA Says https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/weather/noaa-atlantic-hurricane-forecast-prediction.html?smid=nytcore-android-share ‘Alarming’ Ocean Temperatures Suggest This Hurricane Season Will Be a Daunting One https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/climate/ocean-temperature-hurricane-forecast.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
We’re Thinking About Obesity All Wrong (NYT)
A Year on Ozempic Taught Me We’re Thinking About Obesity All Wrong https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/opinion/ozempic-weight-loss-drugs.html "Drugs like Ozempic work precisely by making us feel full. Carel le Roux, a scientist whose research was important to the development of these drugs, says they boost what he and others once called “satiety hormones.”Once you understand this context, it becomes... Continue Reading →
A Message to the Ag Industry about H5N1: Bovine Veterinarian
https://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/industry/message-ag-industry-about-h5n1 "On April 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported it had detected “viral particles of H5N1 avian influenza” in pasteurized milk available for purchase at grocery stores. Russo is quick to point out this doesn’t mean the actual virus is in milk. Rather, it’s the genetic material known as RNA. “I think... Continue Reading →
Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity: NYT
"Those batteries play a pivotal role in California’s electric grid, partially replacing fossil fuels in the evening. Between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on April 30, for example, batteries supplied more than one-fifth of California’s electricity and, for a few minutes, pumped out 7,046 megawatts of electricity, akin to the output from seven large nuclear reactors. Across... Continue Reading →
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