[ad_1] Cofiwch Dryweryn (remember Tryweryn). The walls exhort us in bright red and white, from Llanrhystud in West Wales to Chicago. And the writing’s not only on the wall: it’s on a sticker on a lamppost outside Camden Market in North London, on posters and mugs and car bumpers and T-shirts, all the material media […]
Scientists Can Pull Drinking Water From Air With Food Scraps
[ad_1] Key Points Researchers developed a sustainable method to harvest water from the air using hydrogels made from food scraps and other biomass. Their technology can extract up to 3.75 gallons of clean water per kilogram of material daily, with 95% water recovery after mild heating. The biodegradable system offers a scalable, low-energy solution for […]
Fishermen pull decomposed body out of the water off Massachu…
[ad_1] A “wrapped” body “in a state of decomposition” was hauled out of the water by fishermen off the coast of Massachusetts, according to reports. The unnamed fishing vessel was working about 40 miles off the coast of Boston Friday morning when the crew discovered the body after reeling in the boat’s fishing nets, People […]
Nick Brandt’s Photos Stress the Resilience of Syrian Refugee…
[ad_1] In the Jordanian desert, Syrian families displaced by war huddle atop stacks of boxes like stalwart islands in a dry and unforgiving landscape. Photographer Nick Brandt captures children, siblings, and entire families who stand together and climb skyward like monuments or promontories—what the artist describes as “pedestals for those that in our society are […]
EPA Reviews Nitrate Limits in Drinking Water as Cancer Conce…
[ad_1] A March 2024 study published in Public Health delivered sobering news: detecting nitrate in your drinking water is associated with a 73% increased risk of cancer mortality.1 Further, for every 10-fold increase in drinking water nitrate levels, your risk of dying from cancer climbs by a staggering 69%. Even more alarming, these increased risks […]
‘Far From Water’ Revels in the Moment
[ad_1] I’ve written extensively about how much I’m not fond of the current Hollywood ecosystem. The glut of blockbusters has given way to a glut of ‘event’ films. Lost among all this are the small, intimate films. The kind the studios have begun to swear off publicly. Filmmakers like Josh Cox. His latest film, Far […]