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Day: August 4, 2025
Lights Are Brighter Than Ever. Is That Bad for Your Eyes?
A few years back, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez started noticing the extreme brightness of car headlights in rural Washington, where she lives—and felt bombarded. “You come around a curve and get…
10 Symptoms ER Doctors Say to Never Ignore
Emergency room doctors see the worst-case scenarios, the weird fluke accidents, the mysterious ailments and miraculous recoveries. They’re also no strangers to the symptoms that patients didn’t take seriously until…
Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce
It’s a stark number: 212,000. That’s how many women ages 20 and over have left the workforce since January, according to the most recent jobs numbers released Aug. 1 by…
Tips to get your dog’s attention through the “watch me” technique
Teaching your dog what “watch me” means is a great way to get their attention. This trick is helpful when you want your dog to focus on you instead of getting distracted. Here are six easy steps on how to teach…
Can a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions be achieved by 2040 in the EU?
The EU has a 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 55% below 1990 levels, in preparation for net-zero GHG emissions in 2050. Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 Article 4(3) of the…
California halts building code updates in a blow to electrification
At the end of June, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law AB 130 , a sweeping bill that aims to make it easier to build housing, reforms that…
LA has a plan to stop copper thieves: Solar-powered streetlights
The humble streetlight doesn’t look like a particularly attractive target for theft. But in Los Angeles, a mind-boggling 27,000 miles of copper wire connect those lights to the power grid…
Are the MA(HT)GA crowd going to be proud of themselves?
By MATTHEW HOLT I have been trying hard to suppress this line of thought but when I woke up in the middle of the night with this piece basically fully…
REPORT: WA Can’t Wait
WA must lead the way by building a large-scale decommissioning hub for our environment, for jobs, and for a green energy future. Download Report Executive Summary Australia stands at a…