hedman's feed
-
4 days ago
Current Event hedmanA church needed money, so members held homeless people captive and forced them to beg, prosecutors say
A dozen leaders of a California-based church lured homeless people into group homes and forced them to panhandle, according to an indictment.
-
2 weeks ago
Expression hedman
13 Savage Jokes Roasting Vegans to a Leafy Crisp
Enjoy, a meatless roast.
-
2 weeks ago
Current Event hedman
Compasses to point true north for first time in 360 years
If you think your compass has been directing you true north, you are wrong. At some point over the next two weeks compasses at Greenwich will point true north for the first time in about 360 years. And for some parts of the UK, this may not happen for another 20 years.
-
2 weeks ago
Expression hedman
Don’t Give Up If Getting Over Social Anxiety Takes Time
New research shows social anxiety treatment can help even if it takes longer.
-
3 weeks ago
Current Event hedman
At age 101, this woman released her first collection of poems
After decadeslong careers in landscape architecture and sculpture, centenarian finds art in words
-
3 weeks ago
Analysis hedman
Why Does Elon Musk Want to Nuke Mars?
Mars has the closest resemblance to Earth in our solar system. So, when humans become capable of interplanetary travel and consider colonising any planet, Mars would automatically be the first target due to its proximity and similarity to Earth.
-
3 weeks ago
And talks over people when losing a debate or discussion
-
1 month ago
Current Event hedman
Astronomers probably just saw a black hole swallow a dead star
Ripples in the fabric of spacetime reveal what may be a first-of-its-kind cosmic collision.
-
1 month ago
Current Event hedman
Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' Denounced as Dangerous, Unconstitutional Edict
"In practice, this executive order would mean that whichever political party is in power could dictate what speech is allowed on the Internet."
-
1 month ago
Analysis hedman
Climate change could trigger a global food crisis, new U.N. report says
If average global temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius, the risk of food supply instabilities “are projected to be very high,” according to the report.
-
1 month ago
Current Event hedman
Twins Born Conjoined at the Head Are Separated Successfully
A 30-hour procedure by a medical team lead by 35 Hungarian doctors separates the three-year-old girls at a military hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
-
1 month ago
Current Event hedman
Impossible Foods gets FDA approval to sell fake meat in grocery stores
Fake meat is coming to a barbecue near you. Impossible Foods has been granted approval by the FDA to sell its plant-based meat in US grocery stores this fall, reported Bloomberg. After expressing some initial doubts, the agency formally ruled that soy leghemoglobin -- the additive in Impossible Burgers that gives it a meat-like flavor and makes it "bleed" -- is safe for consumers to eat. If no objections are raised, the FDA rule change becomes effective on September 4th.
-
1 month ago
Current Event hedman
Many Animals Can’t Adapt to Climate Change Fast Enough
Climate change has thrown our beautifully balanced planet into chaos. As oceans and forests transform and ecosystems go into shock, perhaps a million species teeter on the edge of extinction. But there may still be hope for these organisms. Some will change their behaviors in response to soaring global temperatures; they might, say, reproduce earlier in the year, when it’s cooler. Others may even evolve to cope—perhaps by shrinking, because smaller frames lose heat more quickly.
-
1 month ago
Current Event hedman
America is drowning in garbage. Now robots are being put on duty to help solve the recycling crisis
The U.S. is facing a recycling crisis that is burying cities and towns in tens of millions of tons of garbage a day. The problem began last year when China, the world’s largest recyclable processor, stopped accepting most American scrap plastic and cardboard due to contamination problems, and a glut of plastics overwhelming its own processing facilities. Historically, China recycled the bulk of U.S. waste.
-
2 months ago
Unspecified hedman
F1 photographer uses camera from 1913 at a race and the results are brilliant
One of the coolest things I've ever seen.