Long-time Slashdot reader SonicSpike shared the Washington Post’s speculation about the possibility of a gigantic solar storm leaving millions without phone or internet access, and requiring months or years of rebuilding: The odds are low that in any given year a storm big enough to cause effects this widespread will Read more…
One e-toy for every person on Earth — that’s the staggering amount of electric trains, drones, talking dolls, R/C cars, and other children’s gadgets tossed into landfills every year. Some of what most consumers consider to be e-waste — like electronics such as computers, smartphones, TVs, and speaker systems — Read more…
JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, is as close as Wall Street has to a statesman, and on Friday he sounded a major alarm about the global effects of the conflict in Israel and Gaza. From a report: “This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in Read more…
A physicist from the University of Portsmouth has explored whether a new law of physics could support the theory that we’re living in a computer simulation. Dr. Melvin Vopson has previously published research suggesting that information has mass and that all elementary particles — the smallest known building blocks of Read more…
“34% of Californians say they are considering moving out of the state due to housing costs,” according to statistics from a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California. It’s a nonprofit think tank founded in 1994 “to inform and improve public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan Read more…
Amidst a winter marked by scarce gas supplies, the German government has opted to retain its lignite coal power plants on standby for another season. Originally, Germany had planned a phased shutdown of coal plants in exchange for a portion of the government’s €40 billion coal phase-out fund. However, last Read more…
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the ozone hole above Antarctica reached approximately 10 million square miles in area on Sept. 16, 2023 — making it one of the largest seasonal holes ever observed. One possible reason for the higher-than-normal growth is the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption in January Read more…