Another factor to throw into this debate is the latent assumption that more brightness equals more safety. One expert who doesn't think so is Richard Blomberg, who has done numerous studies of these questions under government contract. Blomberg has found, and published, that some dim objects are...
Since the first epidemic in 1894, the crippling and highly contagious polio virus had been paralyzing children and terrorizing their parents—it's hard to imagine that by the mid-1950s there was a mother in America who didn't think of polio every time her children got sick. Then, Americans...
Tina Harris: I said, "I'm turning him in." … And Sarah starts crying, "mom you can't do that. Please don't do that." She's begging me … I grabbed her arms and I pulled her sleeves up, and she had needle marks from here to here (moves her hand from her...
And I remember seeing Bloc Party and TV on the Radio and bands that had people that looked like me and how much it meant to me. And I think that was really important and something I've just learned in making music is that sometimes you just have to be your own biggest fan, and ...
"So why call it the Randy Bachman Band when I'm doing the same songs. The (BTO) name has a ka-ching to it that people recognize. It's really rewarding to go out and play 15 or 20 hit songs that everybody just sits there and hungers for and consumes it and breathes it and ...
Vermont, Ohio, Indiana and Arkansas all showed peak interest in "headache after eclipse" searches and all were in the path of totality. That doesn't surprise doctors who saw concerned patients in the days following the eclipse. "Part of the reason that the eclipse is so dangerous is ...
“forced to ride bumper to bumper” with cars and trucks if there is no bike lane… dude…there are NO BIKE LANES ON 99% of the Roads in Ohio… yet,we RIDE on 99% of the roads in Ohio…every day… generally very SAFELY interacting with cars. When people don’t do STUPID/CARELESS...
"If even a few of them [age-verification bills] pass in different contexts, it will be dangerous for everyone in the United States who goes online," Kelley warned, "because we will not be able to access things privately." Hey! People are also reading these stories: ...
The good news is that quitting can and does happen all the time to all kinds of people. Some do it by going cold turkey. Some need the help of nicotine replacement therapy (Sharecare.com). Hypnosis works for some folks, and others need more intense prescription medication to help them ...
"We are not yet on the path toward stabilizing the warming of our planet below dangerous levels," Mann told Live Science in an email. "Earth Day is an opportunity to have a conversation about what we need to do. Truth be told, every day should be Earth Day. Without a livable planet,...