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Water is essential to life, but the quality of our rivers, lakes and freshwater systems is under siege. Climate change, industrial pollution, agricultural runoff and urbanization are increasing stress in waters around the world. As these pressures intensify, maintaining a clean, healthy freshwater system becomes more challenging and more important. This article explores a complex web of water quality, increased ecological outcomes, nature-based solutions, exciting cleanup successes, and threats to future collective paths. Climate Change and Water Quality: A Dangerous Loop The impacts of climate change have already altered precipitation patterns, reinforcing rising water temperatures and extreme weather events. All…

This story by Tim Henderson was originally published in Washington Standard. The ratio of people over 65 to children under 18 measured age changes compared to previous years, according to statorin analysis of estimates measured age changes in mid-2024. Other states already with older adults exceeding children in 2023: Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. It grew from just four in 2020: Florida, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia. This trend is insufficient in the number of future young adults who can help care for older relatives, according to a report released last year by the…

Most transportation policies, including urban highway spending, off-road parking obligations, and lower fuel taxes, are based on the assumption that faster, cheaper, and more vehicle travel will increase economic productivity and community prosperity. It’s time to critically examine that assumption. My latest research, explained in the Mobility Productivity Paradox, shows that on the contrary, there is a tendency for economic productivity to be reduced due to more vehicle miles and city lane miles, lower fuel prices and cheaper parking. Certainly, some car trips are very productive. Farmers, carpenters and visiting nurses usually achieve more in the car than using other…

Navinchada, the 55-year-old managing director of Silicon Valley venture Mayfield, has placed a big bet on AI’s ability to transform heavy industries, including consulting, law and accounting. Veteran investors, including victory, including Lyft, Poshmark and Hashicorp, were recently debated in TechCrunch’s rigorous evening at Menlo Park. I believe why “AI teammates” can traditionally create software-like margins in the labor-intensive sector. Material can be more difficult than Silicon Valley would expect. The conversation is lightly edited with length and clarity. You think law firms, consulting companies, accounting services (collectively the $5 trillion market) will be completely rethinked by AI-first companies operating…

The fear of immigrant raids is destroying transport vehicles in Los Angeles. There, tens of thousands of low-income workers rely on the city’s public transport system. In the Los Angeles Times production, Christopher Buchanan, Colleen Charby and Hannah Fry explain the undulating effects of ice attacks that hid many Angelenos. “After immigration agents launched a campaign to spot and capture undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles on June 6th, some residents begin to go underground and fear raids away from work, schools, churches and other public places.” Bus and rail rides in the area fell by 10-15% from June 6, with…

The new development, located just outside Austin, Texas, boasts a large geothermal heating and cooling system, as well as other features that make the community one of the most sustainable in the country. As Terry L. Jones explains in his floodlight work, “When completed, Whisper Valley will consist of approximately 7,500 owners and rental homes, as well as a range of $350,000 to $750,000 in prices. The community will also include affordable homes built by Habitat for Humanity. Residents who already live in the completed portion of the community say they saw significant cost savings in the heating and cooling…

Drugs like Ozempic, which are used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, may also treat migraines, even if the drug does not cause weight loss.A preliminary report published in the Journal Headache and published at the European Society for Neurology (EAN) conference on June 21 suggests that liraglutide, a drug used to treat obesity and diabetes, has almost half the number of days patients have experienced severe migraine. Liraglatide belongs to a class of drugs called GLP-1 agonists. This also includes Semaglutide, the active ingredient in diabetic drugs Ozempic and weight loss drugs.However, the idea of ​​treating migraines with…

It appears that Apple was the first genuine box office hit. The company is already producing award-winning films that have been sued by critics for Apple TV+. In fact, Netflix reportedly spent millions on an Oscar campaign, but Apple’s “Coda” is the only film produced by the streaming service to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. But that was another story at the box office – at best the returns were not on an ambitious budget, and in “Algir”, the company had an epic flop. Last year, Apple reportedly decided to scale back both its budget and theater releases,…

MIT researchers have created a high-tech “bubble wrap” that allows even Death Valley, the driest of North America, to collect safe drinking water directly from the sky.The new water harvester is a major step towards providing safe and accessible drinking water to people around the world, working in places where it is possible to find water vapor in the air, scientists said in a new study published in Nature Water on June 11.The water harvester is made of hydrogel (high-absorbent material) surrounded by two layers of glass like a window. At night, the device absorbs water vapor from the atmosphere.…

Researchers and artists created the reconstruction of the impressive faces of a Stone Age woman who lived in what is now Belgium about 10,500 years ago.A detailed description of the prehistoric hunter-gatherer known as the “Margaux Women” is based on a variety of scientific data, including her skeleton and ancient DNA ruins, according to a statement from the University of Ghent in Belgium.Reconstruction – created by the University’s Interdisciplinary Regional Outlook (ROAM) project in collaboration with Dutch artists and twin brothers Adrie and Alfons Kennis – reveals an interesting set of features. You might like it Roam’s research shows that…