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#Chevron Wants a School District #TaxBreak for a #DataCenter Power Plant
#Oil company seeking tax break in Texas worth hundreds of millions of dollars to build massive power plant. Energy go to residential customers. Instead, gas plant will be used to power data center whose eventual tenant could be #Microsoft.
Potential tax abatement for project comes as big tech companies are battling rising public fury about #datacenters and electricity costs.
https://www.wired.com/story/chevron-wants-school-district-tax-break-data-center-power-plant-texas/
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J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
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J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
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J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
https://archive.ph/ACJEt -
J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
https://archive.ph/ACJEt -
J. #CraigVenter, Scientist Who Decoded the #Human #Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
Dr. #Venter, a risk-taker and intense competitor, made a bold move when he decided that the #HumanGenomeProject, a $3 billion government program for decoding the human genome, was moving slowly enough that he could enter the race late and beat it with a much faster method.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html
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In #Texas, #CorpusChristi’s #watercrisis may be a glimpse into the future
5yr #drought, a failed desalination plant, and poor planning may force the city to choose between residents and #oil and #gas industry.
Corpus Christi is one of largest petrochemical hubs in US, oil, gas, and other industrial facilities account for between 50 to 60% of city’s #water usage. One enormous plastics plant owned by #ExxonMobil and #SaudiArabia, used just under 5B gallons of water in 2024
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Half of world’s #CO2 #emissions come from just 32 #fossilfuel firms, study shows
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging #climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
Saudi #Aramco was the biggest state-controlled polluter and #ExxonMobil, #Chevron, #Shell, #ConocoPhillips and #BP -- the top five emitting investor-owned companies.
State-owned fossil fuel producers made up 17 of the top 20 emitters in the #CarbonMajors report
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-fossil-fuel-firms-study -
#DataCenter Tech #Lobbyists Fearmonger in Attempt to Retroactively Roll Back #RightToRepair #Law
Cisco, IBM, and major #lobbying groups are trying to exempt "#criticalinfrastructure" from #Colorado law
One issue with this is that “critical infrastructure” is very broadly defined, and could include essentially anything. In practice, the law could essentially repeal huge parts of one of the most important right to repair laws in the #UnitedStates.
https://www.404media.co/data-center-tech-lobbyists-fearmonger-in-attempt-to-retroactively-roll-back-right-to-repair-law/
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#Neuralnetwork finds an #enzyme that can break down #polyurethane
A completely new enzyme that researchers developed to break down polyurethane, the #polymer commonly used to make #foam cushioning, among other things. The new enzyme is compatible with an industrial-style recycling process that breaks the polymer down into its basic building blocks, which can be used to form fresh polyurethane.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/polyurethane-is-the-latest-polymer-broken-down-by-designer-enzymes/ -
#Neuralnetwork finds an #enzyme that can break down #polyurethane
A completely new enzyme that researchers developed to break down polyurethane, the #polymer commonly used to make #foam cushioning, among other things. The new enzyme is compatible with an industrial-style recycling process that breaks the polymer down into its basic building blocks, which can be used to form fresh polyurethane.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/polyurethane-is-the-latest-polymer-broken-down-by-designer-enzymes/ -
#Neuralnetwork finds an #enzyme that can break down #polyurethane
A completely new enzyme that researchers developed to break down polyurethane, the #polymer commonly used to make #foam cushioning, among other things. The new enzyme is compatible with an industrial-style recycling process that breaks the polymer down into its basic building blocks, which can be used to form fresh polyurethane.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/polyurethane-is-the-latest-polymer-broken-down-by-designer-enzymes/ -
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"Notably, 10 of the 19 individuals who reported that they were pregnant when exposed [to tear gas] reported a subsequent miscarriage — that’s about twice the expected rate of miscarriage. "~
tear gas (2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile [CS]) targets TRPA1pepper spray (oleoresin capsicum [OC], capsaicin) targets TRPV1
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"Although TRPV1 and TRPA1 have been shown in the human eutopic and ectopic endometrium, their regulation and functional importance are not known..."
https://doi.org/10.1530/JME-15-0184~
"CS exposure induced strong tissue swelling, plasma extravasation, and a dramatic increase in inflammatory cytokine levels in the mouse ear skin. We also showed that the effects of CS were not transient but caused persistent skin injuries. These injury parameters were reduced with TRPA1 inhibitor treatment. Further, we tested the pharmacologic activity of advanced TRPA1 antagonists in vitro. Our findings showed that TRPA1 is a crucial mediator of CS-induced nociception and tissue injury and that TRPA1 inhibitors are effective countermeasures that reduce key injury parameters when administered after exposure. "
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#Mining the deep #ocean
Policymakers debate if we even need deep ocean mining and if we can do it safely.
More than 13,000ft below the surface of #Pacific Ocean, a more-than-70-ton machine trundled like a tank on its caterpillar tracks for a tenth of a mile—sucking up potato-sized nodules of rock packed with #copper, #manganese, #cobalt, and #nickel. It was 2022, and that pilot run of a subsea harvester by a Canadian business, The #MetalsCompany, was pronounced a success.
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We saw the heart of #Pluto 10 years ago—it’ll be a long wait to see the rest
#NASA's #NewHorizons #spacecraft answered numerous questions about Pluto that have lingered since its discovery by #astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. As is often the case with planetary exploration, the results from New Horizons' flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015, posed countless more questions. First and foremost, how did such a dynamic world come to be so far from the Sun?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/07/ten-years-on-from-pluto-prospects-for-a-revisit-are-a-long-way-off/ -
#Tech groups score win on clean energy rules for gas-powered #datacentres
Corporate #climate watchdog drops stricter proposal on net zero claims after heavy #lobbying
The Science Based Targets initiative has decided to drop proposed rules that would have made it harder for a #datacenter group, running mostly on #fossilfuels, to claim its energy needs were entirely met by #renewable power to reach its climate goals.
https://www.ft.com/content/2ed922bb-266f-45cc-8930-c4ab5422bf95
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Single Dose of #DMT Rapidly Reduces Symptoms of Major #Depression
Unlike #psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (#LSD), whose effects last for hours, intravenous DMT has half-life of around five minutes. Its #psychedelic effects are correspondingly brief, potentially making it more practical to administer in clinical settings.
Two weeks after the first dose, participants who received DMT scored about seven points lower, on average, than those who received a placebo.
https://www.sciencealert.com/single-dose-of-dmt-rapidly-reduces-symptoms-of-major-depression -
Single Dose of #DMT Rapidly Reduces Symptoms of Major #Depression
Unlike #psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (#LSD), whose effects last for hours, intravenous DMT has half-life of around five minutes. Its #psychedelic effects are correspondingly brief, potentially making it more practical to administer in clinical settings.
Two weeks after the first dose, participants who received DMT scored about seven points lower, on average, than those who received a placebo.
https://www.sciencealert.com/single-dose-of-dmt-rapidly-reduces-symptoms-of-major-depression -
Single Dose of #DMT Rapidly Reduces Symptoms of Major #Depression
Unlike #psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (#LSD), whose effects last for hours, intravenous DMT has half-life of around five minutes. Its #psychedelic effects are correspondingly brief, potentially making it more practical to administer in clinical settings.
Two weeks after the first dose, participants who received DMT scored about seven points lower, on average, than those who received a placebo.
https://www.sciencealert.com/single-dose-of-dmt-rapidly-reduces-symptoms-of-major-depression -
Single Dose of #DMT Rapidly Reduces Symptoms of Major #Depression
Unlike #psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (#LSD), whose effects last for hours, intravenous DMT has half-life of around five minutes. Its #psychedelic effects are correspondingly brief, potentially making it more practical to administer in clinical settings.
Two weeks after the first dose, participants who received DMT scored about seven points lower, on average, than those who received a placebo.
https://www.sciencealert.com/single-dose-of-dmt-rapidly-reduces-symptoms-of-major-depression -
#RobertDowneyJr. weaves introspection and environmentalism into a show about #cars
While “#DowneysDreamCars” is very much a show for #gearheads, it isn't restricted to that audience. Downey experiments with genre in a kind of #ecofriendly “#PimpMyRide” that is also part memoir and a documentary about the latest advancements in clean technology.
https://www.autoblog.com/2023/06/21/robert-downey-jr-weaves-introspection-and-environmentalism-into-a-show-about-cars/ #automobiles #environment -
#Humans Had #Dogs Before They Had #Farming, Ancient #DNA Confirms
New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that #huntergatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another.
The studies provide the first definitive #genetic evidence that dogs existed during the #Paleolithic period, before humans developed #agriculture.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/science/paleontology-humans-dogs-dna.html
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#Kalshi suspends, fines 3 candidates for #Congress in ‘#insidertrading’ enforcement
#PredictionMarket said three “were flagged because of our newly released safeguards to block political candidates from trading on their own elections.”
The candidates are #MarkMoran,Virginia candidate for #Senate running as independent; Minnesota Democrat #MattKlein, in primary for 2nd Congressional District; and #EzekielEnriquez of Texas, running in Republican primary for 21st District.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/kalshi-insider-trading-congress.html -
#Humans in #Andes Appear to Have Evolved Strange #Genetic Ability
For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on #drinkingwater that would make most people deathly ill, naturally occurring #arsenic in volcanic bedrock leaches into the groundwater, contaminating water with levels of toxic metalloid that would pose serious health risks.
But for one group in north #Argentina #naturalselection may have provided an unusual genetic advantage.
https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-in-the-andes-appear-to-have-evolved-a-strange-genetic-ability -
The #Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the #NSA Is Doing Under #Section702
#Senator #RonWyden says that when a secret interpretation of Section 702 is eventually declassified, the American public “will be stunned” to learn what the NSA has been doing. If you’ve followed Wyden’s career, you know this is not a man prone to hyperbole — and you know his track record on these warnings is perfect, this “directly affects the #privacy rights of #Americans.”
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/12/the-wyden-siren-goes-off-again-well-be-stunned-by-what-the-nsa-is-doing-under-section-702/ -
#Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret #US #government #surveillance, sounds new alarm over '#CIA activities'
The two-line letter written by Sen. #RonWyden, longest serving member of Intelligence Committee, does not disclose nature of CIA’s activities or senator’s specific concerns. But the letter follows a pattern in recent years in which Wyden has publicly hinted at wrongdoing or illegality within the federal government, sometimes referred to as “Wyden siren.”
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/senator-who-has-repeatedly-warned-about-secret-u-s-government-surveillance-sounds-new-alarm-over-cia-activities/ -
A #bonobo’s imaginary tea party suggests apes can play pretend
Humans may not be the only primates with the power to imagine. During a make-believe tea party, a bonobo named Kanzi kept track of invisible juice and imaginary grapes.
Human invention is tightly linked to imagination. “You can’t invent a bicycle if you can’t imagine one first,” O’Madagain says. If animals truly can imagine as humans do, it would cast their tool use in a new light.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bonobos-imaginary-apes-play-pretend
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#ZOOZPower‘s #flywheel-based power-boosting #EVcharging system will be piloted at New York City’s #LaGuardia #Airport by a large global #carrental company.
#ZOOZ Power – formerly named #Chakratec
https://bit.ly/3NYDvcj #EV -
#Americans now listen to #podcasts more often than #AM/#FM #talkradio, study shows
The researchers have tracked these statistics over the last decade, and almost always, the percentage of time people spent listening to podcasts increased, while their time with spoken radio broadcasts decreased. For the first time this year, podcasts eclipsed spoken-word radio with 40% of listening time, as opposed to 39% for #radio.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/americans-now-listen-to-podcasts-more-often-than-talk-radio-study-shows/ -
Simulations of your #gut may predict which #probiotics will stick
Commercial probiotics work for some people, one-size-fits-all approach hasn’t reliably benefited consumers. Instead, new simulations can predict whether a specific #bacteria strain will successfully take up residence in a person’s gut.
The simulations, called microbial community–scale metabolic models, are built on what scientists already know about how #gutbacteria eat and use food.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/probiotics-gut-simulations-microbiome
https://archive.ph/NEZj1