Jan 11 2021
According to the Manhattan Institute and environmentalist Michael Shellenberger from Ted Talks, renewable sources such as solar panels, lithium batteries, and wind turbines will cost twice to five times as much as current hydrocarbon and nuclear energy sources. Nuclear energy has smallest carbon footprint, very reliable with 24/7 power, but is the costliest to build. …
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Dec 01 2020
For decades, scientists have been researching how to live longer and comfortably into our later years without the threat of disease or disability. Before COVID-19, older adults were projected to exceed children under age 18 by 2035 according to U.S. Census Bureau projections. Writing in Futurist magazine, journalist Phillip Longman predicted an age war. As …
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Nov 03 2020
According to the World Economic Forum, their recent “The Future of Jobs Report 2020” indicates the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns and related global recession of 2020 have created a highly uncertain outlook for the labor market and accelerated the arrival of the future of work in the next five years. The adoption of cloud computing, big …
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Oct 06 2020
Plastics are produced by the conversion of natural products or by the synthesis from primary chemicals coming from oil, natural gas, or coal. Unfortunately, we rely on virgin plastics as it is cheap to manufacture and used in too many daily products including packaging of food, textiles, toys, and other household items. Plastics are a …
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Sep 01 2020
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) highly recommends wearing face masks in public settings. It’s amazing how many people, mostly millennials, still don’t wear masks in public places, and knowing they may cause the spread of COVID-19. Six million American seniors and compromised people of all ages have contracted the disease and nearly …
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Aug 04 2020
Interestingly, the United States and China launched separate rover missions to Mars in July. This is also causing some rivalry between the two strongest economic nations. NASA’s Perseverance rover launched on July 30, while China’s Tianwen-1 rover launched on July 23. Both probes should reach Mars by February 2021. Perseverance’s goal is to research potential …
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Jul 07 2020
In 1893, the American inventor Nikolai Tesla demonstrated a wireless radio in St. Louis, Missouri. Despite this demonstration, Guglielmo Marconi, an English inventor, is the person credited as the father and inventor of the radio. Marconi was awarded the very first wireless telegraphy patent in England in 1896. Tesla’s patent request was granted in 1900. …
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May 05 2020
With the coronavirus crisis in Colorado, many Coloradoans and Americans in general are required to stay home. Telehealth has come to the rescue for many patients who are asked to stay home and call their doctor. Many doctors are using telehealth services to see their patients online instead of in the office. This keeps the …
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Apr 07 2020
Since many Coloradans are at home during the one month or longer ‘stay home’ coronavirus period, Here are several ideas to keep you, your children, or grandchildren busy. Technology is key to getting you through this troublesome time. This requires a computer and the Internet to access several educational databases, webinars, programs, videos, or digital …
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Mar 03 2020
Space junk is a problem. The European Space Agency estimates there are about 170 million pieces of debris orbiting the Earth. Apart from dead satellites, there are also spent rocket boosters and bits of machinery scattered by accidental collisions. Even the tiniest piece of cosmic junk poses an enormous threat to other satellites and spacecraft. …
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Feb 04 2020
According to a recent article on the popular technology website, RECODE, our federal government is investing in an AI-based software tool that would help catch illegal opioid sellers on the Internet. But the same approach could find lots of other illegal transactions. An estimated 130 people die from opioid-related drug overdoses each day in the …
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Jan 07 2020
In 1968, Stanford University professor Paul and his wife Anne Ehrlich authored a popular bestselling book, “The Population Bomb” that described how our planet was going to implode unless we took some drastic changes. Back then the population was 3.8 billion people and today is 7.8 billion. It has doubled in 50 years, whereas the …
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