fiery-car-catastrophe

frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen> “Let the Cars Burn”• Mike Davis in “The Case for Letting Malibu Burn,” “Ecology of Fear“ L.A. fires — pick your year — serve as a vivid illustration of extreme weather’s impact on humans with a dramatic increase in wildfires almostContinue Reading

kent-ross

Kent Ross Program Manager, DEVELOP National Program, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center I’m originally from Tennessee. I have a B.S. in physics, an M.S. in civil engineering (focused on geomatics), and a Ph.D. in agronomy (focused on applications of remote sensing). My remote sensing focus in graduate school wasContinue Reading

proton-launches-encrypted-spreadsheets-(browser-based)

We Linux users have plenty of choices when it comes to spreadsheet software, with LibreOffice, ONLYOFFICE, FreeOffice, GNUmeric, KOffice and, new this month, Collabora Office among them. And for those of you who don’t mind opening a browser to work, the choice is even greater thanks to browser-based office web apps like Google Sheets, Zoho Sheet, and now Proton Sheets (yes, more sheets than a hotel in this sentence).Continue Reading

west-african-culture-takes-center-stage-at-dakar’s-ecofest-2025

ECOFEST 2025 in Dakar, Senegal focuses on how culture fosters resilience amid political crises in West Africa., NewsFeed ECOFEST 2025 is under way in Dakar, Senegal, with a focus on how culture fosters resilience amid political crises in West Africa. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque spoke to attendees about what theContinue Reading