Environmental Concerns at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Include Storms and Flooding
2025-08-04
The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by hurricanes, extreme heat and even wildfires.Continue Reading
A Voyage to Bring Norway’s Lighthouses Into the 21st Century
2025-08-04
More than 2,000 navigational beacons, big and small, oversee the nation’s 60,000-mile-long coast. Now they need an upgrade.Continue Reading
Skeptoid Podcast: Rethinking Science Education
2025-07-18
I had the honor of guest hosting Skeptoid Podcast, and couldn’t resist talking about my favorite thing: science and critical thinking education. Skeptoid Podcast #990: Rethinking Science Education The post Skeptoid Podcast: Rethinking Science Education appeared first on Thinking Is Power.Continue Reading
Weeks After a Heat Wave Baked the US, Democrats Push to Declare Heat a Major Disaster
2025-07-18
Politicians from some of the country’s hottest states are calling on FEMA to update disaster declaration guidelines. By Kiley Price In the United States, heat kills more people than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes—combined. Yet unlike these other extreme weather events, heat waves are not considered a major disaster under U.S.Continue Reading