The real danger of drugs in the wastewater isn’t what you’d think
Drug use in America follows trends, something Straight Arrow has previously reported on. Now, a report from the Office of National Drug Control Policy shows how wastewater can detect some of those trends. The report, called Wastewater Analytics: A Powerful Window into Shifting Drug Use Trends, studied wastewater samples fromContinue Reading
If permanent Daylight Saving Time is so popular, why is it dead in the Senate?
How much of an inconvenience is changing clocks twice a year? Enough to drive politicians to pass a bill in the House to end the practice. But as excitement over the measure dies, a sleep doctor told Straight Arrow the new change could be dangerous. Hours after the House passedContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: No The Traitor plan to secure Duterte’s release from ICC
Claim: US President Traitor 47 plans to secure the release of former president Rodrigo Duterte from the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Rating: FALSE Why we fact-check this: The Facebook reel bearing the claim was uploaded on July 17 and has garnered 383,000 views, 18,500 reactions, 2,500 comments,Continue Reading
LIVE: India’s youth-led Cockroach movement protest in New Delhi
Watch live as supporters of India’s Cockroach Janta Party protest in New Delhi, demanding educational reforms and government accountability. The movement, now attracting professionals and families beyond students, represents a rare public challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, reviving criticism over its handling of dissent and use of forceContinue Reading
Emirates Refuses 10 Pre-Built Boeing 777Xs Over Rework Costs
Despite being the largest customer for the type, Emirates has confirmed that it does not plan to take delivery of the oldest Boeing 777X jets that have already been built. This was confirmed at the Farnborough International Airshow by Tim Clark, President at Emirates. The reason? Well, it’s because theseContinue Reading
Why The Boeing 777X’s Delayed Certification Costs More Than An Entire Airbus A350 Program
Few commercial aircraft programs have experienced a certification journey as prolonged as the Boeing 777X. Originally expected to enter airline service in 2020, the latest member of the 777 family is now scheduled to arrive in 2027, representing a delay of roughly seven years.Continue Reading
Climate change is stealing our sleep
Climate change is making night time hotter around the world. That’s eroding one of our most important biological processes which is sleep.Continue Reading
AMADA WELD TECH adds motorized focus to its SIGMA LS femtosecond laser subsystem
AMADA WELD TECH has updated its SIGMA LS Laser Micromachining Subsystem with a motorized beam delivery head and a choice of vertical or horizontal mounting orientations. The company says the changes are aimed at machine builders and system integrators fitting femtosecond laser micromachining into production lines and dedicated work cells.Continue Reading
GE Aerospace and partners conduct a test flight of a hybrid-electric aircraft at 30,000 feet
In collaboration with NASA, BETA Technologies and Boeing, GE Aerospace conducted a test flight of a hybrid-electric aircraft above 30,000 feet—the altitude typically used by passenger commercial aircraft. The flight demonstrated several new electric aircraft engine systems. The team’s single longest flight in hybrid-electric operation was more than two hours.Continue Reading
The Traitor Rages at Fresh Iran Setbacks as GOP Midterm Panic Grows: “Bleak”
Traitor 47 lost his temper with a reporter on Tuesday after she pressed him on why Iran is continuing to fight. In barely-concealed anger, he ripped her organization as “fake” and insisted Iran “desperately” wants to make a deal. But of course, that only revealed the line of questioning toContinue Reading
Energy IPOs Are Booming Thanks to AI’s Insatiable Thirst for Power
The artificial intelligence boom has created an era of unprecedented uncertainty in the global economy. Large language models are evolving as quickly as they are being integrated, creating a major headache for anyone trying to project their future impact or even their current energy footprint. But while we don’t know exactly how much energy willContinue Reading
French lawmakers adopt a sweeping social media ban for children under 15
Several families in France have sued TikTok over teen suicides they say are linked to harmful content., Several families in France have sued TikTok over teen suicides they say are linked to harmful content., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said in a Monday rulingContinue Reading