CleanTechnica: Volt Solar Tile Set to Expand into the US Market
In a nutshell, Peter has learnt that cracking the US market needs to be done properly. It’s more challenging and has different regulations, requiring lots more design tweaks to maintain Volt’s unique benefits of speed of install and low cost. But now Volt is ready to storm the Bastille. As part of the push forward, Volt is seeking crowdfunding.
WashPo: Inside your body, aging unfolds at remarkably different rates
The research suggests aging isn’t strictly temporal, not solely about minutes and years passing. Once considered a steady, predictable decline, affecting everything in our bodies, everywhere, all at once, aging is much more haphazard than we once thought, starting in different parts of our bodies at different times, possibly long before we’re even thinking about aging.
It’s also personal, occurring at a unique molecular level inside each of us, and the process may be partially within our control. Once we know how our own organs are aging, we may be able to brake or speed that process by how we live.
Full article via Yahoo. Also found in AppleNews+.
NYT: Cucumbers Are Recalled After Salmonella Sickens People in 19 States
At least 68 people have fallen ill in the outbreak believed to be linked to cucumbers sold in the United States and Canada, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
NYT: It’s Time to Talk About Your Advance Care Directive
Instead of talking about politics around the Thanksgiving table this year, consider a less fraught topic: death.
It’s something few of us want to think about, but death is a fact of life that we will all encounter, often first as a caregiver and then, inevitably, when we reach our own.
As uncomfortable as it can be, discussing what medical care you want to receive at the end of your life is “one of the most loving things” you can do for your family, said Dr. Jennifer Gabbard, the director of the Palliative Medicine Research Program at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
ScienceAlert: Scientists Discover Wolves Mimicking Bees in an Incredible New First
If they are contributing to flower fertilization, the endangered wolves would join an exclusive but adorable group of non-flying mammals that pollinate plants. Examples of what is referred to as therophily include rodents, primates, elephant shrews and honey possums (Tarsipes rostratus) — the only entirely nectarivorous mammal that isn’t a bat.
Includes pictures of cute animals.
How to Geek: How to Use a Website as Your Mac’s Desktop Wallpaper
- Plash allows you to use any web page as your wallpaper, making it always visible behind your other windows.
- By default the web page is locked in state, but you can use Browser Mode to interact and adjust appearance and audio settings.
- Consider using Plash to display a highly visible clock or calendar, to avoid closing sites while screen capturing, or to keep track of sites by refreshing them frequently.
How to Geek: Proton VPN vs NordVPN: Will Nord Carry the Day?
- Proton VPN and NordVPN both have a complex interface, hindering usability.
- Proton VPN performs better than NordVPN, with faster speeds in recent years.
- Proton VPN has a straightforward pricing scheme compared to NordVPN’s complicated plans.
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When it comes to security and privacy, Proton VPN has the advantage, albeit a slim one. Over the years, it has garnered a reputation for being a privacy-focused service, based in part on the company’s tireless activism, as well as the fact that it’s based in Switzerland. This country’s strict privacy laws give Proton users a large umbrella to shelter under — though Proton does make clear it’s not bulletproof.
ScienceAlert: Expired Cans of Salmon From Decades Ago Reveal a Huge Surprise
That’s a problem for parasite ecologists, like Natalie Mastick and Chelsea Wood from the University of Washington, who had been searching for a way to retroactively track the effects parasites had on Pacific Northwestern marine mammals.
So when Wood got a call from Seattle’s Seafood Products Association, asking if she’d be interested in taking boxes of dusty old expired cans of salmon – dating back to the 1970s – off their hands, her answer was, unequivocally, yes.
The cans had been set aside for decades as part of the association’s quality control process, but in the hands of the ecologists, they became an archive of excellently preserved specimens; not of salmon, but of worms.
Last Updated: 30.Nov.2024 23:58 EST
