Petroleum is the top export across over 50 nations, and along with many other resource-driven materials makes up a sizable share of the global export market. With a market valued at $50.7 billion, Mexico’s top export is cars-making it the fourth largest exporter worldwide.
Charlotte, a professor of English at Dartmouth College, says it has animated QAnon conspiracy’s and Trump’s base. BOB GARFIELD If the question is how can something so, you know, bizarre and disjointed flourish in the United States of America, you say agnosticism helps us understand that. Read More: wnycstudios.org
Flame retardants are chemicals that manufacturers started adding to commercial and consumer products in the 1970s to meet flammability standards. Manufacturers just switched to its chemical cousin, chlorinated tris – the flame retardant Dr. Stapleton found in Joshua’s tunnel. Read More: nytimes.com
Sprinkle just a little bit of sea salt on your chocolate chip cookies before baking for that sophisticated professional flavor. Hate dealing with metal sheet pans and cookie tins? Use a silicone baking mold instead. We love Silpat molds. Read More: redtri.com
The Rise of the Perpetual PivotIf you ask why companies make major changes to their product on their way from idea to pilot to every subsequent version after that, the short answer is: Because they can. Execution: The Right Product Built and Fulfilled EffectivelyNot all pivots are about pivoting away from disaster; some pivots are about pivoting toward opportunity. Read More: builtin.com
The LA Basin is not the only place in California where oil and gas companies are carrying out these high-intensity production techniques. Here’s a map of the 3,014 wells across California where high-intensity production is either planned or already taking place, and the 1,105 wells where waste from these methods is being injected into the ground. Read More: facesoffracking.org
According to the eye experts at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, excessive screen time can affect your kids’ vision too. Along with blurry vision, experts also believe that too much time staring at screens can contribute to childhood dry eye, eye strain and headaches. Read More: redtri.com
Where do the survey data underlying the estimates come from? The data underlying the maps come from a large national survey dataset collected between 2008 through 2018 as part of the Climate Change in the American Mind project led by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication. If you publish a news article, visualization, blog post, or other publication using these data or maps, please include the link to the Yale Climate Opinion Maps website and attribution to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Read More: climatecommunication.yale.edu
The time series is based on historical data for 1960-2000. The data uses a mixed climate model that captures a broad range of extreme temperature responses. Read More: nytimes.com
The study analyzed data from over 4,500 kids ages eight to 11 collected by the National Institutes of Health, comparing the amount of time kids spent sleeping, completing physical activity and using screens. For reference, researchers used sleep, activity and screen time recommendations from both the Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics; specifically, that kids should get nine to 11 hours of sleep per night, spend less than two hours on screens and get at least one hour of physical activity per day. Read More: redtri.com