Elizabeth Blackstock
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An Ode To Aimless Driving
To say I’ve been in a tough spot lately would probably be a bit of an understatement, but there’s something about the aimless drive that serves as a balm for the shittiest of days.
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Japan Wants To Send Wooden Satellites Into Space
When humans started flinging things into space, we didn’t really think about the impact it would have down the road, which means that, right now, there’s a whole lot of metal junk floating around in the ether. So, one Japanese company and Kyoto University have come up with a solution: wooden satellites.
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We’re Set To Exhaust The World’s Carbon Budget By 2030
The annual Global Carbon Budget is here, and the news is… just as bad as it’s been for a while. Despite big changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we still haven’t reduced our carbon emissions to a satisfactory level, and we only have ten years before we run out of leeway.
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75 Years Ago, Five Planes Disappeared Over The Bermuda Triangle
We’ve been losing things over the Bermuda Triangle for over 100 years, but one of the strangest occurrences took place 75 years ago, on December 5, 1945. Five torpedo bombers up and disappeared during a three-hour training mission out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. All 14 airmen were lost — alongside an additional 13 members of…