CBD has become remarkably popular in recent years. But is it the cure-all people think it is? Source: https://www.livescience.com/63452-what-is-cannabis-oil.html
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How Electric Cars Will Affect Oil Company Investors
“Between global warming, Elon Musk, and a worldwide crackdown on carbon, the future looks treacherous for Big Oil,” argues CNN Business writer Matt Egan, calling the rise of electric vehicles “an existential threat to the oil industry.” “Passenger vehicles are the No. 1 source of demand for oil — and tomorrow’s transportation system may no longer rely on the gas station.”
Reliance…
How to Get the Best Sleep of Your Life
Sofia Adamson – If you want to decrease your risk of disease, improving the quality of your sleep should be a top priority. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/05/10/how-to-get-the-best-sleep-of-your-life/…
Cobalt for 500,000 electric cars could be harvested from the oceans
Enough cobalt for hundreds of thousands of electric car batteries could be collected by dangling plastic balls from disused oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2201637-cobalt-for-500000-electric-cars-could-be-harvested-from-the-oceans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Nuclear weapons might save the world from an asteroid strike – but we need to change the law first
The schlocky 1998 Bruce Willis movie Armageddon was the highest grossing film of that year. The blockbuster saw a master oil driller (Willis) and an unlikely crew of misfits place a nuclear bomb inside a giant asteroid heading for Earth, blow it up – and save humanity. Armageddon isn’t exactly a documentary: it’s packed full of sci-fi nonsense. But, 20 years…
Pakistani Scientists Discover Fungus that Can ‘Eat’ Plastic
Luke Miller – This mushroom could be the solution to the global plastic problem. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/04/23/pakistani-scientists-discover-fungus-that-can-eat-plastic/…
This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.
Source: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/5/10/15589038/top-100-solutions-climate-change-ranked…
10 ways to accelerate progress against climate change
Source: https://www.vox.com/2018/10/10/17952334/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report-solutions-carbon-tax-electric-vehicles…
Why observe Earth Day on April 22?
April 22 is the date of Earth Day in part because of Arbor Day, an earlier observance. The focus of Earth Day 2019 is protection of Earth species. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/this-date-in-science-why-celebrate-earth-day-on-april-22…
7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/21/18223816/earth-day-2019-climate-change-plastic-extinction…