Thursday, July 21, 2016

Energy News Digest for July 21, 2016

The energy news digest is on a brief hiatus July 22 – July 29. It will probably come back with unnecessary souvenirs and a painful sunburn: badges of recreation.

The news digest will return to regularly scheduled programming August 1. Watch the Twitter feed or blog site for occasional tidbits as the mood moves the digest(ion).

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

‘Way Too Many Problems’ With State’s Carbon-Reduction Rule, Critics Say (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Fitch Warns Utilities: Retail Net Metering Could Damage Your Creditworthiness (Utility Dive)

Atoms for Green Energy: What Role Should Nuclear Power Play in Decarbonization? (Utility Dive)

Contract Awarded to Build Next Generation 911 Network (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

Canada: Environmentalists Challenge BC Hydro’s Right to Relocate Amphibians as Part of Peace River Dam Project (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Atoms for Green Energy: What Role Should Nuclear Power Play in Decarbonization?
  • Idaho: Utilities Want Answers on Tuesday Power Outage
  • Grid Hack Exposes Troubling Security Gaps for Local Utilities
  • Herrera Beutler to Bonneville Power Administration on Wires: ‘Get It Done’
  • Mining Bitcoins Is a Surprisingly Energy-Intensive Endeavor
  • Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Protests FERC Market-Based Rate Restrictions
  • Opinion: How the “Light Company” Got Smart on Energy & Consumers
  • Woody Guthrie & BPA – An Unlikely Collaboration
  • Canada: Environmentalists Challenge BC Hydro’s Right to Relocate Amphibians as Part of Peace River Dam Project
  • Fitch Warns Utilities: Retail Net Metering Could Damage Your Creditworthiness
  • Editorial: Kittitas County Solar Panel Debate Will Be Heated
  • A Major Shift in the Solar-Utility Relationship
  • Does the Bureau of Land Management Stand in the Way of Hillary Clinton’s Renewable Dreams?
  • Germany & China Are Beating the U-S in Energy Efficiency
  • Stay Cool, Pay Less for Electricity This Summer
  • ‘Way Too Many Problems’ With State’s Carbon-Reduction Rule, Critics Say
  • Weather Company Deploying Sensors in South America, Africa to Improve Forecasting
  • First Hydrogen Fueling Station Network in U-S Now Stretches across California
  • Contract Awarded to Build Next Generation 911 Network
  • Twitter Test Redesigns How You Compose New Tweets
  • Why Some People Choose to Take on Their Twitter Trolls
  • Facebook’s Live Videos Can Now Be Twice as Long
  • Google Maps Is Turning Over a Billion Users Into Editors
  • How to Check If Someone Else is Using Your Social Media Accounts
  • Mason County Realtors Endorse Neatherlin, Shutty, Griffey & MacEwen
  • Fires, Landslides & Global Warming Are Issues in Lands Commissioner Race
  • Oregon Elections Director Abruptly Resigns
  • Seattle to Get Stretch of Sunny, Warm Weather through Next Week
  • Community & Business Expo, Bite of Mason County Today
  • So Long VHS: Last VCRs Rolling Off the Line This Month
WORD OF THE DAY

Nonplussed • \NON-plust\ • Verb - To cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do: perplex.

Barty’s aggressive questioning during trial left the hapless defense witness nonplussed. Although the man had been called as a character witness for the “Burger King”, Barty relentlessly peppered him with questions about “Ronald McDonald”, “Jack in the Box” and the “Taco Time Cactus”. “I don’t know any of those guys,” whined the harried witness.

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Atoms for Green Energy: What Role Should Nuclear Power Play in Decarbonization? (Utility Dive)

Idaho: Utilities Want Answers on Tuesday Power Outage (Post Falls Post-Register, ID)

Grid Hack Exposes Troubling Security Gaps for Local Utilities (E&E Publishing)

Herrera Beutler to Bonneville Power Administration on Wires: ‘Get It Done’ (Goldendale Sentinel, WA)

Mining Bitcoins Is a Surprisingly Energy-Intensive Endeavor (Forbes Magazine)

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Protests FERC Market-Based Rate Restrictions (Utility Dive)

Opinion: How the “Light Company” Got Smart on Energy & Consumers (Forbes Magazine)

Woody Guthrie & BPA – An Unlikely Collaboration (Bonneville Power Administration)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Canada: Environmentalists Challenge BC Hydro’s Right to Relocate Amphibians as Part of Peace River Dam Project (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Fitch Warns Utilities: Retail Net Metering Could Damage Your Creditworthiness (Utility Dive)

Editorial: Kittitas County Solar Panel Debate Will Be Heated (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

A Major Shift in the Solar-Utility Relationship (Seeking Alpha)

Does the Bureau of Land Management Stand in the Way of Hillary Clinton’s Renewable Dreams? (Politico)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Germany & China Are Beating the U-S in Energy Efficiency Mashable)

Stay Cool, Pay Less for Electricity This Summer (USA Today)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

‘Way Too Many Problems’ With State’s Carbon-Reduction Rule, Critics Say (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Weather Company Deploying Sensors in South America, Africa to Improve Forecasting (Mashable)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

First Hydrogen Fueling Station Network in U-S Now Stretches across California (Breaking Energy)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Contract Awarded to Build Next Generation 911 Network (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Twitter Test Redesigns How You Compose New Tweets (Mashable)

Why Some People Choose to Take on Their Twitter Trolls (Mashable)

Facebook’s Live Videos Can Now Be Twice as Long (Mashable)

Google Maps Is Turning Over a Billion Users Into Editors (Tech Crunch)

How to Check If Someone Else is Using Your Social Media Accounts (Gizmodo)

POLITICS & MANAGEMENT

Mason County Realtors Endorse Neatherlin, Shutty, Griffey & MacEwen (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

Fires, Landslides & Global Warming Are Issues in Lands Commissioner Race (Northwest Public Radio)

Oregon Elections Director Abruptly Resigns (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)

GENERAL NEWS

Seattle to Get Stretch of Sunny, Warm Weather through Next Week (Northwest Cable News Network)

Community & Business Expo, Bite of Mason County Today (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)

So Long VHS: Last VCRs Rolling Off the Line This Month (Consumerist)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

Postage Stamp Earns World Record after Traveling to Pluto

Fire Kills Snakes & Alligators at Coastal Nature Center

Video: Pee Wee Fire & Snakes

Woman Falls in Love with Bookstore Twitter Account – Marries the Man behind It

Woman Suffers Third-Degree Burns from Pennies Left in Hot SUV

SONG OF THE DAY

Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring

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All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their websites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.

Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Energy News Digest for July 20, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Columbia River Sockeye Salmon Return Is Fifth Largest Since 1938 (Oregonian, Portland)

Seattle City Light Cuts Back Solar Power Incentive (PubliCola)

FBI: Pacific Gas & Electric Exceeded Legal Pressure Limits in Numerous Pipelines (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Google Fiber Will Delay Portland Launch for Months – Or Longer (Oregonian, Portland)

Utilities Ignore Millennials at Their Peril (GreenTech Media)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • FBI: Pacific Gas & Electric Exceeded Legal Pressure Limits in Numerous Pipelines
  • Concerns over Proposed New England Natural Gas Pipeline Projects Grow as FERC Nears Decision
  • Chelan County Utility Hikes Rates to Check Cryptocurrency Server Farms
  • Video: Chelan PUD Warns Of Scam Calls about Your Utility Bill
  • Hawaiian Electric Says It Is Not for Sale, Withdraws LNG Import Proposal
  • U-S Electric System Is Made Up of Interconnections & Balancing Authorities
  • Democrats Ignore Inconvenient Math on Nuclear Power
  • Environmentalists Slam Feds for Spying on Them
  • Columbia River Sockeye Salmon Return Is Fifth Largest Since 1938
  • Washington State Tribe Joins Legal Challenge over Modified Salmon
  • Prairie Chicken No Longer Threatened
  • Seattle City Light Cuts Back Solar Power Incentive
  • Montana: Big Timber Wind Farm in Jeopardy
  • Obama Makes New Push on Solar Power
  • Utility Participation Key to Driving Residential Energy Storage Growth
  • Installation of New Port Angeles’ Civic Field LED Lights to Begin This Week
  • Google Cuts Its Giant Electricity Bill with DeepMind-Powered Artificial Intelligence
  • Fighting Obama’s Climate Plan, but Quietly Preparing to Comply
  • El Nino Is Gone, But Earth’s Record Heat Is Sticking Around
  • Group Clones California Giant Trees to Combat Climate Change
  • Trees Can Limit Climate Change—Unless It Kills Them First
  • Where Do Deep Space Probes Get Their Power?
  • The Air Conditioner That Makes Electricity
  • Ice Cream Waste to Power UK Homes
  • Google Fiber Will Delay Portland Launch for Months – Or Longer
  • Google Fiber No Longer a Moonshot – It’s a ‘Real Business’
  • As PCs Decline, Microsoft Betting Its Future on the Cloud
  • Why Amazon Is Taking Aim at Cable Companies
  • More Than 75 Percent of Tennesseans Don’t Have Broadband, Despite Many Having Access
  • Comcast Providing Free Wi-Fi on Wheels to Democratic Convention
  • Utilities Ignore Millennials at Their Peril
  • Twitter Announces Crackdown after Online Abuse of ‘Ghostbusters’ Actress
  • Facebook Celebrates Forcing 1 Billion of its Existing Users to Download Messenger
  • Anyone Can Now Get Twitter’s Prestigious Blue Tick
  • Facebook Signs Internet Stars to ‘Encourage Experimentation’ on Facebook Live
  • How Emoji Have Completely Revolutionized Communication from Tears of Joy to Bacon
  • Republican Convention: Christmas Trees, Boeing & Volcanoes: How Delegates Promoted Washington State
  • How Much Are America’s National Parks Worth?
  • Shelton City Commissioners Delay Water-Well Decision
  • Mason County Commissioners Set Parks District Vote
  • Washington State Schools Chief Sues Seven Districts over Levy Funds
  • Documents: People Held to Shield Image of Montana Tribe
WORD OF THE DAY

Winkle \WINK-kull\ Verb – 1: (chiefly British) to displace, remove, or evict from a position 2: (chiefly British) to obtain or draw out by effort.

“I’ll admit it. I’m stumped,” groused the grizzled BBC correspondent to his rosy-cheeked intern after the fifth U-S presidential debate. “Trying to winkle any sense out of this verbal mayonnaise is hopeless. Let’s pack it in and head down to Hagar’s Haggis Hut for a nightcap.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

FBI: Pacific Gas & Electric Exceeded Legal Pressure Limits in Numerous Pipelines (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Concerns over Proposed New England Natural Gas Pipeline Projects Grow as FERC Nears Decision (Utility Dive)

Chelan County Utility Hikes Rates to Check Cryptocurrency Server Farms (Northwest Public Radio)

Video: Chelan PUD Warns Of Scam Calls about Your Utility Bill (NCW Life, East Wenatchee, WA)

Hawaiian Electric Says It Is Not for Sale, Withdraws LNG Import Proposal (Utility Dive)

U-S Electric System Is Made Up of Interconnections & Balancing Authorities (U-S Energy Information Administration)

Democrats Ignore Inconvenient Math on Nuclear Power (National Review)

Environmentalists Slam Feds for Spying on Them (Washington Examiner)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Columbia River Sockeye Salmon Return Is Fifth Largest Since 1938 (Oregonian, Portland)

Washington State Tribe Joins Legal Challenge over Modified Salmon (Associated Press)

Prairie Chicken No Longer Threatened (Washington Examiner)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Seattle City Light Cuts Back Solar Power Incentive (PubliCola)

Montana: Big Timber Wind Farm in Jeopardy (Billings Gazette, MT)

Obama Makes New Push on Solar Power (The Hill, Washington, DC)

Utility Participation Key to Driving Residential Energy Storage Growth (Utility Dive)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Installation of New Port Angeles’ Civic Field LED Lights to Begin This Week (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

Google Cuts Its Giant Electricity Bill with DeepMind-Powered Artificial Intelligence (Bloomberg News)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Fighting Obama’s Climate Plan, but Quietly Preparing to Comply (NY Times)

El Nino Is Gone, But Earth’s Record Heat Is Sticking Around (Associated Press)

Group Clones California Giant Trees to Combat Climate Change (Associated Press)

Trees Can Limit Climate Change—Unless It Kills Them First (Bloomberg News)

SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Where Do Deep Space Probes Get Their Power? (Cosmos Magazine)

The Air Conditioner That Makes Electricity (Scientific American)

Ice Cream Waste to Power UK Homes (Renewable Energy Focus)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Fiber Will Delay Portland Launch for Months – Or Longer (Oregonian, Portland)

Google Fiber No Longer a Moonshot – It’s a ‘Real Business’ (USA Today)

As PCs Decline, Microsoft Betting Its Future on the Cloud (Associated Press)

Why Amazon Is Taking Aim at Cable Companies (Washington Post)

More Than 75 Percent of Tennesseans Don’t Have Broadband, Despite Many Having Access (Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN)

Comcast Providing Free Wi-Fi on Wheels to Democratic Convention (Broadband Reports)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Utilities Ignore Millennials at Their Peril (GreenTech Media)

Twitter Announces Crackdown after Online Abuse of ‘Ghostbusters’ Actress (Reuters)

Facebook Celebrates Forcing 1 Billion of its Existing Users to Download Messenger (Gizmodo)

Anyone Can Now Get Twitter’s Prestigious Blue Tick (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Facebook Signs Internet Stars to ‘Encourage Experimentation’ on Facebook Live (New York Business Journal, NY)

How Emoji Have Completely Revolutionized Communication from Tears of Joy to Bacon (TIME Magazine)

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Republican Convention: Christmas Trees, Boeing & Volcanoes: How Delegates Promoted Washington State (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)

How Much Are America’s National Parks Worth? (The Atlantic Magazine)

GENERAL NEWS

Shelton City Commissioners Delay Water-Well Decision (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Mason County Commissioners Set Parks District Vote (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

Washington State Schools Chief Sues Seven Districts over Levy Funds (Northwest Cable News Network)

Documents: People Held to Shield Image of Montana Tribe (Associated Press)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

‘Happy Days’ Creator Garry Marshall Dies at 81

‘It’s Just Weird:’ Seattle Man Finds Stranger Living in His Attic

91-Year-Old Woman Fills in $89,000 Artwork She Thought Was Crossword Puzzle

The Most Famous Musician from Each State

SONG OF THE DAY

Happy Days Theme Song

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Note that as some newspapers migrate to a “paywall” system of access, some articles may not be available without forking over some cold hard credit card cash. However, some sites will allow a certain number of story accesses per month before holding out their hand. Sorry if this is an inconvenience.


Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Energy News Digest for July 19, 2016

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS


HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Chelan PUD Commissioners Approve New High Density Load Electric Rate – Will Affect Bitcoin Miners (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

For Utility Customer Satisfaction, J-D Power Says Communication, Control Are Key – Customers are happiest when their utility engages before there's a problem, a new survey shows (Utility Dive)

Wind Gives Port of Vancouver a Lift – Renewal of tax incentives boosts import of parts bound for projects throughout U-S (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Kittitas County Solar Farm Draws Concerns from Neighbors (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

Study Says Drawing Down Lower Granite Reservoir during Summer Could Help Fish (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
  • Chelan PUD Commissioners Approve New High Density Load Electric Rate – Will Affect Bitcoin Miners
  • For Utility Customer Satisfaction, J-D Power Says Communication, Control Are Key
  • NuScale Taps Overseas Partner for Key Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor Part
  • Unanimous Vote Bans Oil Facilities in City of Vancouver, WA
  • Reno Casino Latest Nevada Company to Request Exit from NV Energy Service
  • New Jersey: Woman Electrocuted By Downed Power Lines During Violent Summer Storm
  • Study Says Drawing Down Lower Granite Reservoir during Summer Could Help Fish
  • Oregon: Low Water Levels Affecting Detroit Lake
  • A Dreaded Forecast for Our Times: Algae, and Lots of It
  • Wind Gives Port of Vancouver a Lift
  • Kittitas County Solar Farm Draws Concerns from Neighbors
  • Yamhill County Neighbors: Solar Farms Will Make Land ‘Industrial Site’
  • Solar Power Financing Offered to Idaho Power Customers
  • How Renewable Energy Is Blowing Climate Change Efforts Off Course
  • Urban Smart Bellevue – Energy-Saving Actions, Powerful Results
  • The Marijuana Industry, Increasingly Legal, Has a Voracious Energy Appetite
  • Growing Pot Indoors Is Consuming Massive Quantities of Energy
  • June Was Earth's 14th Straight Record Warm Month
  • Opinion: Audubon Backs I-732 to Fight Climate Change – It’s Better than Nothing
  • Canada Moves On Carbon Tax – U-S Won't Follow
  • Pokémon Go 'A Nightmare' for IT Departments
  • Yahoo Prepares for Sale amid Low Earnings
  • Microsoft Says Windows 10 Won’t Meet Timeline for 1 Billion Devices Goal
  • Facebook Thinks Shoppers Will Use Their Phones More Than Ever This Holiday Season
  • Twitter Looking to Score with NBA Deal
  • Millennials to Banks: More Mobile, Please
  • Selena Gomez's Social Media Posts Are Evidently Worth $550,000 Apiece
  • Four Ways to Humanize Your Social Media Updates
  • Eight Tricks to Take Better Photos with Your Phone
  • Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Renamed to Honor Billy Frank Jr.
  • Sigh - Safety Concerns Prompt Boeing to Ban Pokemon Game at Work
  • New Utah Law Lets Authorities Jam, Crash Drones at Wildfires
  • Ex-Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels: Sonics Were Gone ‘The Day They Were Sold’
WORD OF THE DAY

Infrangible • \in-FRAN-juh-bul\ • Adjective – 1: not capable of being broken or separated into parts *2: not to be infringed or violated  (From Merriam-Webster)

“There they are,” whispered Amber, “The infrangible twins.” “I know,” said Bernice, “you can never tell if they’re there” “Not intangible, you dolt,” muttered Amber. “They’re infrangible; you never see them apart.”

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Chelan PUD Commissioners Approve New High Density Load Electric Rate – Will Affect Bitcoin Miners (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)

For Utility Customer Satisfaction, J-D Power Says Communication, Control Are Key – Customers are happiest when their utility engages before there's a problem, a new survey shows (Utility Dive)

NuScale Taps Overseas Partner for Key Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor Part (Portland Business Journal, OR)

Unanimous Vote Bans Oil Facilities in City of Vancouver, WA (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Reno Casino Latest Nevada Company to Request Exit from NV Energy Service (Utility Dive)

New Jersey: Woman Electrocuted By Downed Power Lines During Violent Summer Storm (USA Today)

FISH & WILDLIFE

Study Says Drawing Down Lower Granite Reservoir during Summer Could Help Fish (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon: Low Water Levels Affecting Detroit Lake (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

A Dreaded Forecast for Our Times: Algae, and Lots of It (NY Times)

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Wind Gives Port of Vancouver a Lift – Renewal of tax incentives boosts import of parts bound for projects throughout U-S (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

Kittitas County Solar Farm Draws Concerns from Neighbors (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

Yamhill County Neighbors: Solar Farms Will Make Land ‘Industrial Site’ (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)

Solar Power Financing Offered to Idaho Power Customers (Associated Press)

How Renewable Energy Is Blowing Climate Change Efforts Off Course (NY Times)

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Urban Smart Bellevue – Energy-Saving Actions, Powerful Results (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)

KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS

The Marijuana Industry, Increasingly Legal, Has a Voracious Energy Appetite (Bangor Daily News, ME)

Growing Pot Indoors Is Consuming Massive Quantities of Energy (Yubanet, Nevada City, CA)

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

June Was Earth's 14th Straight Record Warm Month (USA Today)

Opinion: Audubon Backs I-732 to Fight Climate Change – It’s Better than Nothing (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

Canada Moves On Carbon Tax – U-S Won't Follow (Washington Examiner)

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Pokémon Go 'A Nightmare' for IT Departments (Triangle Business Journal, NC)

Yahoo Prepares for Sale amid Low Earnings (Christian Science Monitor)

Microsoft Says Windows 10 Won’t Meet Timeline for 1 Billion Devices Goal (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

MARKETING & MEDIA

Facebook Thinks Shoppers Will Use Their Phones More Than Ever This Holiday Season (AdWeek)

Twitter Looking to Score with NBA Deal (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

Millennials to Banks: More Mobile, Please (Mashable)

Selena Gomez's Social Media Posts Are Evidently Worth $550,000 Apiece (AdWeek)

Four Ways to Humanize Your Social Media Updates (Social Media Examiner)

Eight Tricks to Take Better Photos with Your Phone (Gizmodo)

GENERAL NEWS

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Renamed to Honor Billy Frank Jr. (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)

Sigh - Safety Concerns Prompt Boeing to Ban Pokemon Game at Work (Everett Herald, WA)

New Utah Law Lets Authorities Jam, Crash Drones at Wildfires (Associated Press)

Ex-Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels: Sonics Were Gone ‘The Day They Were Sold’ (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS

The Surprising Science of Why a Curveball Curves

Ford Is Teaming Up with Jose Cuervo to Make Car Parts from Agave

Wild Boar Surfaces from the Sea to Terrorize a Polish Beach

How Do Hummingbirds Navigate at Such High Speeds?

SONG OF THE DAY

Seals & Crofts – Hummingbird

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