FPT: I have had considerable respect for pond scum, ever since I learned about cyanobacteria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria (View Post)

rcs1000 - So, what do you think of the reactor Bill Gates is building in Wyoming? https://www.terrapower.com/ (The US Energy Department is paying part of the costs.) The design combines generation wi… (View Post)

Off topic, but important for anyone who wants to understand recent American politics: It isn’t so much that this was said in an article — as where the article was published: "The intellectual fr… (View Post)

Off topic, but good advice: 'Appreciate the people around you, Kermit the Frog urged University of Maryland graduates Thursday, because they are what makes life worth living. “Seriously, go ahead, lo… (View Post)

Off topic: Today is the 45th anniversary of the big eruption of Mount. St. Helens: "The May 18, 1980, event was the most deadly and economically destructive volcanic eruption in the history of t… (View Post)