January 2025
Our unofficial, silly and meaningless CES 2025 awards, just for fun
CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) is the biggest tech convention of the year. It helps set the stage for all the wonderful gadgets we’re going to see over the next 12 months. However, among all the quadcopters, questionably benevolent robots and devices with fancy flexible screens, there’s a lot of small things that go…
FDA expected to propose limiting nicotine levels in tobacco cigarettes, as Biden term ends
In its last few days of power, the Biden administration is expected to officially propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. It’d be a last-minute move to push back against the tobacco industry after President Joe Biden failed to finalize a long-standing pledge to ban menthol cigarettes. The proposal, which could come as soon as…
Why are the Santa Ana winds so destructive?
“The low-moisture content in the vegetation that we get in these extreme dry periods leads to these highly, highly vulnerable conditions,” said Mark Gold, director of water scarcity solutions at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “And boy, when a big Santa Ana hits, that’s when the nightmare for our firefighters really kicks in.” The Santa…