This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023 A 16-month-old boy was playing in a splash pad at a country club in Little Rock, Arkansas, this summer when water containing a very rare and deadly brain-eating amoeba went up his nose. He died … Read more
This story was originally published by Grist and co-published with Fresnoland. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Extreme Weather Events in 2022 | Extreme Earth The land of the Central Valley works hard. Here in the heart of California, in the most productive farming region in the United States, almost every square inch of land … Read more
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Inspiration Behind the Reality-TV Style for The Hunger Games Moving is never easy — and it’s even harder in the era of global warming. Beyond the usual concerns like jobs, affordability, and proximity to family and friends, people are now considering … Read more
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The HP Spectre Fold: One Device, Three Modes, All Meh As plastic litter builds up in the environment, polluting landscapes and poisoning ecosystems, U.S. lawmakers have unveiled their “most comprehensive plan ever” to tackle the problem. Three Democratic members of Congress … Read more
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. A Lot of Influencer PR Packages Are Extremely Wasteful For more than a decade, an Australian company called Arafura Rare Earths has been looking for customers willing to buy rare earth metals from a mine under development in the nation’s Northern … Read more
This story is co-published with Grist, and is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how—and where—we live. Totally Killer Exclusive Clip Cities are hot. When you cover the ground with asphalt and concrete, jam millions of cars together on congested streets, and erect thousands of buildings that … Read more
This summer, the United States roasted like never before. People got third-degree burns from simply falling onto hot pavement in Arizona, filling up all the beds in Maricopa County’s burn center. High humidity teamed up with the Midwest’s worst heat wave in years to send the heat index, or the “feels like” temperature, soaring above … Read more