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Environment variables are a legacy mess: Let’s dive deep into them  Hacker News Source link

Bill Belichick’s Tar Heels continue to stack up more controversies than wins. On the heels of Saturday’s 38-10 blowout loss to Clemson, a parent of a current UNC football player has accused the eight-time Super Bowl winner of fostering a “toxic environment,” according to a damning report published Monday by the local WRAL News. “It’s all starting at the top, …

Here’s a test for infants: Show them a glass of water on a desk. Hide it behind a wooden board. Now move the board toward the glass. If the board keeps going past the glass, as if it weren’t there, are they surprised? Many 6-month-olds are, and by a year, almost all children have an intuitive notion of an object’s …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Surrounding our solar system is a natural and enigmatic cosmic shield called the heliosphere — and a new mission has launched to help astronomers better understand it. Created by the solar wind, a constant flow of charged particles that stream away from the sun, the heliosphere acts as an enormous bubble that protects the planets in …

EUGENE — It is the most hostile road environment in the Big Ten and one of the most iconic atmospheres in college football: The Penn State White Out. A tradition that began with the student section in 2004 morphed into an annual full-stadium, 100,000-plus visual effect that began in 2007. When No. 6 Oregon kicks off against No. 3 Penn …

Before he became the Bears’ head coach this year, Ben Johnson spent the last six seasons as a Lions assistant. And he’s been telling his players what to expect when they play in Detroit on Sunday. “They know what kind of hostile environment this is going to be,” Johnson said. Johnson, who was the Lions’ offensive coordinator, said the Lions’ …

Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments smaller than 5 millimetres. But an even smaller class of fragments, nanoplastics, may pose a greater risk to our health and our environment. With …

Scientists are calling for a new global regime to address air pollution caused by the space industry. Prof Eloise Marais’s team at University College London (UCL) began tracking space activities in 2020. Their latest figures reveal 259 rocket launches in 2024, and 223 launches in 2023. These burned more than 153,000 tonnes of fuel. Marais said: “More pollutants are being …

Topline Target posted another quarter of declining sales Wednesday, but not as steep as their first quarter sales drop, as the big box retailer struggles to recover after facing consumer backlash and tariff pressure—while Lowe’s beat expectations for earnings and sales as it reached a deal to acquire a construction materials supplier for professional builders. Big box retailers including Lowe’s, …

In his 100 days as pope, Leo links climate, environment to broader global issues  National Catholic Reporter In Pope Leo XIV’s first 100 days, a calm papacy that avoids controversy comes into focus  PBS Here are 50 notable remarks by Pope Leo XIV during his first 100 days  catholicnewsagency.com Does Pope Leo still play Wordle with his brother? His family reveals answer  NBC 5 …