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How a shocking environmental disaster was uncovered after 70 years

I saw this on several sites and it both infuriates me and makes me really sad. A half million barrels of DDT dumped right off the california coast in the 1940s, about 3k meters below on seafloor. Metal barrels corrode fast in salt water so you can assume its been poisoning the plankton and fish all this time.


The lasting effects of DDT contamination are killing an alarming number of California sea lions.

The Gas Engine Is Dead. Welcome to the Electric Revolution

The rise of the EV.

“More companies now tell me they’re not spending money on engines because the incremental improvements aren’t worth it. There’s very little we can do to engines now to make them significantly more powerful or more efficient. The engine has been engineered to its end.”

Maurizio Bisogni.

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With new all-electric pledges sparking around the globe, the combustion motor looks about to, well, combust.

Reproductive Life Span of U.S. Women Increasing

Men’s sperm counts are dropping, but women are stretching the clock.

“The reproductive life span of women in the United States has increased over the past 6 decades, as menarche has been starting earlier and coming later, according to an observational study.”


Changes in age at both menarche and, study of women followed over 6 decades shows.

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