insert_link Weather Nerd Western Drought to Worsen in 2022, NOAA says For parched areas of the western United States, spring is unlikely to offer relief. Instead, historic "megadrought" conditions will probably worsen, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced in its annual spring outlook. As the Washington Post reports, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — part of the National Weather Service (NWS) — is also forecasting above-average temperatures for most of the U.S. from the Desert Southwest to the East Coast […] todayApril 26, 2022
insert_link Tech Made Simple Call of Duty is getting a ‘new Warzone experience’ in 2022 Activision is working on two big Call of Duty initiatives for 2022. The Verge reports that one is a sequel to 2019’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and the other is a “new Warzone experience,” both of which will be “designed together from the ground-up,” according to a blog post from the company. It’s unclear if the new Warzone experience is a full-on sequel or a major update in the vein of Fortnite’s massive chapter changes. However, Activision is promising some big […] todayFebruary 16, 2022
insert_link Health & Wellness FDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccine in US The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, a landmark moment in the fight to suppress a virus that has killed nearly 300,000 people in the United States and sickened tens of millions around the world. “Today’s emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine holds the promise to alter the course of this pandemic in the United States,” Peter […] todayDecember 14, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness CDC doubles down on mask guidance as Covid cases and deaths surge across the nation The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today recommended universal mask use in all indoor settings, except when people are in their own homes, as part of a multipronged strategy to slow the nation's surge and speed economic recovery. The advice comes a day after the nation recorded new single-day highs for cases and deaths, as well as a record number of Americans hospitalized, and marks the first […] todayDecember 7, 2020
insert_link Food & Drink Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur Jose Andres wants to Feed the Nation’s Hungry and put Restaurants back to work Chef José Andrés' nonprofit World Central Kitchen is continuing to fight on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. In a new interview with the Washington Post, Andrés said that WCK's Chefs for America is launching a new initiative that will pay restaurants to reopen and serve meals to people in need, while also letting laid-off employees get back to work. According to the article, the nonprofit will pay restaurant owners […] todayMay 11, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness This is Your Body on Red Meat You’d be hard-pressed to find a health topic more widely debated than the case for or against eating red meat. That’s because medical opinion on whether or not we should be eating red meat ― and exactly how much of it we can safely eat ― is constantly changing, as The New York Times recently reported. For example, research published in the European Heart Journal linked daily consumption of red meat […] todayJanuary 23, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple The FBI is Warning about your Smart TV’s Security If you just bought a smart TV on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, the FBI wants you to know a few things. Smart TVs are like regular television sets but with an internet connection. With the advent and growth of Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services, most saw internet-connected televisions as a cord-cutter's dream. But like anything that connects to the internet, it opens up smart TVs to security vulnerabilities […] todayDecember 3, 2019
insert_link News Moonrise Podcast Explores How We Can Return to the Moon With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, there has been plenty of retrospectives and examinations on the impact of the space race and the lunar missions. In addition to a flood of books and documentaries, there are a handful of podcasts as well. One of those new podcasts is The Washington Post’s Moonrise, hosted by Lillian Cunningham. Cunningham is the creator of a couple of other excellent […] todayJuly 25, 2019
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