The military wants nuke plants.

U.S. Army Plans to Power Bases With Tiny Nuclear Reactors

U.S. Army Plans to Power Bases With Tiny Nuclear Reactors

This microreactor from Valar Atomics looks super cool, and this sounds like a good idea.

The U.S. military is making one of its most significant pushes yet into modern nuclear power with a program to put small reactors on Army bases across much of the country where strained power grids can’t keep up with rising energy demands.

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NASA sensor platform is a surprise.

Texas woman surprised as lost hunk of NASA equipment lands on her farm: ‘It’s kind of surreal’

She seems like a good sport.  Did she change outfits or do girl farmers usually dress cute?

When Ann Walter looked outside her rural West Texas home, she didn’t know what to make of the bulky object slowly drifting across the sky.

She was even more surprised to see what actually landed in her neighbor’s wheat field: a boxy piece of scientific equipment about the size of a sport-utility vehicle, attached to a massive parachute, adorned with NASA stickers.

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Leaves are dropping, so get outside.

Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard

It’s time to rake your lawn when the NYT starts posting articles with biologists explaining why you shouldn’t rake up the fallen leaves.

That campaign has spread awareness that fallen leaves provide overwintering habitat for many ecologically critical organisms. But that’s not all they do. Now, we can look at the consequences of leaf removal by the numbers, data that makes a more nuanced case for a gentler approach that supports plants and soil, and also offers insights into the most effective how-to practices to employ.

I don’t know where these eggheads live, but their houses don’t have the suburban green carpets that the rest of us envy. 

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Sparky won’t find my shoes.

Dogs fetch slippers in the cartoons, why won’t Sparky?

Sparky wants to go out in the morning.  I want to take him out, but don’t know where I left my Croks.  My house is modest, so it isn’t a long search, but if my Crocs aren’t in the first place I look, it’s tempting to abandon the search, and sit for coffee.

Sparky could go get them, but instead, he sits there judging me.

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