What? You were breathing air? Well, that was dumb.

Cancer breakthrough is a ‘wake-up’ call on danger of air pollution

Scientists have uncovered how air pollution causes lung cancer in groundbreaking research that promises to rewrite our understanding of the disease.

Is there always a silver lining?

Prolonged drought results in minimized EEE, West Nile Virus risk

(It's about mosquitoes.)

EEE stands for Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Neither one of those things stand for much fun.

Joy knows no bounds

Princeton University is now free for families making under $100,000

 And can…get in?

Who could have seen this coming?

Trump, Justice Department split on who should be special master

Thanks, WaPo.

Election-year geography

‘Future of the chip industry is going to be made in America,’ Biden says in Ohio

“The industrial Midwest is back,” Biden said as he spoke at a groundbreaking ceremony for Intel’s new $20 billion manufacturing facility near Columbus, Ohio.

1) The future of the chip industry has always been made in America. (Isn't Intel a U.S. corporation?)

2) Columbus, Ohio, as wonderful as it certainly is, is not "The Midwest."

Other than that…

This warning comes with a warning

Policies Pushing Electric Vehicles Show Why Few People Want One

Politicians are spending hundreds of billions of dollars and keeping consumers from the cars they want for virtually no climate benefit.

To wit, Wall Street Journal editorial content is famously conservative.  

But assuming all the details here are accurate, this piece on the value of electric cars illustrates how popular beliefs (and slogans) are often challenged by a thorough analysis, whether regarding autos, plastics, housing, or anything else.

Worth a read.

Creeping toward Autumn

 

And speaking of solar energy

The Sun Just Produced an Explosion So Big It Will Be Studied 'for Years'

How much is too much?

The words

ICYMI, pumpkin spice among new Merriam-Webster entries

Finding out that shrinkflation, adorkable, subvariant and even pumpkin spice are now officially in the dictionary might make you exclaim “Yeet!”

[Worldwide inflation has made shrinkflation a household word. It is defined as “the practice of reducing a product’s amount or volume per unit while continuing to offer it at the same price.”]

Whistling past

UPI story leaves out most important part

Bear wanders into California home, steals cake

What kind of cake? Arrrgh!

And, speaking of Bears, from ESPN:

Chicago Bears

Chance to win Super Bowl LVII: 0.5%
Chance to make the playoffs: 12.0%

But who believes that, right?

Stars get in your eyes