https://t.co/zRzgIXq3kD Germany had so much renewable energy over Christmas it had to pay people to use it - Periods of negative-pricing lead to lower electricity bills over the course of a year. #news
Hi Reddit! I’m Dave Topham and I’m a professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. I’m also a member of the Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology and director of the New York Influenza Center of Excellence – one of five centers e…
https://t.co/wFAXdkzOUc Study of sapiosexuality suggests some people really are sexually attracted to intelligence. The study in the journal Intelligence found that most people desire a partner who is smart. Furthermore, a small percentage of them reported that they were specif…
https://t.co/tMjonPjMkc Ex-British PM Tony Blair ups calls for Labour to back Brexit U-turn - Former UK Prime Minister Blair has warned British voters time is running out to stop Brexit. An overwhelming majority of Labour members — although not their leaders or many voters — sh…
https://t.co/Hnf9ZVyyV2 No alien megastructure around mysterious 'Tabby's star': Analysis by more than 200 astronomers shows the mysterious dimming of star KIC 8462852 is not being produced by an alien megastructure. The evidence points most strongly to a giant cloud of dust oc…
https://t.co/cOND1dm5Bm Single-use non-biodegradable plastic, including bags and polystyrene takeaway containers, will be banned in Vanuatu from January 31, as the Government tries to control a growing plastic waste problem. #news
https://t.co/cOND1dm5Bm Vanuatu bans non-biodegradable plastic to protect ocean life - Other countries have made similar moves, but Vanuatu says it's going further than even its Pacific neighbors & aims to become plastic-free. #news
https://t.co/BUHpnJzrlJ Farmers will get subsidies for turning fields back into wildflower meadows after Brexit: More than 97% of the UK’s wildflower meadows have been destroyed since the second world war and their loss has played a significant role in the falling numbers of be…