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The problem with glass is that it isn’t biodegradable. If it gets broken, it can cause a hazard for humans and wildlife. If it gets thrown away, it’s not going to break down. Glass…

Just because Hillary’s campaign contributions were not as effective at persuading voters enough to win a electoral college majority does not mean that Trump (or other politicians) …

How about international visitors? Since they don’t pay taxes to help maintain the park should they have to pay a higher entrance fee?

It’s $5 for a group wilderness permit application plus $5 per person per permit. I think it’s another $5/person if you want to add on the Half Dome summit.

The linked article indicates that only a small amount of seaweed needs to be added to their diet to be effective and that seaweed is easy to grow, so it doesn’t sound like it would…

Several states already ban payday loans and some don’t allow lotteries (let alone state sponsored lotteries that are used to fund things like education). Personally, I think settin…

Per https://www.valuepenguin.com/average-credit-card-debt#income ; the lower income earners in the US have almost 10% of their income in credit card debt. Per https://www.pewtrusts…

I also didn’t intend on “shouldn’t melt” to be taken sarcastically. I was trying to show how I would like something changed in the article. Probably a bad use of quotes on my part.…

Not at all. I expect NASA has done as much due diligence, planning, testing, and verification as possible. I just don’t think they are being upfront as they should be about the pos…

For sure, but it would be a shame if NASA lost confidence and trust (and possibly funding) with their stakeholders (the public), because they weren’t more upfront about the potenti…

Doesn’t it undermine the credibility of NASA if something goes wrong? The public who is the audience for this article is also paying the bills (through taxes). I’d settle for just …

The article makes it sound like there is no possible way for the probe to melt. Is this actually the case? Is there no possibility that manufacturer defects or a solar anomaly that…

Personally, I’d be happy with just automated freeway driving. That seems like an easier problem to solve (no pedestrians, complex traffic controls, cars going the other way or turn…

Why not just go with paper milk cartons? They are very recyclable and biodegradeable and I think it would be easy to find a supplier/packager and the stores would have no problem s…

You don’t need to know the reason why someone isn’t working or is working less to have better claims for or against discrimination. I’d just like to see something that says that a …

I’m just saying there is a factor that could impact the statistics and that how much a person works should be taken into account for all the findings. Not just the gender-based one…

The same could be said for the racial-based statistics, since race might be tied to cultural opinions which could impact how many hours a week or years in a lifetime someone works.…

This is covered in the article. The forests in question are in Argentina, not the US, and it sounds like demand for Soybeans from China may be causing some of the deforestation (al…

And cost.

Question: Why do the autonomous cargo missions need to be done in the ideal launch window? It doesn't seem like the systems required to operate and navigate in space should require…

Then you have to support changing said system and it may make it difficult to change your product as needed. Plus you've got to setup the marketplace, payment processing, add docum…

I know deterioration of the solar panels is a concern for land-based installations. I imagine that could be accelerated by sea salt, waves, and storms. I'm also curious how cloudy/…

It seems like you could get a basic idea of what rooms are where just by looking the exterior of the house using satellite images, street view, or driving by a house. Also if your …

I did some quick searching and found a Newsweek article with the same claim referencing a study where: "White made that estimation by watching grizzlies with a scope for up to 14 h…

I was surprised as this as well. I wouldn't think running these queries on small datasets would take much computing resources and would provide a nice competitive advantage over ot…