Month: April 2025

Trump’s National Climate Assessment: No funding and all authors cut loose

The assessment is required by law, but the administration is not noted for caring.

As part of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, Congress mandated that every four years, the government must produce a National Climate Assessment. This document is intended to provide an overview of the changing state of our knowledge about the process itself and its impact on our environment. Past versions have been comprehensive and involved the work of hundreds of scientists, all coordinated by the US's Global Change Research Program.

It's not clear what the next report will look like. Two weeks after cutting funding for the organization that coordinates the report's production, the Trump administration has apparently informed all the authors working on it that their services are no longer needed.

The National Climate Assessment has typically been like a somewhat smaller-scale version of the IPCC reports, with a greater focus on impacts in the US. It is a very detailed look at the state of climate science, the impacts warming is having on the US, and our efforts to limit warming and deal with those impacts. Various agencies and local governments have used it to help plan for the expected impacts of our warming climate.

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Dasung Paperlike 13K is a 13.3 inch E Ink color monitor

The Dasung Paperlike 13K is a monitor with a 13.3 inch, 3200 x 2400 pixel E Ink color display that can show grayscale content at 300 pixels per inch with screen refresh rates as high as 37 Hz, although those numbers will drop if you want to view color …

The Dasung Paperlike 13K is a monitor with a 13.3 inch, 3200 x 2400 pixel E Ink color display that can show grayscale content at 300 pixels per inch with screen refresh rates as high as 37 Hz, although those numbers will drop if you want to view color content or emphasize image quality. Dasung first […]

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Elektronische Patientenakte: Hochlaufphase der ePA bundesweit gestartet

Bis Oktober 2025 sollen bundesweit Arztpraxen und medizinische Einrichtungen die ePA einsetzen. Wirklich geschlossen wurden die Sicherheitslücken nicht. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Elektronische Patientenakte, KI)

Bis Oktober 2025 sollen bundesweit Arztpraxen und medizinische Einrichtungen die ePA einsetzen. Wirklich geschlossen wurden die Sicherheitslücken nicht. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Elektronische Patientenakte, KI)

A rocket launch Monday night may finally jump-start Amazon’s answer to Starlink

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Florida with 27 Kuiper satellites.

The first 27 operational satellites for Amazon's Kuiper broadband network lifted off from Florida's Space Coast on Monday evening, the opening salvo in a challenge to SpaceX's dominant Starlink global Internet service.

Amazon's Project Kuiper, costing up to $20 billion, will beam high-speed, low-latency broadband signals to consumers around the world. Monday's milestone launch kicks off a test campaign in low-Earth orbit to verify the functionality and performance of Amazon's satellites. In a statement earlier this month, Amazon said it planned to begin providing service to customers later this year.

These initial services are likely to have limited reach. Amazon needs more than 80 launches to complete the first-generation Kuiper network, and this will probably take several years.

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The BYD Dolphin review: Here’s what we’re missing out on in America

BYD now outsells Tesla, so we decided to see what the fuss is about.

China's BYD doesn't mess around. It began life as a battery company that eventually realized it could branch out into electrified cars. And so it did. Today, BYD is outselling rival giants and has cars on the road almost everywhere, except the US. Its eyes are firmly set on conquering the electric vehicle sector, but it will sell you a hybrid if you're not quite ready to take on life with a battery EV full-time.

Being a thoroughly modern car company, BYD will sell you cars in various shapes and sizes and across a wide price range, though the bigger you go, the higher the price tag becomes. With popular sentiment starting to turn against this second gilded age, the super-lux stuff won't suit everyone. That's where BYD's smallest car, the Dolphin, comes into play.

Small is, of course, a relative term. An original Issigonis Mini it is not, but it makes a Range Rover Evoque look big. It's tall, but it's narrow enough that it will fit in a European parking space with room to open the doors. You won't miss it in a parking lot, either.

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