At Outside, Kyle Dickman interviews the lone survivor of the Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighting team and tells the story of the decisions that lead to the deaths of 19 men. Read it, and then head over to The New York Times Magazine, which has an amazing piece by Paul Tullis about the scientists, fire fighters, and forest rangers who are trying to get a better handle on how wildfires behave … and how best to control and limit the damage they cause. That's no small task when you're talking about a force of nature capable of creating its own weather systems.
Two great long reads about fire, science, and the human lives caught in between
- COMMENTS
- fire
- long reads
- profiles
- Science
- stories
- wildfires
Researchers find that weight-loss drugs cut alcohol use too
Patients taking liraglutide or semaglutide for weight loss report their alcohol intake dropping with the pounds—by as much as two thirds, according to research presented at this year's European Congress… READ THE REST
Ominous sea level report card for most U.S. coastal communities
Live on the U.S. coastline? The 2024 "report card" tracking sea levels is in line with previous projections, confirming that the sea is coming for your beach house—unless it's in… READ THE REST
Physicist Richard Feynman explains sunlight, trees, and fire in a simple yet fascinating way
Here is Richard Feynman talking about the wonder of Science, and a new way of looking at how trees use sunlight to build themselves out of the carbon atoms in… READ THE REST
Get 62% off Curiosity Stream and use your screen time to get smarter
TL;DR: Learn anything about almost everything when you get lifetime access to thousands of documentaries from Curiosity Stream for just $149.97. After a long day of work, sometimes you just… READ THE REST
Don't pay even more to remove ads from Amazon Prime video. Try MagellanTV for $149.97
TL;DR: Enough with the ads! MagellanTV has thousands of documentaries with no ads or interruptions for just $149.97. I think we can all agree that streaming services have gone too far. In… READ THE REST
Bring your ideas to life with this $28 all-in-one coding platform
TL;DR: If you need some help with coding, Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for Windows is a great tool and it's currently on sale for $27.97 (reg. $499) through June 1. Whether… READ THE REST