Thew dewpoint in NYC right now is *75 F*. 🥵 As one coworker described it, it "feels like walking around in an armpit."
(For a breakdown of how to read all the various heat measures and why dewpoint is better than relative humidity: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...) 🧪
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NEW: In February, I visited Raw Farm.
You may have heard of it.
RFK Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow are customers.
It supplies raw dairy products to 500 stores nationwide.
And regulators have linked it to over a dozen recalls and outbreaks that have made hundreds sick.
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When heat hits, we talk about the heat index, the dew point and heat risk. But what do all these measures mean?
In the United States, solar energy is outpacing coal for the first time ever
House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children
Millions of WIC recipients would have less money for fruits and vegetables under the legislation, which funds the Agriculture Department and other agencies.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Now on @sciam.bsky.social: A rare meteorite recovered in 2019 from the Sahara Desert seems to be a half-kilo hunk blasted from the depths of a long-lost planet that roamed the (very) early solar system. Cool story by @jennaahart.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare...
Today(?), Trump invoked a 1950 national defense law to steer nearly $700 million to support coal power plants and exports, aiming to refurbish 13 coal plants, build two new ones and establish a West Coast coal export facility in the U.S.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
Can’t say I recall ever seeing this before. More than half of France’s 30+ year-old weather stations set/tied their monthly high-temperature record in May 2026. Some did so as many as 9 times. Unprecedented to witness this level of heat so early in the year.
Andrea Thompson
It's go time, folks.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
Millions of WIC recipients would have less money for fruits and vegetables under the legislation, which funds the Agriculture Department and other agencies.
www.washingtonpost.com
Hints of high-pressure chemistry within a rare meteorite suggest this fallen space rock comes from a planet gone wrong in the solar system’s early history
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the Philippines happened at a subduction zone. Such places are capable of producing the largest earthquakes possible
Is zip code everything? A new study involving U.S. children found it influences brain function and structure—specifically, kids in lower socioeconomic opportunity areas had sleep deprived and stressed brains.
New on @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chil...
Scientists have been expecting El Niño to set in for quite a while now—and it’s finally official
Children living in areas with low socioeconomic opportunities have more tired and stressed brains, a new study finds
