by Daniel Brouse You can not really take a picture of a black hole. No light escapes from a black hole, so you won’t see anything. That is why it is called a black hole; however, theoretical astronomers have attempted to take the first picture. Instead, they try to piece together an image of a […]
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VPN: Virtual Private Network and Internet Privacy
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee Your Internet service provider (ISP) knows where you live, your address and billing info. They also know: all the IPs and domain names you visit and when all the content of your unencrypted traffic in and out, as well as, the timing The federal government now allows your ISP […]
Posted in cybersecurity, freedom, Government, Internet, Law, Security
Tagged AdBlock, computers, cookies, hacks, internet security, java, malware, privacy, TOR, virtual private network, virus, VPN
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Climate Change Breaks Multiple Records with Global Impacts
The World Meteorological Organization (WHO) issued a report that states records for 2016: a record global temperature exceptionally low sea ice unabated sea level rise ocean heat Extreme weather and climate conditions have continued into 2017. “This report confirms that the year 2016 was the warmest on record – a remarkable 1.1 °C above the […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, International, Science
Tagged climate change, CO2, coral bleaching, droughts, extreme weather events, floods, green house gases, ice melting, sea level rising, wildfires
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Atlantic City Going Under
by Daniel Brouse For decades businesses located on the island of Atlantic City have been scenario planning for climate change and rising sea levels. At the turn of the century, the casinos devised a plan to float their businesses and ferry gamblers in. Now, the rising waters are no longer a scenario. So-called “nuisance flooding” […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science
Tagged Atlantic City, beaches, climate change, new jersey, sea level rising, shore
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Russia Hacked 500 Million Yahoo Accounts
The Membrane Domain: Cybersecurity by the Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted four defendants, including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), for computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offenses in connection with a conspiracy, beginning in January 2014, to […]
Posted in cybersecurity, Government, International, Internet, Law, Politics, Security
Tagged hacked, Russia, Yahoo
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Air Pollution: Getting All Choked Up
By Daniel Brouse Air pollution may be the largest problem facing the world. Emissions of CO2, methane and other greenhouse gases are causing irreversible climate change. Since the effects of global warming take years to become apparent, many people don’t even notice the change; however, air pollution is already the leading cause of death worldwide. […]
Posted in children, Education, Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, Medicine, Science
Tagged air pollution, climate change, death, health, ozone, particle pollution
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Wooten Words Of Wisdom
On March 4, 2017, Victor Wooten gave a “free to the public” seminar in King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Feel Like a child speaking… learning to communicate in English… how many hours a day did you practice? If you are playing bass, you are the rhythm. You need time. Listening to timing is more […]
Posted in children, Education, music, Philosophy
Tagged bass guitar, music theroy, Victor Wooten
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Antarctica And Rising Sea Level
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee The U.N. weather agency said the Antarctic peninsula has set a heat record of 63.5° Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees Celsius) on March 24, 2015. In March of 2017, there is about 10% less sea ice in Antarctica than the previous record minimum. “One would probably say that the old record […]
Posted in Education, Environment, Global Warming, Science
Tagged Antarctica, climate change, sea level rising, Thwaites Glacier, WAIS, West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Flood Insurance and Rising Sea Levels
by Daniel Brouse Q: Who pays for flood insurance? A: The United States government, FEMA, covers losses for people that pay flood insurance premiums. Q: Does your homeowners insurance policy cover you in the event of flooding? A: No. Flood insurance coverage is very limited. For instance, basements and belonging in a basement are not […]
Posted in Business, Environment, Finance, Global Warming, Government, Law, weather
Tagged climate change, flood insurance, flooding, houses, real estate, sea level rising
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Bottom Of The Ocean Trashed
by Daniel Brouse EARTH — How much of the Earth have humans polluted? Scientists sent robots to the bottom of the ocean… deeper than man has ever explored. The findings are disturbing. “We often think deep-sea trenches are remote and pristine, untouched by humans,” says Alan Jamieson, a deep-ocean researcher at the University of Aberdeen, […]
Posted in Education, Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, International, Science
Tagged climate change, ocean, PCB, pollution, seas
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