When the Moon passes in front of the Sun in a solar eclipse, the jaw-dropping spectacle seems to change our world momentarily

Rivers of intense moisture wend their way through our atmosphere just as their liquid counterparts do across the land. Unfortunately the sky streams are much harder for us to see

Jupiter and Saturn need to step aside with their moon-hogging ways. The outer planets of the Solar System have also been harboring secret satellites

Regret can be an incredibly painful emotion. While rooted in feelings of contrition, disappointment, guilt, or remorse for things that have happened in the past, such feelings can have a powerful influence over life going forward

Oooh you tease!

What info can we deduce or tease out from this eagle’s eye view so far? We see the grand majority of kids had the “two dose” series of depop shot but only ~71 percent (123,473/172,942) completed series.

• Uncovering the most harmful toxins in our food and what we can do about it
• The hidden chemical in Cheerios and Quaker Oats
• My favorite affordable air purifying device for clean air
• Why you shouldn’t skimp on magnesium in your diet
• Phthalates, ultra-processed foods, and pregnancy

Currently, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Germany have stalled and the country is not even close to being on the sales trajectory to reach its 15 million vehicles target by 2030.

A “normalization” of past disaster losses seeks to estimate what amount of damage extreme events of the past would cause under today’s societal conditions

In a stunning act of scientific censorship, little known publication integrity staffer Tim Kersjes has retracted a manuscript authored by epidemiologist M. Nathaniel Mead, MSc, after the paper drew global attention to the Springer Nature Cureus platform with record views/reads/downloads

I summarized the growing chorus of calls to remove the Covid vaccines and boosters from worldwide market because of unacceptable safety risks including death

Mercedes-Benz has backtracked on its plan to transition to selling only electric vehicles after 2030, with company officials saying that “market conditions” have not allowed that to happen

Some are widely acknowledged, like blood clots and myocarditis. Others are less publicly discussed.

This is the first issue of my Tess Talks 2: Thoughts series where I share what’s on my mind in a brief 5 minute commentary.

The “energy transition” depends on massive expansions of our high-voltage transmission grid. But capacity additions are falling, and per-mile costs and utility product costs are soaring.