- A friend of mine is pushing a certain financial firm on me and is swearing by them. After going through their materials, my SCAM spidey sense is tingling like crazy. I don't know much about finance to be able to point it out to her. Help!! http://laserfg.blogspot.com/2012/04/finally-end-to-worry-about-outliving.html 15 comments personalfinance
- KY state senator: "... the temperature on Mars is exactly as it is here. Nobody will dispute that. Yet there are no coal mines on Mars, there's no factories on Mars that I'm aware of. So I think what we're looking at is something much greater than what we're going to do." http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/kentucky-senator-on-global-warming-there-are-no-coal-mines-on-mars-20140708 325 comments politics
- An Afghan Mystery: Why Are Large Shipments Of Gold Leaving the Country? -- A surge in shipments since early summer. How come so much, when little gold is mined in Afghanistan? And why does so much of it go to Dubai? Is it regular Afghan commerce or is something else going on? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/world/asia/as-gold-is-spirited-out-of-afghanistan-officials-wonder-why.html?pagewanted=all 28 comments worldnews
- Erling Haaland on Jaden Sancho's future : "I am not going to comment too much on that. But if he stays, I’ll be very happy, because he is both a good friend of mine and a hell of a player." https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/sancho-man-utd-news-haaland-18953704 203 comments soccer
- 'Canary in the coal mine': Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds | Ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, new research suggests - “Greenland is going to be the canary in the coal mine, and the canary is already pretty much dead" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-arctic/canary-in-the-coal-mine-greenland-ice-has-shrunk-beyond-return-study-finds-iduskcn25a2x3 46 comments worldnews
- New marine life found in deep sea vents - 6 new animal species identified under the Indian Ocean. "We need to explore much further if we're going to understand the impacts of future mining at hydrothermal vents." Mining the seabed is to increase. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38305989 17 comments worldnews