It's #ThrowbackThursday! In February 1885 the first Cresta Run took place in St. Moritz 🇨🇭! It counts as the predecessor of todays #skeleton sport. ❄️ Lying head-first, the participants race down the ice channel at a maximum speed of 138 km/h. 😲 stmoritz.com/en/cresta-run/

In case anyone doesn’t bother to read more, this headline is based on a sample of 12 people. But sure, safe to say exercise is always good for us.

This is a fascinating thread on the perils of fast fashion. In the mid Atlantic, moths seem to prefer derek guy’s preferred Scottish wool so “heirloom quality” is laughable. I guess that leads to the conclusion for me: don’t by cashmere.

German electricity market these days. Pink is consumption, oscillating in the 60-80 GW range. Yellow is the supply of solar energy, coming from 65 GW worth of installed solar capacity.

Wishing all a new year filled with surprises as delightful as the #rubellmuseum - I enjoyed finishing 2022 with an inspiring visit to this old schoolhouse in SW DC

Great calls-to-action by the Arctic Basecamp team with a truly global perspective on the climate crisis #davosweek #wef2023

MyPOV: The Economics of Sustainability Moderated by @Techonomy feat Susan Kenniston , VP & Head of Sustainability Consulting Wipro; Charlie Giancarlo, CEO Pure Storage CEO of Pure Storage & Richard Mattison President S&P Global #wef23

Great to see Rep. Gregory Meeks celebrating investment in public-private partnerships Hub Culture with the people who are making such partnerships meaningful to the planet! Conservation Intl #davos2023

Live now - courtesy of Filecoin and CNBC - Oliver Stone on #nuclearnow based on the book a Bright Future! So great to see nuclear energy discussed during #wef2023

Here are some interesting numbers on science fiction becoming science! Fusion Industry Association Fusion Energy Council of Canada

Interesting thread on another of the myths of a hydrogen economy

Kudos to the team responsible for the full house at the #NuclearNowFilm DC premiere! Oliver Stone & Joshua S. Goldstein thoughtfully capture its history and why we need nuclear - fission and fusion. Check it out in theaters nationwide

Serious FOMO as I leave the American Nuclear Society annual meeting early but I’m glad I made it out for two fantastic sessions with the great experts contributing to the Rapid Response Task Force. Thanks to great team TheBoxIndy for all the technical assistance and hospitality.

This is my third domestic United flight this week and this resonates. They seem to have lost any process to efficiently manage boarding and luggage.

Science journalism is critically important in an era of misinformation and fake news. It is quite encouraging to see one of the best journalists in the field tackle the issue of public fear. From vaccines, climate change, to radiation, there are still reliable ways of knowing.

JUST IN: Illinois is set to become the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail after the state Supreme Court justices ruled that a landmark criminal justice reform law did not violate the state’s constitution. trib.al/ZnMKFwV

As a prolific deep-ocean explorer, James Cameron has frequently visited the abyssal plains where #nodules are found. In a new The Guardian interview he noted that ‘his time in rarely visited parts of the planet has swayed him in support of deep-sea mining.’ theguardian.com/environment/20…

The state of science journalism is dire when I am relying on an employee owned sports website to get the inside story on what happened to Popular Science

Michael Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict In Defamation Trial sgq.io/CMO5TfJ via DeSmog

Unveiled! Billy Fiske Foundation President Kevin Billings, HGC, OBE and sculptor Jenna Gearing officially unveil the Billy Fiske statue at the US Embassy in London, UK. More images to follow. #USAmbUK #BillyFiske #WW2