USGS estimates at least 45% of U.S. tap water contain forever chemicals(usgs.gov)

149 points by geox 3 years ago | 112 comments

Why is the ocean salty? (2022)(usgs.gov)

204 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 159 comments

Fireworks likely caused water contamination at Mount Rushmore (2016)(usgs.gov)

105 points by johntfella 2 years ago | 32 comments

The largest acidic geyser has been putting on quite a show(usgs.gov)

54 points by 1659447091 7 months ago | 2 comments

Four of Uranus’ largest moons likely contain an ocean layer(nasa.gov)

65 points by perihelions 3 years ago | 24 comments

First USGS supercomputer decommissioning makes way for successors(usgs.gov)

54 points by keepamovin 2 years ago | 39 comments

Doing well in your courses: Andrej's advice for success (2013)(cs.stanford.edu)

603 points by peterkshultz 1 year ago | 181 comments

Andrej Karpathy's 2013 guide offering advice to undergraduate students on doing well in courses, covering sleep, studying habits, and exam preparation.

How to make sense of any mess(howtomakesenseofanymess.com)

412 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 120 comments

Website for Abby Covert's book "How to Make Sense of Any Mess," an introduction to information architecture for making sense of complex problems.

AI uses less water than the public thinks(californiawaterblog.com)

359 points by hirpslop 5 months ago | 320 comments

California WaterBlog post examining AI and data center water use, arguing concerns are overstated and drawing lessons for California water management.

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself(jesperordrup.github.io)

394 points by jesperordrup 8 months ago | 125 comments

A web reference guide to singing techniques covering vocal registers, styles, effects, embellishments and dynamics, with examples, how-to tips and tutorial links.

Full Text Search of US Court records(judyrecords.com)

412 points by FigurativeVoid 1 year ago | 81 comments

Judyrecords is a free full-text search engine covering over 740 million United States court cases, with an API.

Why is the sky blue?(explainers.blog)

766 points by udit99 8 months ago | 247 comments

An explainer blog post on why the sky is blue and sunsets are red, building a model of light scattering that also covers the Martian sky.