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Tracking extreme heat by the hour makes climate change seem even worse

Ars Technica · yesterday Cached

A new study in Nature Climate Change analyzes extreme heat on an hourly basis, finding that the number of hot hours is increasing faster than hot days, with the strongest trends in the tropics and at night, and greater exposure for those born in 2023.

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We're Squandering LEDs' Potential to Save Our Night Skies

Hacker News Top · 2026-07-20 Cached

This article examines how the widespread adoption of LED lighting is exacerbating light pollution in cities, harming human health by disrupting circadian rhythms, and argues for more thoughtful lighting design to mitigate these effects.

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The Radiation Exposure Lie

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-29 Cached

This article argues that the perceived dangers of low-dose radiation from nuclear disasters are overstated, using Chernobyl data to show limited health impacts compared to other industrial disasters, and criticizes the resulting regulatory burden on nuclear power.

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