Friday evening, July 5, 2024, at 6:57 PM EDT, will be the new Moon, when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from the Earth. The day of or the day after the New Moon marks the start of the new month for most lunisolar calendars. Saturday, July 6 will be the start of the sixth month of the Chinese year of the Dragon. Sundown on July 6...
Good afternoon from Capitol Hill. Both chambers are out of session but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing going on! Here are a few things to watch for in the coming weeks. Appropriations On The Move Congressional appropriations committees are already hard at work preparing spending bills for fiscal year 2025, which begins in September. However, there is a strategic...
As this lunar cycle progresses, Saturn and the background of stars will appear to shift westward each evening, while Mars will hover low on the eastern horizon, drifting slightly to the left. Mercury, rising after morning twilight begins, will also drift towards the left, moving closer each morning towards where the Sun is rising, making it more difficult to see as...
The Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), recently published new guidance on informed consent from patients in medical settings, with special emphasis on particularly sensitive procedures or those including anesthesia. This is an important precedent to signal larger movements of...
When I say God is a cop, I mean to say god is a sergeant of sapphire and riot. He loves me is a sergeant over at the local precinct. He keeps following me like a meteor hurling itself into my muddy emollient, like he’s looking for a good reason to pick me up my fated impermanence. or shoot. I can’t just say it plain. Not...
“Plugged In” hosts Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen to talk about how recent polling shows more conservatives are getting energized over climate change initiatives. CLC research also shows that younger conservatives are more likely to embrace a push for cleaner energy, according to Bertelsen...
Here on Earth (in Toronto, specifically), it’s a very typical April which can’t quite make up its mind about whether or not it wants to be spring. On Mars (in Gale Crater), we’re well into spring, and Curiosity is enjoying the (relatively) warmer weather. As the days get longer and the weather gets warmer, I find myself with lots of energy, itching to get outside and...
Here on Earth (in Toronto, specifically), it’s a very typical April which can’t quite make up its mind about whether or not it wants to be spring. On Mars (in Gale Crater), we’re well into spring, and Curiosity is enjoying the (relatively) warmer weather. As the days get longer and the weather gets warmer, I find myself with lots of energy, itching to get outside and...
The Independent Film Festival Boston (or IFFBoston, as it is widely known) is back this week, but not necessarily in the form it was hoping. We’re at a strange time now, making that slow return to a new normalcy as we start to successfully beat back a global pandemic. Many thought, and hoped, things like movie viewing might be happening in person now, 14 months after...
