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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force. On 12 September, CSTF and IRENA presented a Youth Day event.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

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Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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Tesla drivers have smoke blown in their faces | Opinion

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But first I wanted to talk about climate change deniers, and how remarkable it is that they still exist. A few years ago, climate change deniers were annoying, unscientific troll turds, the kind of people who choose their feelings over facts.

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Elon Musk jokes about his “unrequited love” towards Bernie Sanders

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Despite Musk and Sanders essentially agreeing on a number of key issues , such as the importance of addressing climate change, the US Senator has made it a point to heavily criticize the CEO for his growing net worth and his taxes. Take the idea of Universal Basic Income, which was proposed by former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.

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Using Manga to Spark Interest in STEM

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The idea for Sher-DeCusatis’s second comic, she says, came from a personal experience she had while volunteering for IEEE. Confronting climate change and cybersecurity threats The other four winning comics cover artificial intelligence, climate change, and cybersecurity.

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Toyota says hybrids are better than Teslas, and I say I’m better than Shakespeare

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Again, I don’t want to blame Hanley personally, as he’s just doing his job, which, when you work for a Japanese car company, and I think it’s fair to tar all of them with the same brush, means denying that the sky is blue, but if we don’t do something about carbon emissions it will soon be on fire.

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

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Before we start, I want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage from some of Spectrum’s most important beats, including AI, climate change, and robotics, by signing up for one of our free newsletters. I mean, it’s possible to replicate that person when they’re living too, in a digital way.