SCIENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO GIVE A SHIT

🌎 What Would You Say You Do Here

This week:

Is what you’re working on important?

Plus: The cleanest produce, a mosquito factory, lots of rooftop solar, autonomous GPT, maybe, and the latest with the Colorado River
Here's What You Can Do:

• ⚡️ Climate change and mental health are inextricably linked. Get some help with the Climate Mental Health Network (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iifC1wTxwORY6q2QSWjmvf7MzJkfWzCwibpHyvoNQyaAWBPDKsLhxm75GUiWuCClYGupCGJT4KNjCn5fkMXsYymWAYYXOjzVjUVtnmMkdRnVZZLxRBJH_EF-iBrv05-oqJyiws9oEHPyeWmA1-p8TSJxOypzUPui_78x7dtthoEbS2cd_UFiGJOqdNUVGDCZnfw/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h16/XR-gdpdsS54D-yBrYQ7hiXSwQDxmK8bnmcY-E0RYVG0).
• ⚡️ Live in or own a multi-family building? Check out how BlocPower (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/FFlQiBe9XTLQxJSOy6Aupo44RajuDEVVcjJsVGNWIODC2nS8WtObMC-TuWnOH2PduLDtutdlLVz91CFFH3c6GQwS6Ii2OJdju4CBEHBjy2oVOJCW0A41R6Fva0kJClD7vhPS849yoPTsZQS3KEb1Zlf6s-C-gDg7r7OQD0f8EzPD9k57DNBU-6X6qwDV6SJ4/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h17/VJTt2JHcoQ47qt8DlLa4Gwa0TgX_-Mm90_J-j0TYJmo)can help electrify it.
• ⚡️ If you’re like “I wonder if my town or state has e-bike rebates”, here’s a Google Sheet with every known rebate (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/M5KOcerzxQUFSv1WLdGwlLXrjPBjSZkli55wtho-1P8dfHyUXw9ysK3zuueLejCkIQwQtEBlUBynfeSjJub46cqtg_fFekbqq_2s3YiJdVuCnNjqgDzJCX-Kq3D6B0FAoZXtAGOaNp0O12YYrVxYGdL7G4JYAKDccOon-9nRb_O6bxMX1BoFOe5LO68RTVNBLUzCFFn5Wz6Gq-8mEcFQOdCf64ZkD4xVP--RfXEJOa7n5cpsvMinvQXTc8dfCybS3t7R2E7zImmhc4kKqoSqQiDMPVyWTTGCusD8i72SPKI/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h18/bS9k6BLUIEmbdGdwkPKn8kY_P119eBX0NwSFO4moR4k) in the country
• ⚡️ Start a student alliance for tech ethics (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iicPRNQdp4GFYIPtoJ2AhAReDdDKZGxYNWm7zwCtbKiiqF7gkGGJDqoTtDDok1f196lN0VkgOdRnt8F3zC2O0KeDarLSiVA-1EPn-_g8j8NYKKcRNPSJt0lbD5hGGpAJpnRiJWGWm5lZlYylZk-a8S1Ud-oTlOPhaZ0j95-MZjcYp/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h19/EGx3ro01XVi8NDU5xVjvcxZAMt1oqaM4n1e5HNgfPBM) at your university with the Techshift Alliance.
News Roundup

Health & Medicine

• The countries with the highest rates of malaria deaths have approved (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/LIwld6YEy4AOrp4963HCMoNsNG2M5YE_0eo_fKFBlFTf6s-yUUVofszZ5s-fhDCAyAkTX1EHO4n24Q7vYpCq4BTwsw_Gx2FkcWANjz7j0JkcwWa-nsU751EATWUBR_bXZFNrkpZ1ucleFKvEHRQCbWrpSKV9IpvlqJ7ipFqDBLQt7mic0TCdmVRlaKbKxLgSqPgpQQ5LxCv8VkWASgK3SDhAIQaQltpDY79lzD17FoHOw-fz50dmGXZhVUYtZKp9/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h28/cNJHcqf7OVcpldOyYAoAjdB09zrcN1iOCBlfci-b6Qc) Oxford’s new vaccine
• Brazil built a massive mosquito factory (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiSejKHwW6oOq56dRiw5W1JRqtlLGtTKpcHVWmP-aHJIyYvoSuiTqUs3CUszRceHoUyt8-2FS7SV5aqKbqEj0_C6YZFHk7uo-k5lAg71X1r05DhWV2Cg4lQ5ov41HTj_-nNvcfWoeVKnv9ELLLHJ82FrCi_a5TZIagkFvX7QGiLDUd1vNeL_k24i-IZB-lxeV6MEdMxFCgtr-F8nGSsPO7kI/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h29/NDKX05HhrRysxRyNUadmAxQADcA33b7QKW7gb7IQFKQ) — it’s not what you think
• Our friends at Biobot Analytics have expanded their wastewater monitoring into norovirus (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiWI5ZZO7AmilpgPBqj0CmdHSjC_vVJEHHnO_xpjyBbjJ4ntEXKXS8CKf3pIErQYER5W9644WRm7rAqY2UeOViVb-bGhdW6utd2xB5cOjf7XKnwI1IjHL6DoURUk0NVWSjlRIsezmr9rz5KY_1RaNr3Yg_iryNCF7HLLD9JQDvx_Z-Ny92RLW3q7s-wpm1JAAIUIp8CZUV9VdDt3IHexVPywozxQ072qE9foOLFek20Cv/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h30/yZ-HQ3XAQfnwpz4YW36xpdHE1bBft3nByIKdL_ymuAA)outbreaks
• Are we close to a combo (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiSHhy9yOB2iJghdNgoRSikrkj-OEHwe_0_K-RVeH70A7EMac7dzzl88Y8EqxFfcJYKZ0oMlrhjndIBefGBT8DtniKNUZg8BHQl1xgIpJ22pZL6zcr3pPvK-4V43t7aIb4tazjNzodbAogdN0Irx2muk9sSKrtqrXhXlnyWHgLskAMTUE4QzHilSiIsMs9qOZu7yDkw8Torx4dUuUL7BUHX_KwK_Y10Fl54RVMhPHSHD_/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h31/XiaD5iysIf6Xs0Hh6jVPV9R-49CEVSmdNJcuQeDeY-Y) flu and COVID vaccine?

Climate

• Why SUV’s got so big, and so popular (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iibuLLph1fgAZr6FA5VeVQb8a4JC3GIehYlMsyLGeKcLlcWQU8BCx0L2CTWfoUAFm1376L40lgi-u-DxAjJLJXq-MTqUzd8rpADyd66rC4wQCWR91OT7xamyF8MVdCsEvY0r1p6oJkBOMTzR_JKlFgsidn0DepslUFZdW97N8gqyghAAg7yOiRDuybvbq84nsIJ-gRw9lRByTjs85rlJ2A-7_0vI3LIUQPF0am5zKIdD-/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h32/wZd6MI1Jf-YKM8YnYeE7kTrM5-CDJE0MJQQDVIvnPvU)
• Germany shut down their remaining operational nuclear plants for really no reason, but banned (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiZYHCp2JnqTnBa_eu75WJAueEwlkHlZ_KBrchOWYZC6P1CyyZhpNxdLTxyW5qj98aR2BLYITK7A6JiNjwFad46lan-S9iyk0nh4Ca9nn9TX47KZH0i5A5UgoG1ygJ8ryIOgcOzNj9VrjvvEnwwyUsHx-AO3kWsj-5smkqG2dFI_UhaGrmyJUQOqcJCRoBhkKl9SdmS5w5mIrlqwLibWU-cAekU-8BEXIfj48Px9xyRpx/3vj/9gRxZQ2bQjOkj1JFi_s7Tw/h33/m6_3LX1Ps4FDuJ9o_MWcCCrGJFbmUbKv92VNVJqFdls) new gas and oil heating?
• Elon’s Twitter could break (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiXoqmQ7u28-t6eyMP0fr70aOn2n1RuHCJgthi6kn1BqUUIN7bJOugBFhVKqNgDB7Ltpu8T1CIR_qU7W84J3xHshaT0vTrP18UqzbPQppbLIXljcxXCQ6Up7wCfCgoyKmLEX2rs94VMwYhaJ8Qtt6HaTVrP0IgpEOrtw2Iin...