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2024.10.04
Oct. 4th, 2024 01:08 pmWhere you may see northern lights this weekend, as a geomagnetic storm heads to Earth
A strong geomagnetic storm could bring aurora as far south as Oregon and Illinois in the United States. (PayWalled)
By Kasha Patel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/03/northern-lights-visibility-aurora-solar-storm-where-to-see/
A trucking company allegedly fired him for his dreadlocks. Now, he’s suing.
A Black truck driver is suing an Iowa company after refusing to comply with a policy that he says does not apply to White employees. A previous lawsuit had been settled. (PayWalled)
By Jonathan Edwards
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/03/dreadlock-fired-iowa-trucking/
Do you dream in color or black and white? Here’s what the science says.
The tendency to dream in gray scale or color may be influenced in part by age and when people grew up. (PayWalled)
By Lindsey Bever
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/10/04/dreams-color-black-and-white/
E.U. nations must recognize legal gender changes across bloc, top court rules
The court sided with Arian Mirzarafie-Ahi, a transgender man who sued his home country of Romania for refusing to accept the gender identity changes he initiated in Britain. (PayWalled)
By Karla Adam and Beatriz Ríos
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/04/romania-transgender-eu-court-gender-identity-ruling/
Antarctica is ‘greening’ at dramatic rate as climate heats
Analysis of satellite data finds plant cover has increased more than tenfold over the last few decades
Damian Carrington Environment editor
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/04/antarctic-plant-cover-growing-at-dramatic-rate-as-climate-heats
‘Amazing’ trial shows drug combination stops lung cancer advancing for longer
Exclusive: Global trial finds treatment with amivantamab and lazertinib halts progression for average of 23.7 months
Andrew Gregory Health editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/04/amazing-trial-shows-drug-combination-stops-lung-cancer-advancing-for-longer
End of fluoridation of US water could be in sight after federal court ruling
A judge has ordered an EPA risk assessment amid fear that additive that strengthens teeth could harm children’s IQs
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/fluoridation-water-epa-risk-assessement
‘I never said I was going to retire ...’ Paul Simon on disability, drive and the mystery behind his greatest songs
He halted his career after decades of hits, then a dream one night changed everything. From New York to swinging London and apartheid South Africa, he explains his epic journey
By Dave Simpson
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/04/i-never-said-i-was-going-to-retire-paul-simon-on-disability-drive-and-the-mystery-behind-his-greatest-songs
A strong geomagnetic storm could bring aurora as far south as Oregon and Illinois in the United States. (PayWalled)
By Kasha Patel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/10/03/northern-lights-visibility-aurora-solar-storm-where-to-see/
A trucking company allegedly fired him for his dreadlocks. Now, he’s suing.
A Black truck driver is suing an Iowa company after refusing to comply with a policy that he says does not apply to White employees. A previous lawsuit had been settled. (PayWalled)
By Jonathan Edwards
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/03/dreadlock-fired-iowa-trucking/
Do you dream in color or black and white? Here’s what the science says.
The tendency to dream in gray scale or color may be influenced in part by age and when people grew up. (PayWalled)
By Lindsey Bever
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/10/04/dreams-color-black-and-white/
E.U. nations must recognize legal gender changes across bloc, top court rules
The court sided with Arian Mirzarafie-Ahi, a transgender man who sued his home country of Romania for refusing to accept the gender identity changes he initiated in Britain. (PayWalled)
By Karla Adam and Beatriz Ríos
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/04/romania-transgender-eu-court-gender-identity-ruling/
Antarctica is ‘greening’ at dramatic rate as climate heats
Analysis of satellite data finds plant cover has increased more than tenfold over the last few decades
Damian Carrington Environment editor
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/04/antarctic-plant-cover-growing-at-dramatic-rate-as-climate-heats
‘Amazing’ trial shows drug combination stops lung cancer advancing for longer
Exclusive: Global trial finds treatment with amivantamab and lazertinib halts progression for average of 23.7 months
Andrew Gregory Health editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/04/amazing-trial-shows-drug-combination-stops-lung-cancer-advancing-for-longer
End of fluoridation of US water could be in sight after federal court ruling
A judge has ordered an EPA risk assessment amid fear that additive that strengthens teeth could harm children’s IQs
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/fluoridation-water-epa-risk-assessement
‘I never said I was going to retire ...’ Paul Simon on disability, drive and the mystery behind his greatest songs
He halted his career after decades of hits, then a dream one night changed everything. From New York to swinging London and apartheid South Africa, he explains his epic journey
By Dave Simpson
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/04/i-never-said-i-was-going-to-retire-paul-simon-on-disability-drive-and-the-mystery-behind-his-greatest-songs
