Abortion
Kentucky abortion bills signed, effective immediately cnn
The first, House Bill 2, now requires a physician or technician to perform an ultrasound, describe and display the ultrasound images to the mother, and provide audio of the fetal heartbeat to the mother before she may have an abortion.
The second measure, Senate Bill 5, prohibits abortions in the state at or after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The bill would not apply in cases where an abortion is required to save the life of the mother or prevent serious risk of bodily harm to the mother, but it does not contain exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
Apostasy
Married lesbian couple to lead prominent D.C. Baptist church washingtonpost
Sally Sarratt and Maria Swearingen were presented to the congregation during worship services Jan. 8 and are set to begin their new jobs Feb. 26.
The 155-year-old church severed ties with the Southern Baptist Convention in 2012: It was at loggerheads with the group on several issues, including the SBC’s stance against homosexuality. Calvary Baptist still affiliates with American Baptist Churches USA.
Wage
[UK Labour Patry Leader] Jeremy Corbyn calls for maximum wage law theguardian
The Labour leader would not give specific figures, but said radical action was needed to address inequality. “I would like there to be some kind of high earnings cap, quite honestly,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday.
Corbyn, who earns about £138,000 [~$166,548] a year, later told Sky News he anticipated any maximum wage would be “somewhat higher than that”.
Medical
This Human-Powered Paper Centrifuge Is Pure Genius gizmodo
Inspired by an ancient toy, researchers from Stanford University stanford.edu have developed an ingenious hand-spun paper centrifuge. Incredibly, the device costs just 20 cents—and it can be used to detect malaria in blood in just 15 minutes.
Building a Mind-Controlled Wheelchair bloomberg
Quevedo has since become a local celebrity for the contraptions he has built, winning robot battles around the world. These days he teaches robotics to youngsters throughout Chile. He’s also started a robotics company called Rotatecno that is building some breathtaking machines, including a low-cost wheelchair that can be controlled with thoughts and facial gestures.
Technically it's a head-controlled wheelchair...
Climate
California Floods Its Fields to Keep Its Cities From Flooding wired
From 1850 on, Sacramento has flooded numerous times. This was why, in 1916, the city built the Sacramento Weir to protect itself. In the following decades, the state added five more upstream weirs, and several additional spillways. Besides the Sacramento Weir, all of these are automatic failsafes: If the river reaches a certain height, it spills over a weir into the adjoining bypass.
...because the Sacramento Weir’s gates must be manually opened, they must be manually closed, too. And that cannot be done until the water recedes below the weir gate levels. “Once you open them, you’re making a decision that you’re going to stick with,” says Michael Anderson, state climatologist for the California Department of Water Resources. And when that decision happens, Yolo Bypass becomes an inland sea. Birds flock in, and fish swim below.
Ireland
Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein Official, Quits Northern Ireland Government, Setting Off Shake-Up nytimes v
Mr. McGuinness said he would not nominate a replacement, a decision that effectively sets off an election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, as it will end the current power-sharing agreement between Mr. McGuinness’s Catholic Sinn Fein sinnfein.org party and the Democratic Unionist Party mydup, which represents Protestants and is led by Arlene Foster, the first minister.
Others...
Very quickly, very nearby': Jumbo asteroid has close shave with Earth rt
This happened a couple days ago - don't worry, we're all still alive. Just in case you missed it...
Watch hypnotic egg-breaking machines for ten minutes boingboing.net v
I must say that I never knew how much I wanted to know how they did this until now.
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