{"id":33391,"date":"2024-05-13T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/monday-headlines-concrete-and-clay-and-general-decay#id33155"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:09:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T15:09:00","slug":"monday-headlines-concrete-and-clay-and-general-decay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/monday-headlines-concrete-and-clay-and-general-decay\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday headlines: Concrete and clay and general decay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Along with the aurora borealis, this weekend&#39;s solar storm wreaked havoc on farmers&#39; GPS systems ahead of a critical moment in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season\/\">planting season.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ 404 Media<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The CDC is expected to release a public dashboard today that will track influenza A viruses, including H5N1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/05\/13\/cdc-wastewater-surveillance-dashboard-bird-flu-outbreak-monitor\/\">in sewage.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ STAT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A person hit by a vehicle going 30 mph is 70% more likely to be killed than by a car going 25.&#8221; Why more cities and states are lowering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/24153725\/speed-limits-pedestrian-deaths-sammys-law-nyc\">speed limits to 20 mph.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Vox<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Explaining why stone, when carved by robots, might become a cheaper building material than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.construction-physics.com\/p\/will-stone-replace-steel-and-concrete\">steel and concrete.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Construction Physics<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Researchers find evidence that spending at least two hours a day outdoors can reduce a child&#39;s chances of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2024\/05\/13\/1250555639\/kids-eyesight-myopia-near-sighted-nearsightedness-outdoor-play\">developing myopia.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ NPR<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Social media companies get off far too easy too when the status anxiety they provoke as a business model is attributed instead to <a href=\"https:\/\/robhorning.substack.com\/p\/bobson-dugnutt\">human nature.&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Internal Exile<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the early 20th century, astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was pressured to walk back her findings on the composition of stars, then a male supervisor took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historytoday.com\/archive\/great-debates\/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-and-making-stars\">credit for her work.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ History Today<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A new study proposes that volcanic activity on the lunar surface, combined with a major impact on the far side, are why the near side of the Moon has <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2024\/05\/how-the-moon-got-a-makeover\/\">more volcanic rock.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Ars Technica<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once a mainstay of the <em>Billboard<\/em> charts, a cover song hasn&#39;t entered the top 100 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/dataisbeautiful\/comments\/1cpnzxq\/oc_cover_songs_arent_as_popular_as_they_once_were\/\">nearly 20 years.<\/a><span style=\"color:#A9A9A9\"> \/ Reddit<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An excursion to Chuck E. 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