We have so many renewable sources of energy now, we don’t know what to do with it — literally. @KnowableMag looks at the storage technology engineers are developing, from batteries to systems that harness air pressure, to see us through days when wind turbines are quiet and the sun slips behind clouds.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2024/developing-renewable-energy-storage-methods

#Science #Technology #Engineering #Environment #ClimateCrisis #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

“Carol of the Bells” is actually a Ukrainian song called “Shchedryk.” Oksana Ostapchuk and Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova of @timkmak’s Counteroffensive explain the history of the song, and its significance to one American who’s volunteering in Kyiv.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-ukrainian-history-of-your-favorite

#Music #ChristmasSongs #Ukraine #Ukrainian #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Yes, we have been tooting our own horn about this for the past few days but honestly, we’re pretty proud. Flipboard has opened a beta for @surf, a new app for building custom feeds and surfing the open social web. @verge@flipboard.com liked it — you can read more here and sign up for the waitlist at the second link.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/24323903/flipboard-surf-fediverse-social-web-app

https://waitlist.surf.social/

#Flipboard #SocialMedia #OpenSocialWeb #Technology #Tech #Fediverse #Surf #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

And finally, to our @ScienceDesk, which shared this story from @ScienceAlert about the best way to cook broccoli — and also referred to it as “our most polarizing vegetable,” to which we would respond, “you misspelled Brussels sprouts.”

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-healthier-way-to-cook-broccoli-but-theres-a-catch

#Food #Cooking #Lifestyle #Broccoli #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday