Kate Groetzinger
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Austin, TX, United States
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Advocates For Tribal Water Access Are Asking Congress To Earmark Money For Projects On Native Land
Tribal members and policy experts are pushing Congress to pass funding for water infrastructure in Indian Country. → Read More
Scientists Are Studying The Changes Occuring In Glen Canyon As Lake Powell Recedes
Most of Glen Canyon has been underwater for decades. Now, it is starting to re-emerge as Lake Powell recedes. → Read More
Grand County Wins Lawsuit, Giving Voters The Option To Keep Current Form Of Government
A two-year-long process to change Grand County’s form of government may be coming to an end. The county won a lawsuit Thursday that will give voters multiple choices on Election Day — including keeping its current form of government. → Read More
Local Residents Call For Price Police Chief's Removal, Three Years After Racist Facebook Comments
Warning: this report includes offensive language. Updated 12:18 p.m. 7/8/20 Residents of Price and nearby Helper have revived calls for the Price City → Read More
Sand Flats' Slickrock Bike Trail Spared From Drilling For Now, But Could Come Up Again
Moab and Grand County officials breathed a sigh of relief last week, when the Bureau of Land Management announced it will defer leasing land inside the → Read More
“No one should be bullied”: Prince William becomes first British royal to appear on the cover of a gay magazine
"“No one should be bullied for their sexuality or any other reason," the young prince says. → Read More
When we sleep in new places, half of our brain stays awake
Humans exhibit a sleep pattern similar to animals that rest only one side of their brain at a time when we sleep in new places. → Read More
How feminists took on the mainstream media and won
The internet’s open platform gave women a space to make their voices heard. Then legacy publications came knocking. → Read More
Explore the world like a fish with the best underwater photos of the year
Every year, the best photos taken in rivers and oceans around the world are honored in the UK's Underwater Photographer of the Year contest. Awards span eight categories that reward photographers' ability to capture everything from intimate portraits of marine wildlife to vast seascapes. This year, contestants from 54 countries entered the contest this year with a variety of unusual images. The… → Read More
Facebook workers are defacing “Black Lives Matter” slogans—and Zuckerberg is furious
Facebook's signature wall, which serves as a dry-erase message board at the company's Menlo Park headquarters, has become the site of a racially-charged graffiti war in recent weeks. Employees of the company have been crossing out "Black Lives Matter" on the wall and writing "All Lives Matter," instead, Gizmodo reported. It's not a good look for Facebook, whose staff is only... → Read More
The Afghan boy whose plastic bag Messi jersey went viral now has the real thing
"I love Messi and my shirt says Messi loves me," Murtaza said upon receiving the jersey. → Read More
These Google Maps glitches are the stuff of nightmares
What happens when Google Maps Street View goes wrong—or right, depending on how you look at it. → Read More
Sea levels are rising at their fastest rate in 28 centuries
The global sea level rose 14 cm in the 20th century and is on track to rise 24 cm more in the next 84 years. → Read More
What ancient Japanese art would look like today—in gifs
UFOs, speeding bullet trains, and TV screens meet ancient Japan prints. → Read More
Miniature sea snails “fly” gracefully underwater like winged insects
In a stunning example of convergent evolution, it uses the same "flying" motion as terrestrial insects. → Read More
A secretive border-crossing scene tops the World Press Photo Awards’ best images of 2015
Stories of pain, joy, and transformation have flooded the news in the past 12 months, and with them, a flood of images: scenes of tragedy in Paris, of citizens confronting police violence in the US, and of seemingly endless migration flows at Europe's borders. It's hard to find new ways to show large-scale and widely-reported events. But the winners of the 2016 World Press... → Read More
Elon Musk is thinking about building an electric airplane that takes off vertically
Electric cars and and commercial spaceflight are clearly not enough. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he's mulling how to provide super-convenient, electric-powered air travel. When asked to reveal his "next great idea" during a brief Q&A session this week, Musk answered: "Well I have been thinking about the vertical takeoff and landing electric jet a bit more. I... → Read More
Elon Musk is thinking about building an electric airplane that takes off vertically
Electric cars and and commercial spaceflight are clearly not enough. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he's mulling how to provide super-convenient, electric-powered air travel. When asked to reveal his "next great idea" during a brief Q&A session this week, Musk answered: "Well I have been thinking about the vertical takeoff and landing electric jet a bit more. I... → Read More
A woman in the White House isn’t the change radical feminists want in 2016
“A woman winning the presidency would be a beautiful moment for all the feminists out there, but I just do not think that Hillary is the right woman.” → Read More
Open carry doesn’t increase public safety—it’s like “flashing around a diamond ring”
In the month since it became legal in Texas to visibly carry a handgun in public, over 3,000 businesses have posted signs banning the practice on their premises, according to Texas3006.com. Meanwhile, a sign on display at a Houston barbecue joint encourages patrons to open carry. “Firearms Welcome,” the sign reads. “Please keep all weapons... → Read More