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Your Old Phones Are Probably Sitting in a Drawer and Researchers Say That Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think

Think about the last smartphone, tablet or smartwatch you stopped using. Odds are it is not in a recycling bin or a new owner’s hands; it is sitting in a drawer. From our survey of 4,000 American ...
Gizmodo

NASA’s Moon Plan Depends on 15 Starship Launches. There’s Just One Problem

Drastically increased launch cadence from SpaceX and NASA's other commercial partners is straining aging infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center, a new report finds. Reading time 3 minutes A new ...
Gettysburg

The drawer problem: Why so many of us can’t let go of our old electronics, and what we can do about it

Think about the last smartphone, tablet or smartwatch you stopped using. Odds are it is not in a recycling bin or a new owner’s hands; it is sitting in a drawer. This look familiar? Peter ...
Deadline.com

Flight Risk: Rory Kennedy’s ‘Freefall: A Reckoning For Boeing’ Argues Aircraft Maker Hasn’t Corrected Alarming Safety Problems – DC/DOX

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy follows a self-imposed rule when she travels by air. “I don’t fly on the 737 Maxes,” she says of Boeing aircraft. “And I don’t fly on the Dreamliners.” Anyone ...
The Conversation

The drawer problem: Why so many of us can’t let go of our old electronics, and what we can do about it

Think about the last smartphone, tablet or smartwatch you stopped using. Odds are it is not in a recycling bin or a new owner’s hands; it is sitting in a drawer. From our survey of 4,000 American ...
The Telegraph

The drawer problem: Why so many of us can’t let go of our old electronics, and what we can do about it

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Payam Saeedi, Rochester Institute of ...