As the extent of January Arctic sea ice hits a record low, a macroengineering plan to rebuild Arctic sea ice must now be considered.

This plan would not be treating a symptom. The loss of sea ice is a result of global heating, but also a cause of more global heating.

The troll's habit of speaking without thinking is providing useful help for lawyers challenging some of his policies in court.

More about Flynn's apparent hint to a Russian ambassador that the troll would drop sanctions if elected.

The troll has mostly succeeded in distracting the US press from the scandal of his involvement with Russia.

People don't want to hear that some mothers wish they weren't mothers. Those who talk about it face personal insults.

Women who have babies are pressured into adopting the narrow and suffocating social role and attitudes prescribed for mothers. They understand why other people find them dull, because they find it dull themselves.

I hear from people who are happy to have children. I can understand how it might make someone happy, in a world of plenty where raising children is not a crushing burden and where there is no anxiety that something might go wrong. But I can't imagine being happy with it in the world we are in.

I am looking for people to experiment to find good ways to attach fruits to a Grav-mass tree.