Monthly Archives: September 2022

Rad Power Bikes and Cycle pilot consumer e-bike subscriptions

Rad Power Bikes, a popular American e-bike brand that has raised over $300 million in the past two years, will start offering bikes as a subscription service next week. The company is partnering with Cycle, a Berlin-based e-bike subscription service that caters to couriers and last-mile delivery, to pilot the offering in Berlin. Starting September…

Twitter whistleblower who foresaw the violence of Jan. 6 reveals her identity with an omen for the future of US democracy: WaPo

Donald Trump was banned from Twitter two days after the January 6 Capitol riot. Alex Brandon/AP In July, the Jan. 6 panel played a recording of an interview with an anonymous Twitter employee. The whistleblower said the company was reluctant to take stronger actions against Trump’s account. The employee, Anika Collier Navaroli, spoke with The…

Philadelphia’s microscopic algae archive is a time machine for coastlands

It may not have the flash of the macroflora and fauna typical of most natural history museums, but the massive collection of diatoms held at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an archive of past environments. Getty Images This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science…