The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1602: The Tragedy of the Commons
Episode: 1602 The tragedy of the commons revisited. Today, the tragedy of the commons.
Episode: 1602 The tragedy of the commons revisited. Today, the tragedy of the commons.
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Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” to playing Holly Hunter’s husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymp...
Episode: 1602 The tragedy of the commons revisited. Today, the tragedy of the commons.
The last prisoner strapped to a table in Florida’s death chamber was 74 years old — the oldest the state has executed in modern times. The next two set to die are older still.The series of executions, due to be carried out by the end of this month, highlights the nation’s aging death-row populati...
The death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was running for a fifth term when he passed away over the weekend, began a tumultuous new chapter in South Carolina politics during a year that has already been full of upheaval.As the conservative state's senior senator and an influential ally of President D...
Senate Republicans will return to Washington on Monday with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chairman and key player who served as a crucial ally with President Donald Trump. Graham, 71, died Saturday evening after a tear in his aorta,...
Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 4.7% to $79.59 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude oil added 4.8% to $74.85 per barrel. Prices for both types of c...
More than 100 people gathered outside Houston City Hall Sunday evening, filling the plaza with candles, prayers and chalk drawings as they honored the life of 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and renewed calls for answers following his fatal shooting by an ICE agent.Instead of chants, the sound...
The stormy weekend was just the beginning! ABC13 Weather Watches are out for Monday and Tuesday with an increasing risk for street flooding from heavy downpours.
The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war.The attacks, sparked by Iran striking a container ship Sunday in the strait off the coast of Om...
Neighbors helped each other clean up after strong winds, hail, and heavy rain brought down tree branches and damaged fences in northwest Harris County.
Dallas Stadium is gearing up for its ninth and final World Cup match on Tuesday as Spain faces France in a high-stakes semifinal.
Two people died in a fiery 2-vehicle crash on I-69 this afternoon in northeast Houston.HPD tells us that it happened around 4:45 p.m. near Beltway 8.The crash involved a heavy truck and a passenger vehicle.The southbound lanes of the Eastex Freeway could be closed for several more hours while HPD...
HPD said two people died in a crash on the Eastex Freeway near Beltway 8 after an accident involving an 18-wheeler. Houston TranStar cameras captured a car fire following the accident.
For half a century, millions of workers have repeated a task across the deserts in northern China: inserting forearm-length sticks into shifting sand, first in a row, then in an intersecting line, gradually forming a grid. Then saplings are planted at the center of each small square.The technique...
From music legends to classic film stars, here’s a look at the well-known figures who have died in 2026.
A late brush with the wall wasn't enough to send Ryan Blaney to pit row.The decision paid off with a dominant victory.Blaney emerged from a three-wide battle on the final lap of overtime in the weather-delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta early Monday.Blaney won every stage of the race and l...
Sen. Mitch McConnell is revealing for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization.
Businesses across the Greater Houston area are celebrating “713 Day," where the date matches the city's most well-known zip code.
Grimes County Sheriff Deputies responded to 911 calls Saturday night about a shooting in the town of Bedias, which is between College Station and Huntsville.They got to the area on Independence Drive and found one man who had been shot several times.That man died from his injuries.In a news relea...
Officials say the crash is in the southbound lanes of I-69 around the exit ramp to Beltway 8.
Conor McGregor's manager said in a social media post Sunday that fighter did not have a previous knee injury prior to his shortened UFC 329 fight with Max Holloway.McGregor's first fight in five years lasted just 1:09 due to a knee injury sustained while attempting an opening roundhouse kick.“Tha...
Texas is activating emergency resources as heavy rain and flash flooding threaten much of the state this week, with officials urging Texans to stay weather aware and avoid flooded roads.
Alexander Zverev is used to being “the third guy” in tennis. After following up his French Open title with a run to his first Wimbledon final, he's hoping to be more than that in the future. Despite losing to Jannik Sinner on Centre Court on Sunday, the 29-year-old Zverev thinks he is closer than...
A woman who went missing after floodwaters swept her Missouri home from its foundation was found dead Saturday as severe storms and heavy rainfall continued to impact parts of the Midwest and South.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has died at the age of 71. Graham's office released a statement early Sunday morning saying he died following a "brief and sudden" illness.
An off-duty member of the Chilean navy driving a private vehicle crashed into an open-air market in the coastal city of Vina del Mar Sunday, killing several people, the navy said in a statement.Footage circulating on social media from a residential security camera appears to capture the moment th...
Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies will start Tuesday night's All-Star Game in his home ballpark, taking the mound for the National League against Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays.The Blue Jays announced Sunday that Cease will be the American League's starter. Dave Roberts of the...
A huge fire tore through a beer hall in Bangkok overnight into Monday, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens before firefighters brought the blaze under control.Footage shared online by first responders shows a huge blaze raging and plumes coming out of the front door of the Na Ladprao b...
Lindsey Graham, the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners, rose to become a fixture on the global stage and one of the most prominent advocates of American military might in the U.S. Senate.A former military lawyer who reached the rank of colonel in the Air Force, the wisecracking Grah...
A disturbance between two men escalated into a fatal shooting in Grimes County on Saturday afternoon, leaving one man dead and another in law enforcement custody, authorities said.
Only 19 years old and a scant 61 years younger than his All-Star Futures Game manager, Nathan Flewelling has tried not to put a timetable on his potential big league debut.Going deep in a major league ballpark sure gives hope in Tampa Bay that Flewelling could fit in fine once he gets there.“I th...
Lindsey Graham's relationship with Donald Trump was a roller coaster.
A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system's operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents.The agreement would resolve allegations fr...
The Seattle Seahawks are being sold to the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla, in accordance with the wishes of late team owner Paul Allen, the team announced on Saturday.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they reported finding a man with multiple gunshot wounds and another man who admitted to shooting him.
Precinct 4 officials said an investigation is underway after a vehicle crashed into a residence near Atascocita, causing minor injuries.
The Walt Disney Company’s live action “Moana” may be the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office, but it did not make a big splash in its first weekend in theaters.The movie, which cost a reported $250 million to produce, earned just $43 million from ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada, according ...
New data from pet sitting platform TrustedHousesitters has revealed the most popular dog breed in each state.
The tropics remain relatively quiet for July, no complaints here.
Two people were found shot to death inside a home in southeast Houston early Sunday morning in what police are investigating as a double homicide committed by an outstanding third party.
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