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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is scheduled for launch today at 8:37 am EST, from the Cape Canaveral carrying a Global Positioning Satellite GPS IIF-12. "This marks the twelfth and final launch in the IIF series of Global Positioning Satellites for the U.S. Air Force. The GPS IIF series is vital to U.S. national security and it also sustains the current GPS constellations. This provides greater accuracy for navigation, improves military signal and assists with commercial aviation and search and rescue operations." About this photo: Atlas V rocket rolls to the launch pad.  Photo Credit: NASA.gov

Editors’ Picks for Feb 5

An Advisor for George W. Explains Jeb’s Major Blunder, Should Uber Drivers Strike?, Will Climate Change Move Agriculture Indoors?, and More Picks

PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.

Former George W Adviser Explains Jeb’s Core Blunder (Russ)

Simply put, Jeb doesn’t get the crucial role of president as performer.

Is Climate Change Going to Force Agriculture Indoors? (Russ)

No, you probably won’t have wheat stalks in your living room, but there will be a major shift — and this article assesses the pros and cons.

Karl Rove Explains How Ted Cruz “Stole” Iowa from Trump (Klaus)

Former White House adviser Karl Rove, a veteran of employing every trick in the book to get his guy a win, breaks down the tactic that Senator Ted Cruz used to win Iowa.

Scientist: Life in Flint Surreal, Like Orwell’s ‘1984’ (Trevin)

The professor of civil engineering at Virginia Tech who helped expose Flint’s water debacle, told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that both the EPA and Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality “turned a blind eye” to the “tainted water and corroded water pipes.”

Over 60 Percent Of Uber Drivers Are Thinking About Quitting (Trevin)

January fare cuts aimed at increasing ridership was also promoted as a way to increase driver wages. But that hasn’t happened in every city. Uber says that “if price cuts don’t work or become unsustainable, fares will return to where they were before.” Drivers have heard this talk before and “the running joke” is that the cuts are “temporary until they lower the price again.”

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