What’s Trending with Victor Lewis

Trending today: more high school grads are entering skilled-trade programs – but hey, why can’t we combine skilled trades with liberal arts?

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Trending today: a lawsuit accuses Eggland’s Best of making false nutrition claims in their ads – claims that fooled Victor too.

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Trending today: the same technology used to discover earthworks in South America is now being used to count ants – and there are a lot.

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Trending today: a report about the “Presidential Election Campaign Fund,” which is being repurposed because candidates don’t use it anymore.

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Trending today: the sport of kite fighting, which is extremely popular (and extremely problematic) in Brazil.

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Trending today: a study claims to identify three distinct orca species: transient, resident, and miscellaneous. (“Miscellaneous”?!)

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Trending today: steel manufacturers are taking steps to reduce carbon emissions, but Victor’s not necessarily sold on their process.

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Trending today: an online debate over who should play whom, if you remade The Lord of the Rings with Muppets.

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What’s trending: new data showing a big spike in the number of instances of people pointing lasers at planes, which can cause real problems.

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Trending today: Victor uncovers a particularly nasty form of animal testing in antidepressant research, leading Aaron to put his faith in A.I.

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