[NEWS] Five science links: desalination brine, Venezuela glacier, Venus, red dwarf plants, AT2018cow

[rfmcdonald]

• Wired asks what is to be done with the toxic brine produced by desalination plants.


• This article from The Atlantic tells the story of the last glacier in Venezuela, disappearing as the climate warns and as the county falls apart.


• Universe Today notes the discovery of a mysterious streak in the upper atmosphere of Venus.


• A new study via Universe Today suggests potentially Earth-like exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars might not receive enough high-energy photons to support plant life.


• Universe Today suggests that the mysterious AT2018cow event saw the formation of either a black hole or a neutron star.