An update is long overdue! A short bout of heat stroke put me out for a week and then I was working around the clock to produce a short video about a Cook Island resident who contracted fish poisoning: [More]
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Feed SubscriptionGame App Aims to Show Pakistan Flood Shadow lingers
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI, June 22 (Reuters Life!) - A game application is [More]
Read More »Unwanted Housemates: Dishwashers Provide Habitat for ‘Extremotolerant’ Fungi
A dishwasher makes a nice addition to any home. But the appliances also make a nice home for a number of fungi, some of which are pathogenic, according to a new study
Read More »Watch Hatchling Red-Tailed Hawks Grow Up at New York University [Live Video]
This spring, two red-tailed hawks took up residence on the 12th floor ledge of the New York University president's office at Bobst Library. Their nest and the three eggs inside made headlines in The New York Times , which set up a camera feed to capture the growing chicks
Read More »Severe Storms, Tornadoes Developing across Midwest
Severe thunderstorms, some producing tornadoes, are beginning to develop across the Midwest this afternoon. A potent storm tracking through this region is tapping into a warm, moist air mass, setting the stage for widespread showers and strong thunderstorms
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A community-based water sampling network based in Washington's Puget Sound region [More]
Read More »Dams May Be Rated for Environmental and Social Impacts Under New Agreement
By Jeff Tollefson of Nature magazine Hydropower is booming in the devel
Read More »Commentary: Supreme Court Decision Is Good, Bad and Ugly for U.S. Climate Policy
By Douglas Kysar of Nature magazine The US Supreme Court this week gave its opinion on American Electric Power v. [More]
Read More »Snake Genome Suggests Treatments for Human Heart Disease
NORMAN, Okla.--Snakes have been around for some 150 million years, but their ancient physiology might hold some important clues to developing new drugs. [More]
Read More »The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Natural Selection and Evolution, with a Key to Many Complicating Factors
June is Pride Month in the United States, and in communities across the country, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered Americans are celebrating with carnivals, parades, and marches. Pride is a rebuke to the shame and marginalization many LGBT people face growing up, and a celebration of the freedoms we've won since the days when our sexual orientations were considered psychological diseases and grounds for harrassment and arrest
Read More »Open Access Publishing of Scientific Research Comes of Age
By John Whitfield of Nature magazine A study of open-access publishing--published last week in the open-access journal PLoS ONE --has found that the number of papers in freely accessible journals is growing at a steady 20% per year ( M. [More]
Read More »Warming Accelerates Sea Level Rise on U.S. East Coast
Sea level is rising faster along the U.S.
Read More »Adult Stem Cells Reverse Rare Genetic Blindness in Retinal Cells
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Read More »Vaccines for Malaria, TB and HIV Warrant Firm Focus
By Erika Check Hayden of Nature magazine As president of global health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, 66-year-old Tachi Yamada has been responsible for allocating billions of dollars to health projects around the world.
Read More »World’s First Transatlantic Flight… on Biofuels [Video]
This past weekend, the Paris Air Show witnessed two historic firsts: the first transatlantic flight on biofuels , closely followed by the second, which involved a much larger jet (although a smaller percentage of bio-jet fuel).
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