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Written By: grantb on July 23, 2007 3 Comments

SONG: “A World Without Us” (To download: right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant. I’m the guy who put this questionable site up on the internet for the world to see.

SOURCE: “An Earth Without People”, Scientific American, July 2007.

ABSTRACT: This article is an interview with science writer Alan Weisman, about his new book The [...]

Written By: grantb on July 21, 2007 No Comment

New Scientist reports on African primates using natural contraceptives from, of all things, plums:

Like the synthetic progestogens used in the pill, phyto-progestogens have a hormonal contraceptive effect similar to progesterone. Higham’s team found that levels of these progestogens surged in females during the plum season. From August to October, the baboons in the study area feed extensively on [...]

Written By: grantb on July 19, 2007 No Comment

Science News reports on Trouble in Paradise – how feelings of “social defeat” could be responsible for triggering schizophrenia, which might explain why the otherwise idyllic tropical island nation of Palau has nearly double the schizophrenia rate of the rest of the world (and, incidentally, why dark-skinned immigrants to light-skinned nations are also exceptionally prone to schizophrenia). The [...]

Written By: grantb on July 17, 2007 No Comment

How to make a bowed psaltery.

And, in case you’re wondering: What IS a bowed psaltery anyway? Why, it’s something like a cimbalom… or maybe even a ukelin! No, really!

Click for sound samples:

Written By: grantb on July 16, 2007 No Comment

On the one hand:

China had more wars in cold weather

Most of the armed conflicts in eastern China over the past 1,000 years were triggered by food shortages caused by climate, say researchers.

The finding lends weight to the idea that future climate change, resulting in water and food shortages, might have similar effects, says Earth scientist David Zhang, [...]

Written By: grantb on July 1, 2007 No Comment

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