BBC’s Science Focus imagines a brighter future … brighter from the blazing fire-tornadoes used to clean plastics and oil from our over-polluted oceans:
… Read the rest “Fire-nadoes to clean the ocean”Taking inspiration
CTV News has an item from University of British Columbia researchers who have found an alternative to Port-a-Potties and camp toilets that doesn’t need all the maintenance, doesn’t… Read the rest “A toilet powered by mushrooms”
SONG: “Dirt Poor”. (OGG version here.)
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SOURCE: Based on “Dirty emotions: Microbes in soil may affect hormones tied to love, mental health and social… Read the rest “SONG: Dirt Poor”
PhysOrg reports on Flinders University researchers who have found that soil microbes can affect our gut biota, which in turn can influence our emotional lives, including our feelings … Read the rest “Dirty love: Soil steering our emotions”
IFL Science introduces us to “plastivores” — a species of waxworm caterpillars (often thought of as beehive pests) that get fat gorging themselves on plastic waste… Read the rest “Hungry caterpillars eat plastic pollution”
Science shares research that identifies a massive killer of honeybees — a virus that’s carried by pesticide-resistant mites:
… Read the rest “USDA finds what caused America’s biggest bee die-off.”U.S. beekeepers had a disastrous winter. Between
Mongabay reports on a survey of data going back 25 years that show Alaskan coastal wolves have changed their diet from deer to sea otters — and have acquired toxic levels of mercury … Read the rest “Eating sea otters is giving wolves mercury poisoning.”
Nature reports on a study from China that found thousands of endangered trees growing on the grounds of religious monuments across the country:
… Read the rest “The temple as refuge … for endangered species.”It is an example of “where ecological and
Reuters reveals the discovery of 27 new species in the Peruvian Amazon, including a strange species of amphibious mice:
… Read the rest “There are amphibious mice in the Amazon.”Scientists also discovered a spiny mouse, a squirrel, eight types
SONG: “Two Wolves Inside Us” . (OGG version here.)
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SOURCE: Based on Ecology, 14 Nov 2024, “Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves… Read the rest “SONG: Two Wolves Inside Us”
AP News reports that a particularly dramatic “invasive exotic” species – Vespa mandarinia, the Asian giant hornet, better known as the “murder hornet”… Read the rest “Farewell, murder hornets. We got you.”
Today, the company that produced this add is known as Lindblad Expeditions, and is so closely associated with National Geographic that it’s often known as NatGeo/Lindblad Expeditions.… Read the rest “Science Art: Lindblad Travel ad, 1969.”
Sentient Science reports on an unexpected flaw that might interfere with human attempts to reintroduce wolves into the wilds of Colorado. The problem isn’t the biology or ecology… Read the rest “Personalities count… for wolves.”
The journal Ecology has some unusual research about wild pollinators. They’ve found that famous species like honeybees and hummingbirds who spread pollen by daintily zipping … Read the rest “The birds, the bees, the… wolves?”
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