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Discarded computers could bring Israelis and Palestinians together

2 December 2016 grant 0

Nature seems awfully optimistic about a program for recycling and processing “e-waste” in the Holy Land:

Electronics are dismantled in nearby villages as part of a massive

… Read the rest “Discarded computers could bring Israelis and Palestinians together”

Polar bears and grizzlies are making global-warming babies.

25 May 2016 grant 0

Washington Post has us – well, not exactly preparing for the end of the world, but definitely on our guard. When polar bears start mating with grizzlies, it’s definitely a sign… Read the rest “Polar bears and grizzlies are making global-warming babies.”

Prozac is making fish… different.

26 March 2016 grant 0

Discover reports on unanticipated consequences of antidepressants getting into the water and changing animal behavior:

[Teresa] Dzieweczynski, a psychologist at the University of

… Read the rest “Prozac is making fish… different.”

China goes green.

8 March 2016 grant 0

Amid news of massive layoffs and financial uncertainty, New Scientist sheds a ray of hope on the Middle Kingdom, reporting on China’s new five-year plan for a greener tomorrow:

This

… Read the rest “China goes green.”

SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump.”

23 November 2015 grant 0

SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Fish and Adaptation: Mangrove Fish Jumps into Air in Warming Water”, Nature World News, 21 Oct 2015,… Read the rest “SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump.””

Mealworms can eat our plastic trash.

1 October 2015 grant 0

Science Alert (citing Environmental Science & Technology) shows us a new way to think about chucking out all that delicious “non-biodegradable” garbage:

Researchers

… Read the rest “Mealworms can eat our plastic trash.”

The good news: There are lots more trees than we thought. The bad news: Well….

3 September 2015 grant 0

Washington Post spells out the bad news. There are more trees than we thought, but that means there are a *whole lot* less than there used to be:

In a blockbuster study released Wednesday in

… Read the rest “The good news: There are lots more trees than we thought. The bad news: Well….”

What makes tick-borne diseases so tough?

26 August 2015 grant 0

Nature tries to figure out why we’re not making the headway we should against Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and the rest of the tick-borne nasties:

[Scott] Williams is testing

… Read the rest “What makes tick-borne diseases so tough?”

Hope. Hope from frogs. They might just survive.

21 August 2015 grant 0

Nature reports that, in the face of extinction, frogs have a way to adapt to pesticides – a little:

Several species of frogs can quickly switch on genetic resistance to a group of commonly

… Read the rest “Hope. Hope from frogs. They might just survive.”

Live sharks discovered inside a live volcano.

10 July 2015 grant 0

National Geographic reveals an ecosystem my 10-year-old son might have dreamed up. It’s all lava, acid and sharks. Inside the cauldron of Kavachi is a “sharkcano”… Read the rest “Live sharks discovered inside a live volcano.”

Land planarians are invading the U.S.!

26 June 2015 grant 0

PeerJ has a study revealing how one the planet’s most invasive species has wormed its way into – of course – Florida:

The land planarian Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp,

… Read the rest “Land planarians are invading the U.S.!”

We don’t have to protect the Eastern Cougar any more. There aren’t any left.

18 June 2015 grant 0

The Guardian has more on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s official extinction verdict:

The agency said on Tuesday the four-year review, which included information from 21 states

… Read the rest “We don’t have to protect the Eastern Cougar any more. There aren’t any left.”

Once in the ocean, where does the plastic *go*?

16 December 2014 grant 0

Nature surveys the plastic in the seas, expects to see things like detergent bottles and Barbies breaking up into tiny “microplastic” particles, and doesn’t. So the… Read the rest “Once in the ocean, where does the plastic *go*?”

Blue whales have recovered, just about.

9 September 2014 grant 0

It’s taken quite a while, but AP can finally report that blue whales off the coast of California have finally reached pre-whaling-industry levels:

Researchers previously assumed

… Read the rest “Blue whales have recovered, just about.”

Lone Star? Windmill! Green energy booms in Texas.

27 June 2014 grant 0

Scientific American lauds the state long linked with oil money for breaking wind power production records:

The Lone Star State hit “peak wind” at 8:48 p.m. on March 26, when the state’s wind

… Read the rest “Lone Star? Windmill! Green energy booms in Texas.”

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