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Anti-climate-change-denier bots.

4 November 2010 grant b 0

I suppose it’d be shorter to call ’em debate-bots, but Popular Science has the skinny on a new breed of online entity programmed to tirelessly refute the same tired claims: … Read the rest “Anti-climate-change-denier bots.”

SONG: Run Straight Down (penitential Warren Zevon cover)

12 October 2010 grant b 0

SONG: “Run Straight Down” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant. Originally by Warren Zevon.

SOURCE: This is a penitential cover.… Read the rest “SONG: Run Straight Down (penitential Warren Zevon cover)”

The Michigan extinction event.

13 September 2010 grant b 0

It’s happening now, the CS Monitor writes. The entire Lake Michigan ecosystem is collapsing:

The quagga [mussel] is found in all of the Great Lakes; the invasive species was introduced

… Read the rest “The Michigan extinction event.”

Charles Darwin: Terraformer

6 September 2010 grant b 0

The BBC exposes a secret experiment by the man who brought us evolution: an island that Darwin turned into an artificial ecosystem:

Ascension was an arid island, buffeted by dry trade winds

… Read the rest “Charles Darwin: Terraformer”

SONG: Rising Like the Sun

23 August 2010 grant b 0

SONG: “Rising Like the Sun”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Antidepressants in water cause shrimps… Read the rest “SONG: Rising Like the Sun”

Take a hike, kid.

19 August 2010 grant b 0

G’wan. Get out of here. No, you don’t need me to hold your hand. The Guardian says you should go outside and play!

[A] growing body of evidence is starting to show that it’s

… Read the rest “Take a hike, kid.”

Desert feeds jungle.

11 August 2010 grant b 0

Nature reveals a hidden connection between Sahara dust and the Amazon rainforest:

Significant amounts of plant nutrients have been found in atmospheric mineral dust blowing from a vast

… Read the rest “Desert feeds jungle.”

The mosquito conundrum: Why not kill ’em all?

30 July 2010 grant b 0

Nature wades into the controversy, asking scientists what would really happen if we killed all the mosquitoes:

A stronger argument for keeping mosquitoes might be found if they provide

… Read the rest “The mosquito conundrum: Why not kill ’em all?”

Once it hits the Gulf Stream….

7 June 2010 grant b 0

I didn’t really need a computer simulation to show me this because I know how the Gulf Stream works, but here. Wired provides a look at what happens when the Gulf oil spill reaches the… Read the rest “Once it hits the Gulf Stream….”

Washing away.

30 April 2010 grant b 0

Slate (yeah, not the first place I look for science news, but hey) unearths the sad truth about beaches that aren’t going to be beaches much longer:

[Jim] Titus, the Environmental

… Read the rest “Washing away.”

Cookbook ecology

22 March 2010 grant b 0

“Trophic level” is a measure of how far up the food chain an animal is. It’s generally used in ecological studies to show how much impact a predator has on its habitat –… Read the rest “Cookbook ecology”

Our Antarctic Getaway

4 December 2009 grant b 0

New Scientist has a lovely brochure for a summer place down south – far, far south:

The cool climate of Antarctica was a refuge for animals fleeing climate change during the biggest

… Read the rest “Our Antarctic Getaway”

Coke Silver could save the world.

1 December 2009 grant b 0

Or, at least, do less harm. The folks at Gizmodo are touting the concept of the future-friendly paint-free Coke can:

So using only classic Coca-Cola’s daily sales figures, that means

… Read the rest “Coke Silver could save the world.”

Science Art: Food chain-2, Nordisk familjebok

19 October 2009 grant b 0



Click to embiggen

The circle of life, seen as a straight line. With a bird of prey at the top.

There’s something totemic about it, I think… King Bird looking over his food subjects.… Read the rest “Science Art: Food chain-2, Nordisk familjebok”

Affordable solar? Hair’s the ticket.

9 September 2009 grant b 0

OK, sorry for that headline. Ahem. But here! There are these two kids in Nepal who figured out how to make solar energy a heck of a lot cheaper to harness:

Milan Karki and Harihar Adhikari, have

… Read the rest “Affordable solar? Hair’s the ticket.”

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