NG has a sampling of some of the 850 underground animals found in Australia.
Phreatomerus latipes
Credit: Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, University of Adelaide
Mother Jones has a timeline of Climate Change science and politics extending back to 1800, when CO2 concentrations were 38 percent lower than today.
Elinor Ostrom won the 2009 Nobel Prize for economics for her work investigating the Tragedy of the Commons, clarifying how small groups of local people can manage the commons better than distant bureaucracies.
Unpredictable genetic engineering: A study of cucurbita gourd plants that received a modified gene for resistance to a virus from neighboring GM crops found that when the gourd plants grew resistant to the virus, they also grew appetizing to cucumber beetles that devoured the healthy transgenetic cucurbita.
Out in the middle of nowhere, the Virgin Galactic Spaceport will either be a fantastic tourist attraction or a $200-million flop, but right now it’s a great big field still being cleared.
Terminal Hangar Concept, Spaceport America
Credit: Spaceport America Conceptual Images URS/Foster + Partners
Despite internet rumors and the book Superfreakanomics statisticians reviewing the data assure us the world is still warming, with the decade ending in December being the warmest since record-keeping began 130 years ago.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers, which are extremely popular right now, are also extremely effective at preventing the spread of flu.
University of Alabama researchers have identified the blue crab molt-inhibiting hormone receptor, which, if they are correct, could be manipulated to have the crabs molt year-round, improving the crab industry’s output.
Supermodels Strip For Climate Change:
When we went to King’s Dominion last weekend, we religiously used alcohol based sanitizer after every ride. I don’t need to be catching the Swine. I hear it’s not very pleasant.