Exclusive: Interview with Senator John Edwards on Science-Related Topics
I had a great pleasure recently to be able to interview Senator - and now Democratic Presidential candidate - John Edwards for my blog. The interview was conducted by e-mail last week. As I am at work and unable to moderate comments, the comment section is closed on this post, but will be open on the previous post ( here ) where I hope you will ... (Read on Source)
Hunt for life on Mars goes underground in new NASA mission
AFP - The hunt for evidence of life on Mars will go underground next year when a NASA probe digs beneath the surface of the red planet's arctic northern plains, US scientists revealed Monday. (Read on Source)
PHYSICS ENVY AMONG BIOLOGISTS: FACT OR FICTION?
- FROM THE ARCHIVE - Physicists often state their belief that all biologists would rather be physicists, but became biologists only because they were not very good at math. As evidence for this, they point to such findings as the fact that the vast majority of published studies in virology, cell biology, endocrinology, and even microbiology, use ... (Read on Source)
Atlantic Tropical Weather Discussion
AXNT20 KNHC 101023 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 805 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007 TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL AMERICA...THE GULF OF MEXICO...THE CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE ... (Read on Source)
Could life have started with Simplicity?
One of the perplexing questions people ask in the origin of Life is how did such complexity ever evolve from a simple broth of chemicals in the prebiotic world. The first person to ever attempt to try to answer it was Harold Urey and Stanley Miller who created a chemical soup of ammonia (reduced Nitrogen), methane (reduced C), and hydrogen ( ... (Read on Source)
Would you like a Simpsons avatar?
Go to the Simpsons movie site and make your own. Here's mine. Hat-tip: Omni Brain . Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Global Warring: Climate Change Could Be The Root Of Armed Conflicts
Climate change, and the resulting shortage of ecological resources, could be to blame for armed conflicts in the future, according to David Zhang from the University of Hong Kong and colleagues. Their research, which highlights how temperature fluctuations and reduced agricultural production explain warfare frequency in eastern China in the past, ... (Read on Source)
Shuttle Endeavour?s Launch Pad Rollout Delayed
After more than four years, NASA?s space shuttle Endeavour will have to wait just a bit longer to return to the launch pad after anticipated bad weather prevented an early morning rollout at the Kennedy Space Center today. Endeavour, which last flew in 2002 before standing down for an overhaul, was slated to begin the 3.4-mile [...] (Read on Source)
Big players meet to shape video gaming's future
Rival video game console makers and leading software designers are in California to show off what they hope will be this year's blockbuster titles in the multi-billion-dollar industry. (Read on Source)
Global Warming
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'Cute Knut' Polar Bear Cub Goes Solo
Berlin Zoo's polar bear cub's handler won't be on display with Knut any more; bear itself has no such problems with celebrity. (Read on Source)
Drought-stricken OC gets new plea to save water
Click "continue reading" for the daily science quiz. EVERY DROP COUNTS Orange County and the rest of Southern California will today be asked to conserve an additional 7 billion gallons of water per year to help the region get through a severe drought that might last well into next year. The request will come from the Metropolitan Water District ... (Read on Source)
MLB to Launch Video Archive Web Site
(AP) -- Major League Baseball's postseason marketing campaign will include a Web site that allows fans to create their own compilations of past playoff highlights. (Read on Source)
In Latest Robotics, New Hope for Stroke Patients
A new robotic device is designed to help stroke patients regain motion in their arms. (Read on Source)
The brain predicts our perception of the outside world
The human brain anticipates our perception of the outside world. For example, it is capable of predicting if we are going to perceive tactile stimulation of weak intensity or, on the contrary, if a more intense stimulation will be perceived more or less painfully. (Read on Source)
Eureka Features ?Razor? Preview?
Watch Eureka tonight and catch a sneak peak of Battlestar Galactica’s mini-movie “Razor.” (Read on Source)
Killer Mice Eat Birds Alive on Remote Island
But video footage reveals the tiny house mice invading the nests of young chicks and proceeding to gnaw through chicks' feathers and skin before gorging on their entrails. (Read on Source)
Fluorescent Light Bulbs Called 'Toxic Time Bombs'
Energy experts: public should know compact fluorescent light bulbs can't be recycled, handled like regular light bulbs due to mercury content. (Read on Source)
And I thought my press coverage was awesome
As env-econ.net readers well know, I'm no self-absorbed, monotheistic glory hound. In fact, the coastal North Carolina climate study that I was part of was but a small component of a multi-state research effort. At the organization / proposal / dog and pony show meeting last summer in Washington, DC... (Read on Source)
GM skin cells against cancer
British scientists writing in the British Journal of Cancer have announced success in the use of genetically modified skin cells to fight neuroblastoma tumours in mice. One in 500 children develops cancer, and 15% of all cancer fatalities in children are the result of neuroblastoma tumours. Although the research has shown success with mice, ... (Read on Source)
Gesetzesnovelle: Erleichterungen für Forscher
Das Wirtschaftsministerium hat heute eine Novelle zum Ausländerbeschäftigungsgesetz in Begutachtung geschickt, die vor allem für die Familien von ausländischen Forschern Verbesserungen bringen wird. (Read on Source)
How long do we shed flu virus?
CDC recommends (MMWR Recomm Rep. 2005 Jul 29;54(RR-8):1-40) hospitalized patients with influenza A be placed under standard and droplet isolation precautions for 5 days after the onset of their symptoms. This is based on studies of volunteers who received live attenuated flu vaccine drops in their noses. After 7 days only 1 of 18 were shedding ... (Read on Source)
Ancient caves show chilies long a Mexican staple: study
Ancient Americans liked it really hot, apparently. Scientists examined soil layers dating as far back as 1,500 years to find that inhabitants of Mexican cave settlements grew at least 10 kinds of chili peppers, according to a study released Monday. (Read on Source)
General plan of China's phase II lunar exploration program completed
The "Beijing Youth Daily" reported that recently China has completed experiments and testing of the major engineering systems of its phase I lunar orbiting and probe program. The launch is expected this year. A general plan for the phase II ... (Read on Source)
Exercise In Elderly Improves Quality Of Life
A new study compares the efficacy of three programs designed for reducing falls and improving quality-of-life among the elderly; education, home safety assessment and modification (HSAM) and exercise training. The study also examines the secondary effects of these programs on functional balance, daily activity, fear of falling and depression level, (Read on Source)
How To Manage Floating Fluids In Space
On Earth, fluid management systems rely on gravity. In your car, for instance, a pipe runs from the bottom of the fuel tank to the engine. Gravity positions the fuel at the bottom of the tank, and the fuel pump forces it through the pipe and up to the engine. But in space, where gravity is virtually absent, fluids aren't so predictable. ... (Read on Source)
Potomac Water Quality to Be Monitored
(AP) -- Virginia plans to install a monitoring station in the Potomac River that will help boaters and fishermen while assisting marine biologists studying the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. (Read on Source)
Fahrer schwarzer Autos leben gefährlich
Jetzt hat man es schwarz auf weiß: Die Fahrer schwarzer Autos werden häufiger in Unfälle verwickelt. Das erhöhte Risiko liegt offenbar am niedrigeren Kontrast zur Umgebung, wie australische Forscher berichten. (Read on Source)
Media Misinformation, PR Pollution, and other noxious gases.
The Sierra Club and Brave New Films have launched a new video on the spread of media misinformation on Fox News. Fox Attacks: The Environment is a pretty nasty collection of the lies, damn lies, and statistics that Fox News has spread to the American public about one of the greatest threats humanity has ever faced. So lets not be fooled just ... (Read on Source)
Hundreds of thousands stranded in India floods
Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of people remained stranded with little food and water for a seventh day in eastern India, while heavy rains continued to pour in the west sparking more flooding, officials said on Tuesday. (Read on Source)
And they're off! Education meeting at Brighton Racecourse
Emma Tonkin and I have just returned from the RCN 1 st International Joint Education Forums conference, at Brighton Racecourse, where we were presenting a paper on the strategic approach of the NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre nursing programme. It was good to see that there was genuine international representation, ... (Read on Source)
Fruits, Veggies Not Yummy Enough for Kids
Hardly any federal programs have succeeded in changing the way kids eat. Last year a pilot program went so far as to give away fruits and vegetables to fifth graders. By the end of the year, kids were less willing to eat them. Apparently they realized they didn't like the taste. (Read on Source)
Links
The first copy of my subscription to New Humanist has arrived. A few articles of interest. Meera Nanda's review of Holy Warriors: A journey into the heart of Indian fundamentalism. A C Grayling is in no charitable mood as he gives one Mr John Gray a good beating for being an apologist for religion and for getting many ideas backwards. Sally ... (Read on Source)
Eleventh Five-Year Plan for development of high tech industry published
With the State Council's consent, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the eleventh Five-Year Plan for the development of the high tech industry. A leader, associated with the National Development and Reform Commission, sai ... (Read on Source)
Call rooms I have known
I’m a young Jamie Lee Curtis right now (minus the good looks, perky boobs, and that XY chromosome thing). This is because I write you from a call room that is directly out of a horror movie. No, really. I find the fact that the door has no lock extremely disconcerting. I’m just waiting to be attacked. (Read on Source)
Children of the Mind
Children of the Mind is the fourth and final volume in the original Ender Saga by Orson Scott Card, winner of the Hugo and Nebula award.... (Read on Source)
Rickets and the far north
Over the past two days I've posted about the problems with Vitamin D deficiency that can crop up at high latitudes because of low UV levels. In Civilization Felix Fernandez-Armesto quotes a source stating about the Sami of Finland: ...They are blow-legged from rickets .... The argument I made earlier was that the Sami did not become very light ... (Read on Source)
07-09-2007: Landscape of Eastern Utah
The photo above showing sharply eroded sandstone cliffs was taken at a location off of Route 70 in eastern Utah, not far from the Colorado border. These cliffs are part of the Shinerump and Kaibab sandstone formations, which were created when the "Western Interior Seaway" covered this part of Utah. See also the Earth Science Picture of ... (Read on Source)
07-10-2007: Blue Quartz
This blue quartz megacrystal is located in the pegmatites of the Cape Ann granite at Andrew’s Point in Rockport, Massachusetts. The Cape Ann granite is an igneous rock formation that's part of the Avalon terrane in southeastern New England. This terrane collided with Laurentia (old North America) in the late Ordovician through the Silurian ... (Read on Source)
Atlantiküberquerung per Schilfboot
Der Chemnitzer Experimentalarchäologe Dominique Görlitz setzt in New York das Segel: Mit seinem nachgebauten Steinzeit-Boot "Abora III" will er von Manhattan aus den Atlantik bis zu den kanarischen Inseln überqueren. Der 40-jährige Biologe möchte damit beweisen, dass es auch schon vor 14.000 Jahren regelmäßigen ... (Read on Source)
Black holes at the LHC
The Planck length: theoretical background Lenin used to believe that every electron was a galaxy that contained many smaller electrons that were again galaxies with a lot of even smaller electrons and this hierarchy continued indefinitely. Even though a similar idea of structure and substructure works well at many longer scales, there are many ... (Read on Source)
The Fires of Heaven
In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times best seller The Shadow Rising, Robert Jordan again plunges us into his extraordinarily rich, totally unforgettable world.... (Read on Source)
Speaker for the Dead
In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared... (Read on Source)
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Pioneers From The USA And Europe Refute New England Journal Of Med
World leading PGD experts are issuing a rebuttal to an article on preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine which claims that PGD shows no benefit to pregnancy outcome in patients with advanced maternal age (AMA). Drs. [click link for full article] (Read on Source)
Asthma Gene Newly Uncovered
Scientists have discovered a gene mutation that could up the risk of developing asthma by as much as 80 percent. A study of more than 2,000 children has pinpointed a single gene that may be at the core of the debilitating lung disease, which affects some 20 million Americans. [click link for full article] (Read on Source)
Apple moths spread in California
The light brown apple moth, which was spotted in San Francisco earlier this year, has spread to other areas in California, state officials said on Monday. The moth, a pest that attacks a variety of crops, was previously detected in nine ... (Read on Source)
Molekularbiologie-Kongress: Pressetexte gekürt
Beim Kongress "FEBS 2007 - Molecular Machines" in Wien konnte Maria Figueiredo-Pereira (Hunter College, New York) den Wettbewerb um die beste Presseaussendung für sich entscheiden. (Read on Source)
Strom aus der Boje
Für Strom aus Wasserkraft braucht man in der Regel ein großes Kraftwerk und Stauraum. Nicht bei der so genannten Stromboje. Sie ist mobil und kann auf allen Flüssen eingesetzt werden. Der Prototyp wird derzeit in der Wachau getestet. (Read on Source)
Brazil gives Amazon dams go-ahead
Brazil gives an initial green light to the construction of two hydro-electric dams on the Amazon River. (Read on Source)
Cows that burp less seen helping in climate fight
Using modern plant-breeding methods to find new diets for cows that make them belch less is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Monday. (Read on Source)
New Single-Molecule Detector
Using tiny silicon rings that trap and circulate light, researchers have made an ultrasensitive device that can detect single biomolecules. Unlike standard techniques for detecting individual molecules, the new method, described online in Science last week, does not require labeling the target molecules with fluorescent tags, potentially making ... (Read on Source)
The Secrets to Living Past 100
A new project to partially sequence the genomes of 100 people age 100 or older could shed light on the genetic variations that allow some people to stay healthy decades beyond the average life expectancy. Dubbed the Methuselah Project, the endeavor will serve as a test bed for a new approach to sequencing developed at the Rothberg Institute, a non- (Read on Source)
Thoughts on Approaching Hormone Therapy Data
I recently posted three "Basics"-style blurbs about menopause and hormone therapy (HT). If you missed it, they are here , here , and here . The field has gone through a lot of upheaval since the WHI studies in 2002, and I would just like to share my thoughts on how to approach where we stand now. These are the sorts of questions and ... (Read on Source)
Meta-analysis: The Effect of Dietary Counseling for Weight Loss
Michael L. Dansinger, MD, MS; Athina Tatsioni, MD; John B. Wong, MD; Mei Chung, MPH; and Ethan M. Balk, MD, MPH Background: Dietary and lifestyle modification efforts are the primary treatments for people who are obese or overweight. The effect of dietary counseling on long-term weight change is unclear. (Read on Source)
, approximately 12:10 p.m.
I’ve been trying for months not to have to write this. It’s become obvious that I’ve needed to, if only to try to get the recurring thought it describes out of my mind, where it has come up at odd and frequent intervals, usually just as I almost drift off to sleep. I’m posting it here because I’m not sure what else ... (Read on Source)
REVIEW: Children of Hurin by J. R. R and Christopher Tolkien
REVIEW SUMMARY: Don't like your name in Middle Earth? Make up a new one; but don't expect your luck to change! MY RATING: MY REVIEW: PROS: The story of Turin Turambar is one of the best stories from the First Age of Middle Earth. Christopher Tolkien has done an admirable job of fleshing out this tale. CONS: Readers of The Silmarillion may be ... (Read on Source)
ID neither explains nor predicts
Dembski, quoting Moorad Alexanian: Dembski wrote: One can similarly say of Darwinian Theory of evolution, “I see evolutionary theory as not a theory–only a set of curious conjectures in search of a theory. True, it has great explanatory power, but a viable theory must have more than that. It must make predictions which can be ... (Read on Source)
Text Compressor 1% Away From AI Threshold
Baldrson writes "Alexander Ratushnyak compressed the first 100,000,000 bytes of Wikipedia to a record-small 16,481,655 bytes (including decompression program), thereby not only winning the second payout of The Hutter Prize for Compression of Human Knowledge, but also bringing text compression within 1% of the threshold for artificial intelligence. (Read on Source)
More Shatner in More Media
City on Fire and Days of Atonement author Walter Jon Williams has a eulogy up at his blog for Fred Saberhagen, who died a little over a week ago. Williams writes about Saberhagen's unacknowledged influence on fantasy, science fiction and horror. And he tells a couple of nice stories too. (Read on Source)
Japan seeks stress-free tuna for finer dining
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese researchers are looking for ways to reduce stress levels in tuna caught in nearby waters, so they taste better when they hit the plate. (Read on Source)
Essay: As Diet Ideas Abound, Is Willpower Obsolete?
The importance of willpower in promoting weight loss is becoming an obsolete notion. Is it worth saving? (Read on Source)
South Korean lab looks at cloning drug-sniffing dogs
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean laboratory that produced the world's first cloned dogs is looking to get into the business of cloning canines, first by cloning drug-sniffing dogs, a lab official said on Tuesday. (Read on Source)
Hurricane Center?s Director Is Replaced After a Mutiny
From the New York Times: Stanley B. Goldenberg, a meteorologist at the hurricane research center, said he was ?very upset? at the change and the events leading to it.?What bothers me the most is Bill was sharply reprimanded for his public statements about the lack of funding for certain things and the way certain funds were being used,? ... (Read on Source)
Ecuador Announces Measures to Protect Galapagos Islands
( Picture: Visitors to the Charles Darwin research centre overcrowd the tortoises visiting pens. UNESCO/Daniel Fitter ) Last April, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), warned that the increase of tourism was damaging the Galapagos Islands? fragile ecosystem and in late June, the organism included the ... (Read on Source)
Man crush
I am a confident male, comfortable in my physical nature. This is why I can state without any sense of apology that I have several Man Crushes. I am hoping that by making this public announcement, it will become more common and acceptable among men who are some how and in some ways lesser men [...] (Read on Source)
Tardy Podcast
FYI, I am having some technical difficulties with the sound quality for podcast #28, but I expect to have it out by late Tuesday night. In the meantime feel free to check out The Hype Machine for the latest music. (Read on Source)
Cancer Gene Therapies Improving
Effective gene therapies for cancer are becoming more plausible for the near future, as illustrated by this report from EurekAlert! : "A molecularly engineered therapy selectively embeds a gene in pancreatic cancer that shrinks or eradicates tumors, inhibits metastasis , and prolongs survival with virtually no toxicity ... The researchers call ... (Read on Source)
PLoS ONE Release Candidate 0.7
When the Topaz development team first started working on the framework, they had the daunting task of consolidating an 18 month development cycle into 8 months to meet the December launch date of PLoS ONE. We were able to get PLoS ONE launched on Topaz but in doing so, the Topaz developers took some shortcuts with the framework that had ... (Read on Source)
: Neanderthal DNA Suggests a Separate, Unequal Being
Darwin's "single-origin" theory gets a boost when scientists unlock the DNA of a Neanderthal skeleton. (Read on Source)
Today's prices at Grimsby
Www.fishupdate.com is published by Special Publications. Special Publications also publish FISHupdate magazine, Fish Farmer, the Fish Industry Yearbook, the Scottish Seafood Processors Federation Diary, the Fish Farmer Handbook and a range of wallplanners. (Read on Source)
YouTube Does Science, From Fruit-Fly Fight Clubs to Stem Cell Extractions
Years behind the lab bench taught Moshe Pritsker that the trickiest part of any science experiment isn't the hypothesis, it's the method. The former Harvard researcher learned this lesson back in his student days, after carefully following the instructions on a specialized kit for isolating DNA. "Surprise," Pritsker says, "no DNA!" A colleague ... (Read on Source)
The President of Steorn tries to explain the failure of Orbo
Last week, I wrote about the latest attempt to defy the laws of thermodynamics and make a free energy machine and how it went down in flames. Specifically, I wrote about Steorn, the Irish tech company that announced last August that it had developed technology to produce a free energy machine and more recently announced that it was going to ... (Read on Source)
Wachovia Bank To Open 300 "Green" Branches
Wachovia plans to expand in California by constructing the first of 300 green branches nationwide, all to be completed by 2010. Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachovia, which maintains its western headquarters in Oakland, said the green branches will use at least 20 percent less energy and 25 percent less water. The bank plans to start employee recycling ... (Read on Source)
The Problem, Illustrated
Why, despite the great range of potential applicable biotechnology , do we not see hundreds of millions of dollars invested in startups attempting to address the aging process? The answer is buried in this New York Times article on Sirtris: "Dr. Westphal and Mr. Sinclair stress that they are not working to 'cure' aging, a condition that, so far ... (Read on Source)
Simpson is my middle name
No, really, it is. And although I followed the Identikit procedures exactly, I'm sure anyone who has met me will say I look nothing like this guy: Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Start a company in 54 hours
Adam Rubenstein got to participate in an event I would have loved to be at. Lucky devil. I am suitably green around the gills. Technorati Tags: VoSnap, Adam Rubenstein (Read on Source)
A review of Hitchens
I probably agree with Christopher Hitchens on many substantive points. But I won't be reading his book. Instead, we can thank this reviewer for their critical, ascerbic, and I suspect in the end accurate review of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything . Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Wellcome Trust Images
The Wellcome Trust's extensive library of images in now available through Creative Commons Licence [wellcome images]. Over on Memoirs of a Skepchick we've been challenged to find the coolest image [Something to get geeked about]. Here's my entry .... (Read on Source)
Science/Nature
Cod crisis could aid Scots industry
THE dramatic cut in the Icelandic cod quota presents new opportunities for the Scottish fishing industry, a leading industry figure said today. (Read on Source)
WWF film calls for Marine Act
STAKEHOLDERS including a sea angler from Hartlepool and an oyster fisherman from Essex have added their voice to 'A Fair Share of the Sea', a new film produced by WWF as the latest step in its Marine Act Campaign. (Read on Source)
Oil Experts: ?Extremely Tight in 5 Years?
When scientists say oil production could peak soon, the reports are met with skepticism, especially in industry. When economists talk, industry pays more attention. That makes Monday’s forecast from the International Energy Agency (IEA) significant. Whether it’s in a year, a decade or a century, oil production will peak. Thing is, ... (Read on Source)
Get yer gear on...
Get the goods here . (Read on Source)
The CBO responds to the Senator from New Mexico regarding the dangers of cap-and-trade
From the WSJ Economics Blog:The Congressional Budget Office, in response to an inquiry from Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D., N.M.) regarding a recent issue brief, said a cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide emissions could be beneficial to the economy and need not enrich high-income households at the expense of those with... (Read on Source)
"Synchronize" Your Address Books
Let's see - you've likely got one list of contacts on your cell phone, perhaps another on a PDA, and definitely at least one on a PC - at your home, office, or both. Larry Magid tries out a new way to keep them all up to date. (Read on Source)
Rising sea levels pose threat to rice
Rising sea levels triggered by climate change pose an "ominous" threat to some of the world's most productive rice-growing areas, the International Rice Research Institute has warned. The Philippines-based institution is devoting fresh e ... (Read on Source)
New PS3 on sale next month
Sony announced a revised PlayStation 3 console yesterday with a bigger hard drive for storing downloaded content such as video games and high-definition movies. The new $599 PS3 increases the system's storage capacity from 60 to 80 gigab ... (Read on Source)
Ford, So Cal Ed to test plug-in hybrids
ROSEMEAD, California (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. on Monday announced a partnership with utility Southern California Edison to test a fleet of rechargeable electric vehicles and said it expected to sell such plug-in hybrids within the next decade if battery technology keeps pace. (Read on Source)
Let Me Tell You About Myself
After our last podcast, Shrinks on the Take (now what does that even mean?), we received the following comment/questions. Can one of you comment on this? OCD can make you feel like a weirdo and so I hid it through most of my treatment b/c it wasn ?t to bad, even though I didn ?t expect my therapist to judge me for it. When I finally brought ... (Read on Source)
Hawaii and New Jersey Laws Set Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reductions
States Continue to Lead in Absence of Federal Action The legislatures of Hawaii and New Jersey both recently passed laws specifying mandatory greenhouse gas reductions, joining California (see previous post ) as the second and third states in the nation, respectively, to enact mandatory greenhouse gas laws. Eleven other states have set ... (Read on Source)
Apropos nothing
So I'm catching up on e-mail with half an eye on the idiot box where my better half is watching the new episode of the "Closer"... it is good, almost good enough to make me stop what I'm doing and watch with full attention Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Potassium Permanganate
Potassium permanganate, or KMnO 4 , is one of the most well-known oxidizing agents in chemistry. Unfortunately, it's a bit like taking a gun to a knife fight... One of the big downsides of permanganate is the fact that it's a very polar ion. Crown ethers to the rescue. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Dispatches: A Grist correspondent sweats her way through Live Earth
With Live Earth over, Al Gore, Kevin Wall, and their no-doubt exhausted crew can be congratulated for pulling off at least one crazy ambitious feat: orchestrating a day of concerts across the time zones in eight cities on seven continents, with the cream of the global pop crop exhorting arena-sized crowds to be a lot nicer to the planet. (Read on Source)
ClockQuotes
The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep. - E. Joseph Cossman Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
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