World Tapir Day, 2015
I’ve just learnt (thanks, Marko Bosscher) that today (April 27th) is World Tapir Day, an annual event in which the world unites in celebration of our plucky, trunk-nosed perissodactyl pals and in which we aim to enhance awareness of tapir conservation through the raising of funds and sale of tapir-themed merchandise.
EIA Updates “Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields” Rankings
Both crude oil and natural gas reserves in the United States increased in 2013, according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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A swim with sewage aims to call attention to cleaning the Gowanus Canal, and other polluted waters in the U.S.
Culture Bites: The Changing Nature of the Food Truck Industry
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Can the U.S. Go All-Electric?
New homes wired with the latest smart gadgets cluster together around shared park spaces. Blue-black panels that transform sunshine into electricity grace a majority of roofs.
Inside the Wonderful World of Bee Cognition - How it All Began
One of the first things I get asked when I tell people that I work on bee cognition (apart from `do you get stung a lot?') is `bees have cognition?'.
Building an Earth-Size Telescope, One Station at a Time
Imagine a trio of aerobatic aircraft. Over the years they've gotten very good at their routine. But they want to add another five or six or seven members.
Go Ask Alice: The History of Toklas’ Legendary Hashish Fudge
Alice B. Toklas truly stirred the pot when she included a recipe for hashish fudge in her memoir-cum-cookbook. She published The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook in 1954, following the death of her lifelong partner, Gertrude Stein.
How BP's Blowout Ranks among Top 5 Oil Spills in 1 Graphic
BP's Macondo well disaster was bad but U.S. oil addiction is worse
The Enduring Mystery of the Missing Oil Spilled in the Gulf of Mexico
It's on the beach, in the marshes, on the continental shelf and under the deep sea—and still not all of the oil has been found
Learning to Make a Stone Age Axe Gives Clues to How the Brain Evolved
For many decades, scientists have tried to understand the past by doing as our forebears did. One important endeavor in what is called experimental archaeology involves moderns crafting Stone Age tools by chipping away at rocks.
Mad Science: The Treatment of Mental Illness Fails to Progress [Excerpt]
Recent questions about the validity of diagnostic criteria for mental illness have raised deeper questions about the current state of psychiatry