Tag: Biology - Page 9
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20,000 Gallons of Renewable Fuel Per Acre: Joule Biotechnology Lifts Veil on Direct CO2 to Fuel Process
If there's a holy grail of liquid renewable fuels it might look something like this: High yield per acre, doesn't negatively impact water supplies, doesn't compete with food crops, and is cost-competitive with fossil
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Award-winning Author David Quammen on Swine Flu, Evolution and Ecology
Photo by Steve Hunts David Quammen is the kind of author that changes your mind about what you think you know. His resume reads more like an instruction guide to being the smartest person in the room than merely work experience. He's a Rhode Scholar,
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Vegan Footwear - Cowhugger Walk with Me
Photo from Modesto Junior College MooShoes, Inc. is a vegan-owned business that sells an assortment of cruelty-free footwear, bags, t-shirts, wallets, books (mainly cookbooks) and other accessories. It is the first cruelty-free store of its kind in New
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Oysters are Restored to Waters in Need
During the last weekend in April, a group of volunteers laid the final necessary pieces into Withers Estuary to reintroduce oysters to their native ecosystem. The project is part of the Withers Estuary Community Collaborative
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Should Humans Assist Animals Migrate So Climate Change Doesn't Kill Them?
You probably seen reports on how global climate change is going to force migrations of animals into new ranges
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5 Natural Survival Tactics to Defend Against Terrorist Attack
Threat from weapons of mass destruction, espionage, high security among the worlds airlines... what do these all have in common? They are all worldwide adopted means to protect ourselves from the possibility of terrorist attack.
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Internet Can Be Used to Detect Early Warnings of Eco Changes
Researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University and the University of East Anglia have determined that the Internet can be used for a whole lot of untapped information mining - including detecting possible
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Scientists Have Begun to Nail Down the Process of Reading Minds
Photo via: Digital Shotgun Breaking Down the Complexity of the Brain Imagine a world where criminals no longer have the convenience of personal thought, the camouflage of lying, or the capability to hide behind memories they do not wish to share. The
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World's Most Efficient Supercomputer Used for World's Largest Simulation to Rebuild Prairies
Prairies are a major ecosystem in North America and yet they're nearly gone. In an effort to find out how to preserve what little is left and rebuild prairies, University of Houston and SiCortex - creator of the most energy
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Ecologist Josh Donlan on Bringing Sexy Animals Back via "Rewilding"
Josh Donlan wants conservation biology to have teeth. He's at the forefront of a hot new discipline called REWILDING. If he has his way, the bump in the night might be a lion or cheetah stalking you for dinner, and deer
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Organic Pecans Shake Up the Agriculture World
We all know organic produce is better for our health, but recent research in organic pecan farming has revealed it can also be better for farmers' pocketbooks. In 2002 researchers from the Agricultural Research Service
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The TH Interview: 2008 Brower Youth Awards (Part Two)
This week we hear from two more of this year’s Brower Youth Award winners. Marisol Bacerra has been using Google Maps and other media to plot toxic sites around her home neighborhood in Chicago. In Washington, D.C., Kari Fulton was singled out for her
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The TH Interview: 2008 Brower Youth Awards (Part One)
David R. Brower was a powerhouse of the American environmental movement—in fact, it’s pretty safe to say that without David Brower, the green movement wouldn’t be what it is today. Certainly not a man who slept late, Brower founded the Sierra Club
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British Experiments Feel Out Ecology of 2100 With Live Simulations
Experimenting with Mother Nature is one way to figure out how climate change will look in 90 years. And with increased cues that climate change is imminent, we're starting to get curious about what changes are going to occur so
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Watergoat Stormwater Debris Boom Eats Trash Out of Storm Drains
Watergoat Trash Debris Boom Much like its notoriously un-picky mammalian counterpart, the new storm system trash collector the Watergoat from First Earth Industries gathers any and all garbage that coasts through its path. The Watergoat is essentially a
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Earthwatch Institute Sends Volunteers on Conservation Missions
In 1971, we opened our doors to scientists of all
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Find the Portavilion in Your Park
Watch out in the park--these little houses keep popping up all over this summer. Portavilion is a public art project that plunks specially designed pavilions by famous artists into four parks across central London. The project is a celebration of
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Free Hybrid Electric Buses at Tokyo's Haneda Airport
What is there not to like about the new shuttle buses at Tokyo's Haneda Airport - the hybrid electric buses save energy and have less air pollution. They are more quiet and the ride is smooth as silk. Plus they are free. Hino has supplied one while
