Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Image Source: Darren Hester Dear Pablo: I heard a rumor that you can incubate store-bought eggs and actually hatch chicks. Can this be true? Contrary to common belief, a rooster is not required for hens to produce eggs. With this said, most commercially produced eggs are laid by hens that are isolated in cramped wire cages with no roosters ...
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We have followed nature conservation organization Wild Wonders of Europe since they launched the biggest nature photography project ever. We watched the milestones , including catching the world's rarest cat on film. So it is with a sad heart that we bring you the last in this series, a selection of the best animal-in-action and... Read the full story ...
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Double-crested cormorants typical of the sort that frequent eastern Lake Ontario. Image credit: Wikipedia Locals are weighing in early against plans to install hundreds of wind turbines in the shallows of Eastern Lake Ontario. The NY Power Authority-proposed project is purported to be ' not in the economic interest of the community ' as reported in the Tonanwanda News ...
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The black-redstart population in Birmingham has four new chicks. Photo via the BBC Like a celebrity couple sneaking off to a remote island to wed or give birth away from the paparazzi and the spotlight, a breeding pair of one of Britain's rarest birds has "successfully raised four chicks at a secret location in the centre of Birmingham," reports ...
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Photo: Taylar . Bodies that work with the Earth's magnetic field to determine location. Female-only societies. Telling whether you're a friend or a jerk there to make trouble with just one whiff. Homes so efficient they keep one steady temperature all the time. No, we're not talking about new X-Men or other comic book characters, we're talking about animals ...
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White-rumped vulture, photo: Lip Kee Yap via flickr Some hope for three species of endangered Indian vultures: Conservationists have successfully bred all of them in captivity for the first time. Considering that at current rates of decline--brought about in no small part because of a painkiller used in cattle (more on that below)--these vultures would be globally extinct within ...
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Photo via Mabels When it comes to daring rescues, most news focuses on those acts of bravery committed by humans -- but the animal world has heroes too. The amazing feats on these pages -- from a lion saving a baby rhino, to a dog saving a cat, to a dolphin saving a whale -- show just how far ...
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A Great Indian bustard. Photo via Madras Ramblings . When the animal a national park was designated to protect hasn't been seen in the area for 16 years, is it worth maintaining the land as a sanctuary? Residents of the villages around the Karera bird sanctuary in India say no -- and argue that their economic, and marital, prospects ...
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Image via wikipedia A very rare feather, the white-tipped tail feather of an extinct New Zealand bird called the huia, sold at auction last week for a whopping $5,880. The huia was last seen in 1907, which makes the tail feather understandably precious among collectors. Still, it was only estimated to be worth $550-700...that is until the bidding turned ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
