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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Photo via Glen Bowman Bad news for dragonflies and damselflies as the global water crisis crunches down on us. Due to climate change and poor land management leading to habitat degradation, one fifth of Mediterranean dragonflies and damselflies are threatened with extinction, according to a report by the IUCN . ... Read the full story on TreeHugger The rest ...
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Photo via BotheredbyBees Honey lovers, you have a whole new reason to feel dedicated to the sweet sticky stuff. We know that honey has been used as an antibacterial for cuts and scrapes for ages. The high sugar content strips much-needed water from bacteria. But a certain type of honey may be more potent than usual, and help to ...
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Image from the Guardian We have heard of music performed on vegetables , and in ice and played on car parts and bicycle parts . Now, as part of Pestival , a weekend festival celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect, we've got a concert of experimental music inspir... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Image via: Uxsight.com We recently received a tip on a USB Ultrasonic Mosquito Pest Repeller now available for just $5.69 USD, plus another $5 for shipping. While this handy, little device eliminates the use of pesticides and other harmful bug sprays , we wondered if the thing actually works and if there is anything... Read the full story on ...
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Pestival , is a weekend festival packed with art, music, talks and workshops, celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect. It starts from the fact that eighty percent of creatures on earth are insects, the 'pests' without whom humans wouldn't survive and goes on from there. Eco-artist Bob and Roberta Smith has created a travelling ...
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It's called " Pestival A Festival of Insects in Art " and as crazy as it sounds--it works! It's an examination, in the nicest possible way, of how insects shape our world and how humans shape the world of insects. There is art, music, food, activities, lectures and lots more. First off, the termite pavilion. It's a walk-in structure ...
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Fishing could become a pastime of the past if global temperatures continue to rise, according to a recent study. Photo courtesy of Wayne National Forest, via Flickr . We all know global warming is generally changing the planet for the worse, but the specifics aren't always on our minds. You'd have to be living under a rock not to ...
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Photo by James Haefner So what do you get when you add an invasive bug that kills millions of trees to a heavily wooded area? If you’re the Ann Arbor District Library (AADL), you use the situation as an opportunity to build a world-class green building that takes using local materials to a whole-new-level... Read the full story on ...
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Photo credit: BotheredByBees @ Flickr Bees might be the most interesting insects in the whole world. They're great architects, accidental chefs of some of the sweetest stuff on Earth, and, oh yeah, have a hand in almost the entire world's food supply. But bees are in trouble, too. Colony collapse disorder is something we've seen evidence of for a ...
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Photo: Wikipedia , Public domain Heigh-Ho! Heigh-Ho! Breaking Down Dead Leaves! Leaf-cutter ants, fungi and bacteria are playing as a team when it comes to the most energy possible out of dead leaves, and scientists think that by studying this 50-million years old "symbiotic bioreactor" they can figure out how to make biofuels more effectively. But they can't just ...
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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 ...
