They started on the project after learning about the 2011 famine in the Horn of Africa. The girls came up with an experiment that resulted in seriously impressive results that are considered a breakthrough in crop yield technoology: When a gardening project went awry, they discovered a naturally occurring bacteria… Continue reading
Originally, the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument was something that George W. Bush established during his last weeks in office. However, Obama has taken the symbolic ocean protection and turned it into something useful by growing the area to six times its original size. Going forward, this nearly half… Continue reading
PROVO, UTAH — This small city on the Wasatch Front south of Salt Lake City seems an unlikely locale for what could turn out to be an important battle against climate change. But here, in a modest building housing the U.S. Forest Service’s Shrub Sciences Laboratory, research ecologist Susan Meyer… Continue reading
“A military fortification from the Viking Age may shed more light on the links between Zealand, ancient Denmark and the Jelling dynasty — as well as teaching us more about the period during which Denmark became Denmark,” she said in the statement. READ MORE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/viking-fortress-denmark_n_5790788.html
Archaeologists at the bureau traced the weapon back to China’s Shang and Zhou dynasties, which spanned from 1600 B.C to 256 B.C. READ MORE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/3000-year-old-sword-discovered_n_5791252.html
An American academic is creating a searchable database of 12 million historical copyright-free images. READ MORE http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28976849
In the interest of curbing our own ecological overspending, here’s a list of 12 countries with ecologically sustainable policies. READ MORE http://www.alternet.org/environment/12-ecologically-sustainable-countries-and-why-they-should-be-admired?akid=12187.128915.I80Uab&rd=1&src=newsletter1017354&t=9
Too often, the real financial benefits of emission programs are overlooked. The mistake that most carbon reduction plans make is failing to estimate the benefits and subsequent money that is saved through improved air quality. … Pollution is responsible for plenty of health effects like heart disease, lung disease and… Continue reading
The main reason for having a huge factory dedicated to building these batteries is the simple fact that a lot of people want electric cars, but automakers don’t have enough batteries to make them. Musk said the Gigafactory would be able to produce 500,000 vehicles every year. That’s a huge… Continue reading
A prolonged drought has revealed that the mysterious monument’s ancient stones, which currently arc in a semicircle, likely once formed a complete circle. The source of this discovery? A garden hose, used for watering the grounds, that was too short to reach the monument’s far side. READ MORE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/02/stonehenge-full-circle-stones_n_5752134.html
