Government Regulations Could Cause Half Of Small Farms To Fail By 2050
"Whole earth farming” practices are a popular new government mandate. And they will wreck small farmers.
Environment
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Energy
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Inconsistency Of EV Battery Pack Performance Remains A Challenge
Electric cars are currently limited in utility, which means continued government subsidies and high cost, because battery technology has not changed in the last 35 years.
Atmospheric
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If You Worry About Microplastics, Be Grateful If Climate Change Means Fewer Hurricanes
Climate change has been implicated in the lack of hurricanes this year, but there may be an upside to doom from fewer atmospheric disasters. If you worry about microplastics, PM2.5, or other...
Paleontology
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Jurassic Puke: Plesiosaurs Knew Not To Vomit Where They Eat
Jurassic monsters sometimes needed to vomit. When they did, they went to shore.
Geology
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Climate Change Linked To Greater Arctic Earthquakes
A new paper believes that in an already seismically active Arctic region, permafrost degradation can weaken the ice that helps to bind fractures within rock.
Oceanography
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Is Coastal Flooding Now Predictable?
Flooding has long been an unpredictable event, as poorly understood as hurricanes or any weather. That may no longer be the case.
NASA satellites see Hispaniola was a tropical cyclone target five times in 2008
In 2008, residents of Hispaniola experienced one of their worst hurricane seasons in recent memory. Hispaniola, the Caribbean island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is located directly…
Amalgam fillings are safe, but skeptics still claim controversy, researcher says
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dental amalgam has been proven safe and effective for years, yet unfounded controversy still surrounds it, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says.
Dentists have used amalgam, an…
UT Southwestern researchers reveal how the brain processes important information
DALLAS – April 2, 2009 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have shed light on how the neurotransmitter dopamine helps brain cells process important information.
Researchers found in a…
New storage system design brings hydrogen cars closer to reality
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have developed a critical part of a hydrogen storage system for cars that makes it possible to fill up a vehicle's fuel tank within five minutes with enough…
Food security for leaf-cutting ants: Workers and their fungus garden reject endophyte invaders
Van Bael and colleagues used laboratory colonies of one leaf cutter ant species, Atta colombica, to test the ants' response to leaves from a tropical vine, Merremia umbellata, in which they had…
Passover's matzoh ball soup may be good for your health
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2009 — With the Jewish holiday of Passover beginning at sundown next Wednesday, April 8, a staple of the traditional dinner –– chicken soup with matzoh balls –– may take on…
Supervised exercise therapy can lead to improvements in COPD symptoms
LOS ANGELES (April 2, 2009) – Those suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often complain that exercise is too exhausting and leaves them breathless. An article in the current…
High-resolution image of the brightest Orion Trapezium star
Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing the first high-resolution image of the young binary system Theta1 Orionis C, located in the Orion Trapezium cluster. This image was obtained by a team of…
Scripps scientists help decode mysterious green glow of the sea
Many longtime sailors have been mesmerized by the dazzling displays of green light often seen below the ocean surface in tropical seas. Now researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC…
Sexy or repulsive? Butterfly wings can be both to mates and predators
New Haven, Conn. — Butterflies seem able to both attract mates and ward off predators using different sides of their wings, according to new research by Yale University biologists.
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