Microbiologists from the University of Essex have shown they can break down and remove toxic compounds from crude oil and tar sands using microbes. These acidic compounds persist in the…

"Jatropha Is Not Competing with Existing Food Crops to Produce Biodiesel” The biofuel market is growing, and with it the development of certain crops to meet energy needs. One of which is Jatropha, a…

You've heard the saying that money won't buy happiness; of course, that is true though some of it is also sweet lemons rationalization.    So why is it that so many special interest groups…

Salmonella typhi, the bacteria that causes typhoid fever, is obviously dangerous, with some 13 million people contracting typhoid fever annually,  fatally for 500,000 of them. Sanitation is the…

An international team of scientists has not only verified the existence of a mountain range that is suspected to have caused the massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet to form, but also has created a…

Jatropha curcas cultivation. Germplasm Reported from the Central and South American Centers of Diversity, physic nut, or cvs thereof, is reported to tolerate Slope. There is an endemic species in…

Utilization of Jatropha The jatropha plantation creates a positive correlation between energy production and food production. It promotes following main aspects of development whick combine to help…

The 2009 movie District 9 is a metaphor for what might be an evolved version of the world federalist government we have today.  Some time before the 1990s, conflicts were mainly fought between…

Jatropha curcas L. EuphorbiaceaePhysic nut, Purging nut   Uses According to Ochse (1980), "the young leaves may be safely eaten, steamed or stewed.". In India, pounded leaves are applied near…

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in citizen science was certainly not on the minds of 6-year-old Alyson Yates and her mom, Kate, when they stepped out into their back yard one day to scout for…

Started a unit on Force&Motion with my 5th grade class last week.  So far they are loving it!  My general style is to let them discover and play first, and explain the science behind it…

  Jatropha farming on common land has begun in Andhra Pradesh  India. FES has been working with state governments to help communities achieve legal recognition for the…

Every so often here a "investigation" by one Curtis Hinkle and the "transgender and intersexed community" will be cited. What about the people who did the investigating? Those anonymous members of…

One of the larger topics concerning international security and science is the nuclear proliferation among states and potentially non-state actors. The genie has been let of the bottle so to speak.…

“But to focus on combat vehicles is to miss the more important usage and dependency trends. In a study of fuel use in Iraq, the Marines found that only 10 percent of their consumption was by armed…

You know there's a lot of garbage floating around out there when it gets a name like "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch."  Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX)…

Rolling Stone began a recent article with this provocative lede: "The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great…

A couple of weeks ago someone found a "mysterious container" by the road in Atascosa County, Texas. Authorities in Atascosa County said the container appeared to contain hair and bones. They were…

I would like to thank the naked bike rider who had that slogan finger-painted on his back for the inspiration for this blog title. Yes, a naked bike rider. Ouch. Husband and I were enjoying a…

  1. COMPARISON OF BIOENERGY  WITH OTHER Renewable Energy 1.1. Advantages · Sufficient competitiveness of biomass as energy resource in comparison with hydrocarbon · High potentiality…