…Brilliantly Insane Plan to Reconstruct Leonardo da Vinci’s Genome https://gizmodo.com/the-brilliantly-insane-plan-to-reconstruct-leonardo-da-1774873148 Daily Telegraph, UK Leonardo da Vinci paintings analysed for DNA to solve grave mystery https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/05/05/leonardo-da-vinci-paintings-analysed-for-dna-to-solve-grave-myst/ La Repubblica – Leonardo, alla…
…of the Journal of Industrial Ecology, calls “designer waste streams.” Consider all that stalk, or stover, that every corn plant grows along with its kernels. Scientists at Monsanto and Heartland…
…6. U.S. Industrial Withdrawals, Total and per GNP Sources of Data: U.S. Historical Statistics, U.S. Statistical Abstract Technology, law, and economics have all favored frugal water use. Better management of demand…
…Even in 2020, we could already need to dispose carbon from gas alone equal to half today’s emission from all fuel and later it would cause about 75% of total…
…Urban (here) Agencia Efe,Científicos aprovechan la pandemia para hacer un mapa del sonido de los mares Gizmodo, United States International Project Will See How Quiet of Covid-19 Affected Oceans https://earther.gizmodo.com/international-project-will-see-how-the-quiet-of-covid-1-1846630821…
…of material (and the piles of tire carcasses blighting landscapes and breeding mosquitoes). Lightweight optical fibers with 30 to 40 times the carrying capacity of conventional wiring and invulnerability to…
…pump, distribution of oil is still clumsy. Fundamentally, oil is stored in a system of metal cans of all sizes. One of these cans was called the Exxon Valdez. Transfer between cans…
…independent of speed. A traditional electric or internal combustion engine cannot deliver power proportional to speed. In contrast, the new motors allow constant acceleration. Constant acceleration maglevs (CAMs) could accelerate…
…dispose carbon from natural gas alone equal to half today’s emission from all fuel and later methane would cause about 75% of total CO2 emissions. So, prevention of climate change must focus…
Added online reprints Malthus and the Graduate Studentsand Working Less and Living Longer. Link to the American Scientist web site with the abstract of Can Technology Spare the Earth?…