The Jack Rabbit of Depression, or Do economic slumps benefit environment?
…what happened to USA energy use and emissions during the slumps of the 1930s and after World War II.  A short essay, “The Jack Rabbit of Depression, or Do…
…what happened to USA energy use and emissions during the slumps of the 1930s and after World War II.  A short essay, “The Jack Rabbit of Depression, or Do…
A January 11 column in the Los Angeles Times favors the Census of Marine Life over the mission to Mars. So do we! Read our copy of the column (PDF)….
John Tierney article in the NY Times on biases in academia citing work by Neil Gross and Solon Simmons supported by the Lounsbery Foundation and about workplace flexibility supported by…
…Vineyard Times and its magazine Edible Vineyard feature Jesse Ausubel’s views and his collection of eDNA at the Inkwell Beach in Oak Bluffs and elsewhere on the Island. https://www.mvtimes.com/2020/08/15/future-island-fisheries/ Best-…
…revolution. The 14 September New York Times reports a new PNAS article providing strong evidence for Tommy’s view. A memorial service is planned for Tommy in Ithaca on 13 October….
…New York Times for attacking McCarthy in a sermon entitled “It can happen here” in July 1953, more than 3 months before Murrow aired his first show on CBS TV….
Stimulated by a new article by our Guelph colleagues, the New York Times Tuesday 5 November ran a long article article about application of DNA barcoding to botanical products, and…
…hydrocarbons. The recent JET fusion experiment achieved density 10,000,000 times coal with deuterium-tritium fuel. Note: *CANDU is a pressurized heavy water reactor. Sources of data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density and https://euro-fusion.org/eurofusion-news/dte3record/. Figure prepared…
…and three major barcoding initiatives launched: 1) World Fishes, 2) All Plants of Costa Rica, and 3) World Birds, the latter led by Mark Stoeckle together with researchers at Guelph…
Border inspectors and wildlife officials around the world look for endangered species killed and trafficked in violation of national laws and international treaties. Sometimes the objects are easily identified but…