…clippers, like garden shears, to cut the nets of British fishing trawlers, causing the loss of both nets and catches. Iceland broke diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom for a…
…top of the energy heap. It ruled, notwithstanding its devastating effects on miners’ lungs and lives, the urban air, and the land from which it came; but about 1900 the…
…Rising income, meanwhile, has raised the population’s demand for food, multiplying the effect of its growing numbers. The rich eat more than do the poor. But the main effect of…
…holidays”2 -1,744 -8,534 -10,278 -720 -3,280 -4,000 Shorter/Longer Work career3 +11,674 -13,779 -2,105 -2,675 +19,268 +16,593 TOTAL -26,830 -34,810 -61,640 -22,240 -710 -22,950 1Changes in hours worked per week (lower…
…colic, paralysis, and death until the practice was eliminated in the eighteenth century.7 The comparably acute effects of mercury and other metals have been well–documented. But the possibility, insufficiently researched, also…
…energy heap. It ruled notwithstanding its devastating effects on miners’ lungs and lives, the urban air, and the land from which it came; but about 1900, the advantages of an energy…
…does not affect the surroundings. If the improved variety resists pests, it lessens the external effects of pesticides compared to a sprayed crop. By minimally changing the external effects of…
Galatee’s The Seasons, on which Jesse Ausubel served as a science advisor, earns good reviews. Review: The Nature Documentary ‘Seasons’ Looks at Land Animals New York Times ‘Seasons’ takes a…
…panel, convened by the EPA, that reviewed a list of 31 environmental problems. The problems were evaluated according to four different risk criteria: cancer-related effects, noncancer health effects, ecological e…
…Rather, individual faculty and funders have acted rationally in their self-interest, heedless until recently of possibly harmful collective effects. Objective understanding of doctoral production and use demystifies many current features…