Today marked the second time I have seen a raptor snatch a dove from my back yard.
Thoughts on learning, life and technology
Today marked the second time I have seen a raptor snatch a dove from my back yard.
Scientific American (www.SciAm.com) reports on a technology that can create cement from the carbon dioxide exhaust from power plants. It’s an intriguing idea. Each ton of cement created in this manner would sequester a half ton of CO2.
Project Better Place aims to see to it that the electric car operators’ network is put in place globally, one country at a time. Due to its size and technological readiness, Israel has agreed to be one of the first countries to establish an infrastructure to support plug-in electric vehicles.
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A favorite object of ridicule is any claim that the climate is changing significantly due to human activity. Within that general area of denial, climate models are especially favored targets.
Today, when I should have already begun researching for my dissertation idea paper, I was just getting up from brunch when the PBS Nova series began. Expecting another episode on nebulas or colliding galaxies, I started from my chair. But then I saw that the topic was ape intelligence, specifically, what accounts for the differences [...]