Washington Coast Sunset wallpaper
Orchid fossil quells evolutionary quarrel
A bee trapped by a glob of sap inside a come-hither orchid up to 20 million years ago has rewritten the evolutionary tale of a flower with the most fanatical following of any plant in the world.
In a study published Wednesday, biologists say the most recent [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Washington Coast sunset wallpaper,Rare orchid fossil found, Solar investments paying off
Posted in Environment-Energy, News, Science, economics on August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hurricane Andrew wallpaper, Lab grown organs, 500,000 year old DNA extracted
Posted in Health, News, Science, Tech on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hurricane Andrew Time Lapse satellite wallpaper
Hurricane Andrew was a category 5 hurricane and ranks second to Katrina as the most destructive hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. Andrew was the direct cause of 23 deaths in the U.S. and the financial impact was substantial,
The hurricane caused $26.5 billion in damage in the United States, [...]
Snowy Egret wallpaper, Airlines saving trees, Primatologist arrested in Brazil
Posted in Health, News, Science, Society & Culture on August 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Snowy Egret in flight wallpaper – Egretta thula
Paper airline tickets to become thing of the past
The move will save the airlines $9 per passenger and save 50,000 trees each year.
As Brazil Defends Its Bounty, Rules Ensnare Scientists
Marc van Roosmalen is a world-renowned primatologist whose research in the Amazon has led to the discovery of five [...]
Big Blue Wave wallpaper, The trials of Slow Food
Posted in Environment-General, Society & Culture on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Big Blue Wave wallpaper
One of the major forces behind much of our wasted energy use is processed foods. After nearly fifty of Wall Street telling America that if its advertised on TV and has a big brand name it must be good and too many of us have come to believe that. The only [...]
Montana stream wallpaper, Bird populations definitely in decline
Posted in Environment-wildlife, News, Science, Society & Culture on August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Montana mountain stream wallpaper
A Dimming Silence: Bird By Bird, The Avian Population is Shrinking
Earlier this summer, the National Audubon Society released a definitive study of population trends of North American birds, a monumental effort based on decades of Christmas bird counts and breeding bird surveys. The study confirms what my grandfather feared and what most [...]
