Illustrated Early Autumn wallpaper
Cooking with solar energy can save money
Dear Jim: I want to use solar energy to cook some foods, such as steaming rice, veggies, etc. because my kitchen gets very hot. Is this feasible? Can I buy a solar cooker or do I have to try to build one myself?
Dear Jill: Much of [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Illustrated Early Autumn wallpaper, Solar ovens save money, Large population of monkeys found in Cambodia
Posted in Environment-Energy, Environment-wildlife, wallpaper on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lake Superior Cliffs wallpaper, Lizard show-offs, Crows gossip about you
Posted in Environment-General, News, Science, wallpaper on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lake Superior Cliffs wallpaper
Generally I like to grab a cup of coffee before I run out to the street to do some push-ups for the neighbor’s gratification. Lizards skip the coffee, Lizards start the day with feats of strength
Male Anole lizards start their day with push-ups and other visual displays to announce to their rivals, [...]
Pin Cushion Cactus wallpaper, Turning arsenic into energy, Pluripotent stem cells
Posted in Health, Science, wallpaper on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pin Cushion Cactus wallpaper
This wallpaper might give the wrong impression since its a close-up. Pin Cushion cactus are relatively small at 1 cm to 40 cm in height. They frequently grow in clumps. While the genus (Mammillaria) is large at 170 species and counting, many are endangered from the development of their habitat and from [...]
Marine Mammals wallpaper, Simple invention could save thousands of marine mammals
Posted in Environment-wildlife, News, Science, Society & Culture on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Marine Mammals wallpaper
Marine Mammals wallpaper 1440x
Shielded fish hook saves marine mammals
Former tuna boat owner-operator Hans Jusseit is in the running for Inventor of the Year on ABC Television’s The New Inventors, having devised a shielded hook for long-line fishers.
…By the time the hook has sunk, the pin has dissolved and the steel shield drops [...]
Quinault Rainforest wallpaper, Wasted food equals wasted water, Wind turbines causing barotrauma in bats
Posted in Environment-Energy, Environment-wildlife, Society & Culture on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quinault Rainforest wallpaper
Quinault Park official site.
Tossed Food Is Also Lost Water
The amounts of waste are staggering. In the United States, nearly one-third of the food that is produced each year, worth about $48 billion, is discarded. The water it took to grow and process that wasted food amounts to about 10 trillion gallons, according to [...]
