Fungus, spiders, dioramas and prairies: They all play a role in the birding world, and these books can share a space on your birding book shelf. Here’s a sample of some recent titles, plus an old favorite I’d like back. Fungus eaters and nest fungus Fungus has little relationship to birds, although one Minnesota species … Read more
In the not-so-distant future, the average, middle-income American may wake up on a chilly spring morning in a home warmed by solar panels, then travel in an electric vehicle to work in a building where the computers and lights are powered by wind. Clean energy technologies, such as wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles and … Read more
Lamivudine, a used antiretroviral drug for treating HIV, improves cognition in a mouse model of Down syndrome (DS), according to the findings of a new study by researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, a center jointly promoted by the “la Caixa” Foundation and the Department of Health … Read more
BETHESDA, Md., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Brave Healer Productions is proud to announce the release of The Ultimate Guide to Creating Your Soul-Aligned Business: 25 Practical Strategies from the Experts, a guidebook and resource for entrepreneurs craving actionable information on reaching their financial potential while remaining aligned with their soul, purpose, and joy. The … Read more
Two-time Emmy nominee Ron Perlman wed his spray-tanned fiancée of five months – Allison Dunbar – at the Palazzo Margherita in Basilicata earlier this month. At 72, the groom is 23 years older than the bride, and they did their first dance to Frank Sinatra’s 1946 song You Make Me Feel So Young inside Francis … Read more
Natural gas used for powering household stoves, furnaces and water may contain levels of cancer-linked compounds that are toxic to residents when leaked, a new study has found. The research, published in Environmental Science & Technology on Tuesday, investigated the composition of greater Boston’s “unburned” household gas, or the gas that comes out of kitchen … Read more
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in parents, especially mothers, is associated with autism in children, according to a new study. And children’s autism traits track with an elevated genetic risk for IBD in mothers but not in themselves, suggesting that the traits might be a product of in utero exposure to maternal inflammation or impaired nutrient … Read more
Early this morning, a small NASA spacecraft about the size of a microwave embarked on the beginning of a four-month-long journey to the Moon, where it will eventually insert itself into a unique, elongated lunar orbit that no NASA mission has visited before . The spacecraft’s goal is simple: test out this particular orbit and … Read more
The Biden administration is set to hold lease sales for new oil and gas drilling on public lands starting this week and, for the first time, it will implement new regulations for producers. The oil auctions will effectively be the administration’s first, since the only other lease sale it has held was tossed in court … Read more
The miniscule satellite, called a CubeSat, is about the size of a microwave oven and weighs just 55 pounds (25 kilograms), but it will be the first to test out a unique, elliptical lunar orbit. The CubeSat will act as a pathfinder for Gateway, an orbiting lunar outpost that will serve as a way station … Read more
