| Oh, How Romantic (Until the Pirate Attack) On Liam Daniel Pierce’s Central Park gondola, love-struck New York in all its peculiar glory. nytimes.com |
How to Make Plastic with Less Petroleum--Just Add CO2 Plastic may be fantastic, but it takes an awful lot of petroleum to make it. As such, efforts to cut oil use in the U.S. have produced, among other results, a budding bioplastics industry specializing in plastic manufacturing that relies less on oil for its raw material and more on biomass , carbon dioxide or even microorganisms such as Escherichia coli . Such efforts got a boost Monday when Ithaca, N.Y.–based Novomer, Inc. , announced an $800,000 effort co-funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to begin commercializing the company's polypropylene carbonate (PPC) materials, made using a combination of CO2 and petroleum . [More] rss.sciam.com |
Fighting aliens with aliens: U.K. imports insect species to tackle invasive plant For the first time in U.K. history, an alien species (meaning one that is not native to the area) will be let loose in the kingdom to combat the growth of another species--also introduced. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Laughter in the Park Series Puts Comedy Outdoors Laughter in the Park puts stand-up comics under the sunshine. nytimes.com |
In New York City Parks, a Fall-Color Tour Fall leaf-peeping not far from the subway, in New York City parks. nytimes.com |