TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Tuning Up Car Engines [Below is the original script. Some changes may have been made during the recording of this audio podcast.]In the U.S. alone, our cars' tailpipes spew some 1.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. This is a big part of why our global climate is changing. But there are a lot of ways to cut back on that pollution--without switching to alternative fuels or electric cars. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Spending green to go green: the Chevy Volt and MINI Cooper E The era of the electric auto may finally have eased out of the driveway. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Of pathogens and pets: Tokay gecko harbors 10 types of salmonella ALBUQUERQUE--The foot-long Tokay gecko's polka-dot skin and wide eyes have made it popular with pet stores, where it can sell for less than $20. But the adorable Asian lizards are also a mixing pot for 10 types of salmonella from local livestock, poultry and rodents, a researcher said today. [More] rss.sciam.com |
AIDS-like retrovirus threatens Australia's koalas with extinction Koalas ( Phascolarctos cinereus ) may be one of the world's cuter critters, but that doesn't mean they have it easy. Not only have koala populations become heavily fragmented due to habitat loss, they face numerous threats that they never encountered before: household cats and dogs frequently kill koalas; hundreds die every year after being run over by cars and trucks; and now a deadly virus is spreading to koalas throughout Australia. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Wind Projects Don't Hurt Neighbors' Property Values Proximity to a wind power project does not generally hurt property values, according to a new report that seeks to settle a long-standing concern with the technology.The study, released yesterday by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , assessed nearly 7,500 single-family houses and applied statistical methods and 10 different pricing models to draw its conclusions. [More] rss.sciam.com |