TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| A spider does what with his genitals? You probably knew that honeybees typically die after they sting you, as their barbed stingers are torn from their abdomens. But did you know that after mating, some male spiders break off the ends of their palps--the organ used to transfer sperm--inside the female? [More] rss.sciam.com |
Could Animal Surveillance Have Seen Swine Flu Coming? Less than 24 hours after a commercial jet took a sudden detour into the Hudson River this past January, security camera video of the event from multiple vantage points began surfacing. In an age of ubiquitous surveillance, the public has come to assume that someone or something is always watching, ready to spot trouble as it is happening. Yet a novel strain of the influenza A (H1N1) virus jumped species and burst into the human population in March and April, and by late May health and agriculture officials were still trying to figure out where it came from.The emergence of the new H1N1 flu strain has demonstrated the effectiveness of existing systems to watch for human flu outbreaks while also proving a long-standing theory that pigs could serve as mixing vessels for a pandemic virus. But it has also highlighted how disappointing progress has been in detecting where and how such viruses evolve in animals and in predicting their transmission to people--abilities that might have helped avert a pandemic or at least provide an early warning. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings stolen from North Carolina beach Who stole 83 loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings from their nest on Ocean Isle Beach in North Carolina? A $5,000 reward has been posted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the turtle-napper(s). [More] rss.sciam.com |
Burning bunnies for biofuel? The Swedes, those latter-day descendants of bloodthirsty Vikings, have found a new use for rabbits: heating fuel. According to Der Spiege l, stray rabbits in Stockholm are being shot, frozen and then shipped to a heating plant to be incinerated. [More] rss.sciam.com |
New Map Reveals Tsunami Risks in California SAN FRANCISCO--Just days before the fifth anniversary of the 2004 Sumatran Tsunami, California officials on Thursday released a new map of the state's tsunami hazard, which details how an event could affect 350,000 people who live along the coast and cause tens of billions of dollars of damage. [More] rss.sciam.com |