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| Flickers of sadness, but little light, as a research vessel makes its way to Hawaii Editor's Note: Peggy Delaney is sailing on a newly refurbished research vessel, the JOIDES Resolution, that left Honolulu on March 10 with an international group of researchers on board. The ship, supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, conducts scientific investigations beneath the seafloor by drilling the ocean floor and retrieving long “cores” of mud for testing and data collection. This is her thirteenth blog post. To see all her posts, see "60 Seconds in the Mid-Pacific."SOMEWHERE IN THE MID-PACIFIC (April 29, 2009)--We are underway toward Hawaii now, with the JOIDES Resolution averaging at least 11 knots. I just stepped outside for a few minutes of my 3 A.M. break, and I got to thinking about the night sky, the science of the expedition, and life at home. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Rare pig breed resurrected for ham lovers If you like ham, the Spanish food company La Tienda is betting you'll just love the meat from the Hungarian Mangalica pig, a rare breed that almost disappeared less than 20 years ago. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Rural Well Water Linked to Parkinson's Disease Rural residents who drink water from private wells are much more likely to have Parkinson’s disease, a finding that bolsters theories that farm pesticides may be partially to blame, according to a new California study.Nearly one million people in the United States--one of every 300--have the incurable neurological disease. Beginning with a slight tremor, Parkinson’s often progresses to severe muscle control problems that leave patients struggling to walk and talk. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Feds draft plan to help protect bats from deadly white-nose syndrome Since its discovery in January 2007 the lethal fungal infection known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) has killed at many as 1.5 million bats in the U.S. Northeast. Now, as temperatures start to drop this autumn into the range where WNS operates at its optimal killing capacity , the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has drafted a plan to respond to the problem. [More] rss.sciam.com |
EPA Set to Regulate Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants Next to a national wildlife refuge, Indiana’s Gibson Lake provides a prime fishery for bass and an attractive rest spot for hundreds of species of birds, including endangered least terns. [More] rss.sciam.com |