| Freezer-free: Owner of Ben & Jerry's launches room-temperature ice cream project The freezer aisle may not be the only place to find your favorite flavor of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in the future. In fact, Turtle Soup, Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl and Cake Batter could someday be found on shelves right next to canned soup, peanut butter and cake mix. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Barcelona’s Hidden Courtyards Hidden from view is a little-advertised patchwork of public gardens and courtyards that offer refuge from the urban rush. travel.nytimes.com |
No Laughing Matter: Unlovable Hyenas Are Threatened in the Wild Dear EarthTalk: What is the status of the hyena in the wild? Though unloved by many, the hyena has always struck me as one of God's survivors. --Jim Reddoch, Portland, Tex. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Humboldt Squid Seem to Be Thriving--Thanks to Ocean Dead Zones Although many of the Pacific Ocean's big species are floundering, one large creature of the deep seems to be flourishing. The Humboldt squid ( Dosidicus gigas , also known as jumbo squid , owing to its sizable nature) has been steadily expanding its population and range: whereas sightings north of San Diego were rare 10 years ago, the squid are now found as far north as Alaska. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Shaky Ground: Can Seismologists Be Charged with a Crime for Not Predicting Deadly Quakes? The adage “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” does not quite capture the following pair of situations. It’s more like “damned if you could (but you can’t), damned if you couldn’t (but you kind of did).”First, the “damned if you could (but you can’t)”. On April 4 at 3:40 p.m., a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocked Baja, Mexico, and was felt well north. The event elicited the following post on Twitter 16 minutes later from New Age lifemeister Dee­pak Chopra: “Had a powerful meditation just now--caused an earthquake in Southern California.” (Lawrence Krauss, too, lays into Deepak on page 36 for his lack of understanding of quantum physics. There’s plenty to bust Chopra about.) [More] Mexico - Southern California - Earthquake - New Age - California rss.sciam.com |