TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Whose Senate Is This? The Senate should not bend to the gun lobby by including a laissez-faire gun-toting measure with legislation to protect credit card users. nytimes.com |
MIND Reviews: A Healthy Mind Healthy Mindswww.wliw.org/healthyminds [More] rss.sciam.com |
Researchers Pry Climate Change Record from Giant Clams The long necks protruding from a geoduck's giant shell have led some to believe that the world's largest burrowing clam is an aphrodisiac. Whether or not that is true, the sea creature may offer another--albeit less sexy--benefit for humanity, according to new research. The long-lived geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck") could help us deduce what climate conditions were like hundreds of years ago and more accurately predict future patterns. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Culinary Ecotourists Turn Wilderness Foraging into Dinner Strolling through an equatorial rain forest or a northern pine forest can be thrilling enough, if only for the lavish scenery. But when you learn that you can eat a lot of what you see, a picturesque landscape takes on added intrigue. That’s the fun behind a burgeoning form of responsible leisure travel called culinary ecotourism--a new breed of gastronomic vacation, different from the languid style of those château-and-bistro foodie tours. The goal is to experience food not just as a diner, but as a gatherer, gardener and member of the kitchen staff. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Copenhagen's Carbon Debt [Crowd Noise] That's the sound of climate change negotiations--and CO2 being released. All this talking is a seemingly significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and not just because negotiators have traveled to Copenhagen from all corners of the globe. [More] rss.sciam.com |