| Navy Green: Military Investigates Biofuels to Power Its Ships and Planes Ships powered by algae and planes flying on weeds : that's part of the future the U.S. Navy hopes to bring to fruition. This week, the seagoing branch of the military purchased 40,000 gallons of jet fuel derived from camelina--a weedy relative of canola--and 20,055 gallons of algae-derived diesellike fuel for ships. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Wyoming: Snowmobile Lawsuit The state has filed a federal lawsuit to block the National Park Service from restricting snowmobile numbers in Yellowstone National Park. nytimes.com |
Lost Giants: Disparate Clues in the Mammoth Extinction Debate Editor's note: The online version of this story was posted on December 14, 2009. Before humans arrived, the Americas were home to woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths and other behemoths, an array of megafauna more impressive than even Africa boasts today. Researchers have advanced several theories to explain what did them in and when the event occurred. A series of discoveries announced last fall, at first glance apparently contradictory, add fresh details to the mystery of this mass extinction. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Spare Times Events to do in New York, outdoors and indoors. nytimes.com |
Readers Respond to "He Said, She Said"-- And More... Gender Talk As a gender studies scholar, I was quite interested in your special issue. I read all the articles with great enthusiasm. I was, however, surprised that you featured only Deborah Tannen’s ideas concerning gendered speech styles (“ He Said, She Said ”). Because there is so much fascinating research in the area, I was disappointed that she lists her own work exclusively as possible Further Reading. For other work in the field, visit the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) Web site: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/organisations/igala/Index.html . [More] Gender - Social Sciences - Psychology - Gender and Sexuality - Gender studies rss.sciam.com |