TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Twister! The VORTEX2 team scores a tornado Editor’s note: Scientific American contributing editor Christie Nicholson is traveling with nearly 80 scientists conducting the largest tornado study ever completed. Check out her progress and learn about twisters on SciAm’s Twitter feed, and have a look at the photos she's taking along the way. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Head Lines: Practice Removes Prejudice--And More Practice Removes PrejudiceLike it or not, most people hold subconscious stereotypes about individuals of races other than their own. New research found a link between such implicit (unconscious) bias and the “other-race effect”--the fact that we can distinguish faces of our own race better than other-race faces. In the study, Caucasians’ implicit bias toward African-Americans diminished after they learned to individuate faces of that race. [More] rss.sciam.com |
$300 a Night? Yes, but Haying’s Free A small number of farms in the United States have begun to offer vacationers a chance to camp in a tent, milk goats and pick vegetables. travel.nytimes.com |
Joining the Energy Underground: Residential Geothermal Power Systems Dear EarthTalk: I'd like to know the relative electricity cost of utility-scale solar and wind plants versus rooftop residential solar. In other words, how can I know whether to subsidize my utility's alternative-energy plant or renovate my own home? -- Randy Wilson, Flagstaff, AZ [More] rss.sciam.com |
Perilous Plastics?: FDA Joins Other U.S. Health Agencies in Chorus of Concern about BPA Discard scratched baby bottles and sippy cups. Do not put hot liquids into plastic containers for infants. Most importantly, breast-feed infants if at all possible. [More] rss.sciam.com |