| Petite Pictures: The 20 Microscopic Photo Competition Prizewinners Microscopes have been around for some 400 years, and today they are even accessible via customized cell phones . The act of peering into a microscope of any power can open a whole world of life and beauty that exists right under (or in) our noses. And to capture that rare view for reproduction can also prove to be an art form in itself. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Copenhagen and Everywhere Else ScientificAmerican.com 's David Biello is in Copenhagen at the climate conference, and he'll tell us what's going on there. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Can Smiley Faces (and a 14-Step Program to Stop Overconsumption) Save the Global Climate? Energy efficiency seems to make rational economic sense--the less energy used, the more money saved. Yet, in the real world it's actually competition with neighbors rather than cost savings that can drive people to turn down their thermostats, install insulation or simply switch off the lights when they leave a room. Such is the lesson of a host of efforts, ranging from a group called OPOWER's comparative use utility billing to switching from miles per gallon to rate vehicle efficiency to gallons per mile . [More] rss.sciam.com |
Spare Times A selected guide to events, outdoors and indoors, in New York. nytimes.com |
Russia's tiger forum: Our last chance to save tigers from extinction? Can the tiger be saved from extinction? That's the goal of the International Forum on Tiger Conservation , a gathering of government leaders and conservationists in St. Petersburg, Russia, this week. Organized by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of all people, the Tiger Forum will culminate in the signing of what is being called the St. Petersburg Declaration--an affirmation by the 13 countries with tiger populations to not only preserve their wild tigers, but to more than double their populations by the year 2022.Wildlife groups say that this really is a do or die moment for tigers. According to the World Wildlife Fund, tigers could be extinct in the wild by that same year of 2022 if dramatic steps are not taken immediately. [More] rss.sciam.com |