A Lamp Shade or a Slide Show?
Jan/100
Last week when I was in Brooklyn I encountered the most excellent recycled lamp shade creation ever. Innovative New York based artist and designer, Sabina Batelman, has constructed colorful translucent lamp shades from old 35mm film slides. It is a lamp shade and a slide show simultaneously—utter genius.
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A Lamp Shade or a Slide Show?
Controversial Badger Cull to Combat TB in Cattle
Jan/100
Despite opposition, the Welsh government has given the green-light for a limited badger cull in an effort to combat bovine tuberculosis (TB) in Wales. The slaughter is expected to kill “around 1000” protected badgers.
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Controversial Badger Cull to Combat TB in Cattle
Record Number of Endangered Panthers Killed by Vehicles
Jan/100
According to Defenders of Wildlife, 2009 was a very bad year for the Florida panther, Puma concolor coryi. Nearly 20 percent of the Florida panther population was killed by vehicles last year. Years ago, these magnificent cats roamed free in eight states. Today, less than 100 of the endangered panthers are believed to exist in the wild.
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Record Number of Endangered Panthers Killed by Vehicles
There’s Such a Thing as Too Much Sex for Female Fruit Flies
Jan/100
Beauty comes with a price, and for fruit flies, the toll is upon their reproductive system, according to a new study. The most attractive females have compromised survival due to attention that they receive from male fruit flies.
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There’s Such a Thing as Too Much Sex for Female Fruit Flies
Controversial Wolf Hunt Underway in Sweden: Wolves Killed
Jan/100
For the first time in decades, a controversial wolf hunt is underway in Sweden. The Swedish Environment Protection Agency approved the limited cull of 27 wolves, or about 10 percent of the Swedish wolf population. In October, the Swedish parliament voted to limit the wolf population to 210 animals for the next five years.
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Controversial Wolf Hunt Underway in Sweden: Wolves Killed
Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Life-Threatening One in Every Eight Days Last Year
Jan/100
A report, citing figures obtained from the government, says Hong Kong’s roadside air pollution reached life-threatening levels one in every eight days last year.
The air pollution index was recorded by the Environmental Protection Department. It said there were 44 days of “very high pollution” last year. That number is up from the 39 reported days in 2008 and the 13 days in 2005.
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Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Life-Threatening One in Every Eight Days Last Year
DOA: Big Cats with Traveling Circus Die During Road Trip
Jan/100
Nine big cats with the Russian traveling circus, Dream Circus, died during a 20-hour road trip last month. According to reports, eight tigers and a lioness died during the journey across Siberia en route to a holiday circus performance in Yatkutsk. Two of the big cats were rare Siberian tigers, Panthera tigris altaica.
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DOA: Big Cats with Traveling Circus Die During Road Trip
Reducing CO2: ‘Cap and Trade’ or ‘Fee and Dividend’?
Dec/090
Earlier this month (Dec. 7, 2009), two Op-Ed columns appeared in the New York Times–one, by Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman, supporting ‘cap and trade’ strategies for reducing carbon emissions, and the other, authored by NASA’s James Hansen (head of the Goddard Space Flight Center) advocating a new approach that he calls ‘fee and dividend’. So, which is the most effective policy to pursue and implement?
The following is a break down of the two carbon-cutting strategies:
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Reducing CO2: ‘Cap and Trade’ or ‘Fee and Dividend’?
Swine Flu: First Confirmed Case of Dog in U.S. with H1N1
Dec/090
Officials have confirmed a 13-year-old male mixed-breed dog has tested positive for H1N1. This marks the first case of a dog in the United States contracting swine flu.
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Swine Flu: First Confirmed Case of Dog in U.S. with H1N1
Have You Ever Seen a White Alligator?
Dec/090
White alligators are among the rarest of the species. While they do come in two forms – albino or leucistic – it’s the leucistic alligators that are especially unique. It is estimated that among the 5 million alligators that are in the United States, only about 12 of them have these unusual genetic traits. This species of alligator is not endangered, but does require some special care.
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Have You Ever Seen a White Alligator?
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