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Learning by Candlelight
As I waited night after night for the electricity to return, candlelight kept teaching me about moving air’s talent for removing heat, hampering any effort to keep warmth “down here” by constantly sending it up and away.   Read more here. (0)

People Powered Gym
A US gym has installed specially-adapted exercise bikes that recycle energy generated by people as they work out.   Read more here. (0)

Flying on Vegetable Oil
A passenger plane has successfully completed a two-hour test flight partly powered by vegetable oil.  Read more here. (2)

Reef Recovery After Tsunami
Scientists have reported a rapid recovery in some of the coral reefs damaged by the Indian Ocean tsunami four years ago.  Read more here. (0)

Lots of Dinosaur Fossils in China
Scientists in China say they have discovered the world’s largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong.  Read more here. (0)

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Archive for September 12th, 2008

Otters Holding Hands

This is one really cute video of two otters at the Vancouver Zoo, click here.

 

 

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Eating Whale in Tokyo

Some people worry about whether a particular food tastes good, others whether it is healthy, while some concern themselves with the ethics of food production and consumption. 
 
There are two criteria that I consider valid when it comes to ethical food choice: 1. Is the harvest of the animal sustainable, and 2. Is the killing [...]

Emissions Not Making Rivers Run Dry: A Note from Stewart Franks

 
IS the ongoing drought in the Murray-Darling Basin affected by climate change? The simple answer is that there is no evidence that CO2 has had any significant role. Like it or not, that is the science.
 
In fact, the drought was caused by an entirely natural phenomenon: the 2002 El Nino event. This led to particularly [...]

Whale Meat as a Western Taboo

It’s free-range, organic and tastes like an exceptionally tender eye fillet.  I am referring to the whale meat, lightly roasted in black pepper, I enjoyed Tuesday night in Tokyo.       
 
The Japanese delegates at the conference I am attending here in Tokyo thought it unusual I was keen to try whale. 
 
“Its taboo for Westerners,” was [...]