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I’ve always been fascinated by crow intelligence and at the same time amazed how few people recognize this intelligence especially since, according to some cognitive research, theirs exceeds that of dogs. This video lecture from a writer Joshua Klein, who has been involved with an amateur study of corvid behavior, highlights this.
Of course [...]
More Web Sightings hereBisphenol A or BPA is an important industrial chemical used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. The plastics industry maintains that BPA is completely safe. But academic and government researchers say the chemical needs to undergo a new risk assessment.
...Read MorePercholorethylene, commonly known as perc, is used by about 80 percent of U.S. dry cleaners to remove stains and clean clothes.
When first introduced to dry cleaners in the 1930s, little was known about its health effects, and it was considered something of a miracle chemical because it could be aggressive on stains, but was not [...]
...Read MoreThe principle of maximum diversity operates both at the physical and at the mental level. It says that the laws of nature and the initial conditions are such as to make the universe as interesting as possible. As a result, life is possible but not too easy. Always when things are dull, something [...]
There are several recent Global Warming items worth pondering. Beginning with…
The Warmest Year
We now know that 2005 was the warmest year on record ahead of 1998, 2002 and 2003 and 2004. Do you see a pattern forming here? But there are other factors and trends here besides raw numbers that have scientists [...]
To help curb future factory farm pollution, current polluters will be allowed to continue to pollute if they agree to give the government data on the current level of excrement they are releasing into the air. How nice!
The Bush administration will let thousands of factory-style farms escape severe penalties for fouling the air [...]
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are a major source of surface water pollution especially in older municipalities with aging infrastructure. That pretty much describes almost all of Upstate New York. The Utica O&D reports on one sewage overflow problem along Sauquoit Creek. Sewer overflows are largely the result of combined sewage systems [...]
I’m not sure why this hasn’t gotten more local press – maybe I’ve just overlooked this. Anyway, Local researchers from SUNY-ESF are conducting chemical oceanography research in Antartica. Dr. David Kieber, an ESF professor of chemistry, and a team of graduate researchers have been studying “the biological and chemical transformations of the algal-derived [...]
A surprising Arctic warm spell is responsible for a 2005 that was likely the warmest year since instrument recordings began in the late 1800s, a leading researcher said Tuesday in describing a new federal analysis.
James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said the analysis had to estimate temperatures in the Arctic from [...]
Research examining the relationship between global warming and seasonal trends in Oneida Lake ice cover and other limnological impacts is on-going according to the Post-Standard.
The headline however, “Dead Zones appear in Lake”, is straight out of Stephen King and is more obfuscation than clarification. Furthermore the idea that this was the Sunday [...]
The Tyre Town Board unanimously rejected amending its zoning law to permit landfills blocking Scepter Inc. bid to open a new landfill.
Seven Rays Bookstore in Syracuse – which bills itself as the “biggest metaphysical bookstore on Earth” – will close unless a buyer for the store emerges, owner David Davis said.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports today on the State’s effort to battle invasive species. The Invasive Species Task Force recently released its final report and this week Pataki proposed $2 million in funding for this effort. This week, Pataki included $2 million for implementing the task force’s recommendations as part of his proposed [...]
The Cortlandville town board approved a Walgreen’s to be built on the corner of Route 281 and Groton Ave. Wednesday evening.
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