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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 [...]
NY Times science has a good article on the science of stream restoration. Reading this I couldn’t help but think of The Onondaga Creek Conceptual Revitalization Plan. The best approach for stream restoration “is to create landforms and [...]
The town of Granby recently received notice that it has been awarded more than $1.7 million in grant funding to bring municipal water to nearly 1,000 residents.
Supervisor Nancy Hawthorne explained that the town applied for the state grant approximately a year ago. With approval in hand, she said the town is in line to receive [...]
View the document here:Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS).pdf (application/pdf Object)
for your Environmental Impact Reading pleasure.
The Statewide Wireless Network (“SWN”) is intended to improve the telecommunications nfrastructure throughout the State. Construction of the network will take place over several years and span the entire geographic area of the State; therefore the New York State [...]
Anyone interested in upstate economic development issues should be aware of this offering by National Grid: Shovel Ready. Most of the information at this web site is geared to providing incentives and services to businesses looking to locate or expand in Upstate New York. I especially like the site search where you [...]
Water switch could prove costly
Monday, April 04, 2005
By Jim McKeever
Staff writer – The Post-Standard
About 90 homeowners and businesses in LaFayette and DeWitt that get their water from East Syracuse may have to spend thousands of dollars for a new source.
Rather than spend more than $500,000 to meet stricter regulations, East Syracuse will abandon a century-old [...]
Yahoo! News – U.S. Infrastructure Deteriorating, Report Finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. roads, bridges, sewers and dams are crumbling and need a $1.6 trillion overhaul but prospects for improvement are grim, the American Society of Civil Engineers said in a report issued on Wednesday…
...The society estimated the cost of bringing infrastructure to an acceptable level at [...]
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