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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 [...]
From Wikipedia,
Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the alveoli (microscopic air-filled sacs of the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere) become inflamed and flooded with fluid…
Typical symptoms associated with pneumonia include cough, chest pain, fever, difficulty in breathing, and the inability or lack of desire to blog
Why this appropriate to Central New York, I have no idea, but its an ode to a salt truck from Eleni Mandell.
Grab it here (before the RIAA has me arrested)
Updated: So much for YouTube. Here is the original file.
Hinchey.wmv
Containing “traces of mercury, cadmium, fire retardant and up to five pounds of lead”, computers are one of the “biggest sources of hazardous waste in the country”. The New York Times reports on the various ways different companies are approaching this waste disposal problem:
With the rate of obsolescence accelerating – most organizations now consider [...]
Just trying to get my head back into the game:
The first day of spring welcomes Daughter number three.
I hope these three sisters are happy together. What do you think?
Here is a download from one of our kid’s favorites CDs, Joanne Shenandoah’s All Spirits Sing:
Light Up The World.mp3 (mp3 warning, 4.6MB).
In the Feb 06 New York State Conservationist (Feb 2006.Vol.60, Iss. 4; pg. 31), Janice Shafer has a short review of the Birds of New York Field Guide, 2nd edition By Stan Tekiela:
The field guide is color-coded: black, black and white, blue, brown, gray, green, orange, red, white, and yellow. Within each color section, [...]
Put down your beer and get out your pencils and paper. Its time to “Test Your Knowledge of Wastewater Reclamation and Recycling”.
Where I recount my reintroduction to this wayward term:
I came across this book review in the 1 January 2006 voume of “Landscape and Urban Planning” for The Limitless City: A Primer on the Urban Sprawl Debate:
The book provides an excellent, in-depth look at the issues of sprawl and does a good job of separating the real issues from the myths surrounding sprawl…
The author [...]
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