January 31, 2007

How Many Politicians Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?

California may soon have an answer that is no joke. State assembly member Lloyd E. Levine recently introduced legislation that would ban the sale of old-school incandescent bulbs in California by 2012.  (more…)

Posted By: Joe Spring — Environment, News | Link | Comments (0)

In Danger of Endangerment

For the first time in three decades, it’s hunting season for wolves. According to US Fish and Wildlife Service director H. Dale Hall, the wolves have successfully repopulated (so let’s shoot ‘em up!). Their removal from the endangered list was proposed last month.  (more…)

Posted By: Richard Morgan — Environment, News, Wildlife | Link | Comments (0)

January 30, 2007

Earth to Space

Though here on Earth it is considered impolite to eavesdrop, Avi Loeb actively encourages it on an interstellar scale. Indeed, Loeb, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, considers eavesdropping to be the next step in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI).  (more…)

Posted By: David Zax — Astronomy, News | Link | Comments (0)

January 29, 2007

Top 10 Polluted Cities

A brand-new list of the world’s most polluted places holds few surprises: Chernobyl is number one, followed by a slew of Russian, Indian and Chinese cities.  (more…)

Posted By: admin — Environment, News | Link | Comments (3)

January 28, 2007

Science’s 300-Year-Old Grand Unification Theory

Those noble Swedes took a break from plotting to shoot people through the Northern Lights to honor one of their beloved scientists (they’re big into giving scientists awards). They’ve already got Celsius and Angstrom, but this weekend they honored the tercentennial of Linnaeus, who just might be the only scientist to develop a working Grand Unification Theory for his field.  (more…)

Posted By: Richard Morgan — Biology, History, People | Link | Comments (0)
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