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October 2008
- Lost World Found - October 13, 2008
- "Pygmy possum" and "giant rat." They sound like rock groups, but no! These are two mammals new to science found recently in a pristine jungle in the Foja Mountains in Indonesia's Papua province. Earlier, we reported on walking sharks and supersoni...
- LEEDing in Green Construction - October 10, 2008
- In 2005, Washington became the first state in the nation to require that all new publicly-funded schools, colleges, offices, and even prisons meet green building standards. The new buildings are being rated under a program called "Leadership in ...
- Got Fleas? - October 9, 2008
- To get rid of fleas, there may be an alternative to poison , and that's a simple vacuum cleaner. Most people think poison is needed as a second punch. However, according to researchers at Ohio State University the very act of applying strong sucti...
- Africa's Lost Crops - October 8, 2008
- Sometimes you don't have to look far to find a solution. While 300 million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition, the most popular vegetables in their diet are costly imports, even though Africa has plenty of edible native plants. ...
- Fly the Environmentally Friendly Skies - October 7, 2008
- Ever wonder what jet fuel is made of? So do scientists from four universities working on a $7.5 million project funded by the Air Force and an aircraft provider called NetJets. Jet fuel contains hundreds of thousands of molecular structures tha...
- Creature Feature: Not a Shrew - October 6, 2008
- It's time for the creature of the week when we introduce you to the strange, the wonderful, the astonishing variety of life here on Isla Earth. It's about the size of a small cat, but looks like a bizarre cross between a miniature antelope and an ...
- Wind Power Offshore - October 3, 2008
- You've probably seen those daring para-surfers who use wind power to skip across the waves. Well, the gusts and gales that these terrestrial mammals use to get their kicks are also an inexhaustible source of green energy. But do offshore wind tur...
- Harnessing Geothermal Energy - October 2, 2008
- Ever think to yourself, "California and Iceland sure have a lot in common"? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots of potential geothermal energy. The difference is that while less than five percent of Cali...
September 2008
- Keeping Sea Lice in Check - September 30, 2008
- Remember elementary school when the nurse checked everyone's head for lice? Now, it's fish farmers who need to keep sea lice in check. In the wild, sea lice don't cause a lot of harm. Adult salmon can survive these parasitic pests. But on a f...