In the first month of 2009 people gave to me: a coal ash spill in Tennessee. (Technically occurred in 2008, but it lingered.) [More]
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Reggie urgently needs a loving permanent or foster home. He’s too old to be in kennels during this cold weather and he needs a stress free environment so that he can put on some weight and regain his strength. Please look at his pictures and video – give him a chance. [...] Charlie was rescued from the pound just in the nick of time as he was due to be put to sleep. He’s only 8 and seems to be a lovely boy, friendly and loveable. He needs a forever home where he can be safe and loved. [...] Ever since the wildly optimistic projections of progress from the mid-20th century–robot companions, extra-orbital sojourns , 200-year life spans–scientists have been gently dialing back the public’s expectations. So, perhaps it is no sobering surprise that many of the hopeful predictions for scientific advancements for the new millennium have yet to come to pass. [More] Ever since the wildly optimistic projections of progress from the mid-20th century–robot companions, extra-orbital sojourns , 200-year life spans–scientists have been gently dialing back the public’s expectations. So, perhaps it is no sobering surprise that many of the hopeful predictions for scientific advancements for the new millennium have yet to come to pass. [More] Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos by Paul Murdin. University of Chicago Press, 2009 [More]
Greenpeace images of 2009, with the year coming to an end we thought we would display some of the imagery shot by Greenpeace, detailing dramatics scenes of disgruntled Polar Bears. The Arctic in all its beauty and majestic disappearing states! [...] BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that restricting consumption of glucose, the most common dietary sugar, can extend the life of healthy human-lung cells and speed the death of precancerous human-lung cells, reducing cancer’s spread and growth rate. The research has wide-ranging potential in age-related science, including ways in which calorie-intake restriction can benefit longevity and help prevent diseases like cancer that have been linked to aging, said principal investigator Trygve Tollefsbol, Ph.D., D.O., a professor in the Department of Biology. [...] If you are looking forward to lots of nice walks in the new year, then you simply must have a Higgins to go with you! This gorgeous, affectionate boy is going to make a lovely friend for his new family. It’s going to be some very lucky people who get to take him home…… [...] |
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