Another Science Times charmer, but a tale of consequence, too. Here’s how biological controls can do the unexpected. By Jim Robbins. Read it
Sacto Bee on California’s bipartisan plans to cut greenhouse gas
Chris Bowman and Edie Lau of the Sacramento Bee report the latest on Greenhouse politics from California, with the Governator and legislators leading the way as it and other states break ranks with relatively mild climate change policies emanating from the White House and Congress. Many Golden State business leaders are unenthusiastic, however, it says […]
Wash. Post: Job Fears Tied To Health Woes
Job loss, or just the threat of it, is not good for health. Few would argue, but an unusually large survey puts more meat than usually found on the bones of such stories. Jennifer Huget runs it down in the Wash. Post. Her primary source is from The Americans’ Changing Lives survey of 3,600 adults […]
NYTimes: Science AND Walking on Water
How could a harried news editor resist this one? John Noble Wilford’s piece Tuesday, among others, got picked up all over. He reports speculation that ice on Galilee may have given Jesus his footing for a stroll to the apostles’ boat. read it Also skating in: Reuters’s Jim Loney Jim Loney Washington Post’s Alan Cooperman […]
AP: New Dino Resembles Big Turkey
Old bones always compete well for space. From Salt Lake City AP’s Brock Vergakis sends word of 7-foot Hagryphus giganteus, which means giant four-footed, birdlike god of the Western desert, as per the University of Utah paleontologist who helped study the 75-million-year-old remains. Read it
AP, Seattle PI: Salmon-eating Orcas and their Home Turf
From Seattle at a meeting on orcas, AP’s Peggy Anderson relays word that Canadian fisheries scientists are learning more about the habits of specific groups of killer whales. Attentive Orca fans will know that EPA and some conservationists are tussling over whether such subpopulations deserve special edangered or threatened species protection, but you can’t tell […]