Tag: earth

03 Dec

Save the Salmon - Hack Their Mental Compasses

Scientists have a new idea how they might save salmon populations: rewire their internal compasses to point them towards freshwater streams.

26 Jun

Alternative Energy Gets a Reality Check

“If we covered the windiest 10 per cent [of the UK] with windmills, we might be able to generate half of the energy used by driving a car 50 km [31 miles] per day.”

09 Apr

Of Scale & Civilization

An article in the Providence Journal discusses the fact that fireflies are facing a mass extinction as a result of our “signals”[…]