Water Weeds Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Two water weeds have an amazing ability to absorb oil from contaminated water. Is this a new means of cleaning up oil spills?
Category: Life Sciences and Biomedicine
Old Threats Still Endangering Right Whales
By Emily Rhode @riseandsci After decades of recovery from the brink of extinction, the North Atlantic right whale is once…
Can Sunny Days Prevent Sleepless Nights?
Sleepless nights? If you spend evenings in front of a screen, be sure to get plenty of sunlight, or your…
Sunlight, the Equitable Energy Source
There are potential benefits for everyone when governments support the advancement of solar technology and economic development plans that encourage its distribution.
Simon’s Cat Logic: What You Didn’t Know about Meal Time
By the Simon’s Cat Logic Team@SimonsCat Watch this episode and find out all the things you didn’t know about your…
Chilean Solar Farm, Cheapest Power Project Ever
Chile looked long and hard for some magic to ignite the country’s sluggish economy. The spell may finally be cast in the form of a solar farm.
Life Cycle of a Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly
The pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor, is a relatively small black swallowtail with gorgeous, iridescent blue scaling.
Robust Rice Varieties Cut Costs and Pollution
By Neha Jain @lifesciexplore Climate change coupled with our growing population is putting tremendous pressure on world food production, especially…
Climate Change Strikes Totten Glacier in Antarctica
Totten Glacier is losing ice, and the warm ocean water causing this has the potential to also push the glacier back to an unstable place.
Parasitic Bees: Natural-Born Robbers
By Steven Spence Photography by John Kimbler When we think of bees, most of us picture honeybees or possibly bumblebees.…