Honey bee colony collapse. Cure found
It was a parasite. Once scientists determined the cause, they were able to treat bee colonies with an antibiotic and the colonies recovered completely.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month April 2009
Wind turbine installation
Moon of Alabama blogs on the installation of enormous wind turbines. Height of hub: 442 ft. Rotor diameter: 416 ft. Tower base diameter: 48 ft. Output is a massive 6MW, the biggest yet. They have more photos, and links to…
Ken Lewis and Hank Paulson
Don Corleone: Here’s my proposal. Forget about the penny-ante money in heroin, gambling, and extortion. Let’s buy some banks instead. Then we can steal billions. Ken Lewis, CEO of BofA, says he was clubbed by Hank Paulson into buying Merrill.…
Ethanol from garbage
A proposed $100 million project from Bluefire Ethanol at a garbage dump in Lancaster CA will be the world’s first commercial scale garbage-to-ethanol facility. The facility will process 170 tons of garbage a day to produce 3.7 million gallons of…
Sun moves backwards in sky
Same-sex marriage momentum building, Utah activists say