Gleanings of the Week Ending June 9, 2012
/The items below were ‘the cream’ of the articles I read this past week:
Animals Benefiting From Climate Change - a slide show from Discovery News
Dark Chocolate Could Prevent Heart Problems in High-Risk People - Evidence keeps mounting re the benefits of 60-70% dark chocolate
Things That Go Bump—or Hoot—in the Night: 5 Animals You May Hear While Camping in Your Yard - pictures and recordings of sounds they make
Discover Life - free on-line tools to identify species, share ways to teach and study nature’s wonders, report findings, build maps, process images, and contribute to and learn from a growing, interactive encyclopedia of life
How much energy does the internet use? - about 2%...quite a bit is by huge data centers and the article discusses the methods used/proposed to reduce their consumption
Brainmail Bonanza - Richard Watson’s (accidental futurist) newsletter highlights
Horseshoe Crab are blue bloods - their blood is copper rather than iron based
'Safe' Levels of Arsenic in Drinking Water Found to Compromise Pregnant/Lactating Mothers, Offspring
Top Wind Power Countries per Capita
After three months of trying to contact the Mars rover, NASA is calling it quits - Goodbye to Spirit
