Gleanings of the Week Ending February 4, 2012
/The items below were ‘the cream’ of the articles I read this past week:
Magnetotactic Bacteria found in Death Valley National Park - evidently these bacteria are unique because they can biomineralize both greigite and magnetite; they may prove enabling to mass produce these minerals
Severe Python Damage to Florida's Native Everglades Animals Documented in New Study - Near complete disappearance of raccoons, rabbits, opossums in the southern part of the Everglades where the pythons have been the longest (11 years)
Learning-Based Tourism an Opportunity for Industry Expansion - lifelong learning and personal enrichment travel increasing among affluent and educated people
Are Diet Soft Drinks Bad for You? - A study finds that the answer is ‘yes’ if you drink one or more a day.
The National Mall gets more efficient LED lighting - Note the paragraph at the end of the article about the phase-out of incandescent bulbs
Snowy owl Invasion - Video from the Cornell Ornithology Laboratory
iRobot ventures into Telemedicine - The company that makes the Roomba robo-vacuum is entering the hospital robotic arena
Innovation without Age Limits - More complex innovation takes more training…and that often takes time.
Yellowstone in winter (video) - a short video just over 4 minutes…full of vignettes of animals…snow…mists
Evolution of the Businessman (infographic) - Does the very bottom (Today’s Businessman) jive with your observations?
