Blog entries tagged Science

Almost Scientific

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:12:34 +0100

There's a lot of genuine science built into the kinetic creations of "Almost Scientific" artist Alan Rorie. That doesn't necessarily mean that his mechanisms comply with the natural laws that govern our world—although they might.

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Chocolate

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Chocolate is at least 3000 years old, and we have the ancient Mayans to thank for it. By way of the conquistadors, that is.

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Bruce Robinson — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100

Advertising isn’t just annoying, contends industry critic Jean Kilbourne, it can be genuinely harmful, especially in promoting additions to alcohol, tobacco or even just shopping.

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Expanding Your Horizons

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

More women than ever are going to college, and they are graduating in record numbers, too. Expect in certain subject areas, such as math and the hard sciences. A local group believes that the way to change that is to start early.

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Fish oil capsules have long been suspected of including small amounts of toxic PCBs, but a new lawsuit contends some manufacturers of the supplements contain far more of the banned chemicals than others.

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Ailing Pelicans

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

The formerly endangered California Brown Pelican appears to be facing some new challenges this winter, as hundreds of the birds have been taken to bird rescue facilities from here to Long Beach.

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Electric Mail Trucks

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

While the major automakers are getting ready to roll out the next generation of electric cars, a North Bay company is demonstrating how that technology could be applied to such utilitarian vehicles as mail trucks.

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It may take a lifetime to see the results, but students replanting a native oak forest near Glen Ellen are taking the long view.

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Earthquake Alerts

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Electrons move faster than earthquakes, giving new automated alert systems a few key seconds to warn outlying areas that some shaking is on the way.

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Project Kaisei

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Far out in the oceans of the world, away from the continents and even shipping lanes, vast floating seas of plastic garbage form an intractable sort of water pollution, something the bay area’s Project Kaisei is working to combat.

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Bruce Robinson — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100

To the Rev. Scotty McLennan, Jesus was a man who told stories and spoke in metaphors, who respected the science of his day, and who emerged from his mystical sojourn in the desert with a radical message about the power of love.

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Vanishing Soundscapes

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0100

The sounds of the natural world are changing, and not for the better. Bernie Krause (left) has tapes that document that trend.

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Recording Nature in the Tetons

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100

You have to get up pretty early to capture the pure sounds of nature… and get a long way away from the rest of the noisy human race.

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Nanotechnology

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Nanotechnology, the tiniest stuff that human technology has been able to create, is becoming a bigger and bigger part of our everyday lives.

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Calculating Dams

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

When it comes to building new reservoirs and hydroelectric plants, there are good dams and bad dams. A new online-calculator developed by Sebastopol’s Conservation Strategy Fund is a tool designed to help tell them apart.

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