Finally, Scientists Say They Have the Answer to One of Nature’s Biggest Questions
Though there have been enormous advances in scientific observations about nature over the years and many questions still remain, scientists think they can file one away as “answered.” It being: Why does a zebra have stripes? One might think the animal from the equine family wouldn’t have black and white stripes as a source of camouflage, standing out to predators among the tan grasses of sub-Saharan Africa. But what if the predator it was trying to avoid wasn’t lions or other carnivores. Think much smaller. Researchers at the University of California-Davis sayRead More
Can city farms feed a hungry world?
What’s for dinner? For that matter, what’s to eat, full stop? In a few decades time, that second question may become pressing. Mankind’s awareness of our food supplies has been heightened by massive crop failures due to millennial level floods, protracted droughts, and numerous food-borne disease outbreaks caused by microbes such as salmonella,E. coli strain 0157, toxoplasma and listeria. Consumers the world over now demand to know where their food comes from and how it is produced. As if that were not enough to keep us up at all hours ofRead More
Smart cities: The future of urban infrastructure
Technology is changing everyday city life, allowing us to instantly adapt to everything from storm threats to traffic jams. Infrastructure is not exactly the sexiest word in architecture. There are no “starchitects” proudly boasting about their pipe designs or subsurface drainage systems. By its very definition – the underlying structures that support our systems – infrastructure is inherently hidden from us, and therefore often overlooked. But without it our current cities couldn’t possibly exist. Without finding ways to improve it, our future cities will struggle to survive. Historically, our urbanRead More
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