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Texting made possible for the illiterate

People incapable of reading and writing will have access to text messages from now on. A system using vocal synthesis, icons and contact management allows people to send and read text messages by those normally ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Agroforestry is not rocket science but it might save DPR Korea

There is more going on in DPR Korea than rocket science: local people in collaboration with natural resources scientists are taking control of their food supply through agroforestry. This is according to a report published ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

First-ever release of endangered burying beetles in Missouri

Beetle last seen in state in 1970s; Zoo has monitored for beetle since 2002. The Saint Louis Zoo's Center for American Burying Beetle Conservation; the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; the Missouri Department of Conservation; ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA wants limits on antibiotics given to animals

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics given to farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experts suggest grazing cows, sheep, ducks in forests

(Phys.org) -- Putting cows, sheep and other livestock into forests to graze could prove to be a valuable tool for New York woodland management, say Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) agriculture educators ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Pest insects to help produce ethanol

Pest insects in tropical rainforests can be a valuable natural asset. So believes Lisbeth Olsson, who is hunting for new enzymes in partnership with Vietnamese researchers.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers attempt to solve problems of antibiotic resistance and bee deaths in one

The stomachs of wild honey bees are full of healthy lactic acid bacteria that can fight bacterial infections in both bees and humans.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Water crunch looms without action on waste: UN report

Water problems in many parts of the world are chronic and without a crackdown on waste will worsen as demand for food rises and climate change intensifies, the UN warned on Sunday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New study of global freshwater scarcity

A new report published in the online journal PLoS ONE, analyzing water consumption in 405 river basins around the world, found that water scarcity impacts at least 2.7 billion people for at least one month each year. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mild winter triggers early maple sugar season

Lighter than normal snow accumulation, warmer than normal temperatures earlier in the season and an earlier than normal start of the maple syrup season are making some weather watchers wonder if there is a new “normal.”

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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