Learning Science Latest Additions: www.learningscience.info http://www.learningscience.info/feed/ 2008-07-23T13:02:29+01:00 text/html 2008-03-31T14:39:00+01:00 The Clean Energy Scam - TIME http://www.learningscience.info/#1 Sacrificing rainforest to grow crops for biofuel is a terrible tradeoff. Deforestation accounts for 20% of all current carbon emissions. text/html 2008-03-25T07:25:00+01:00 Bee plague worsening, anxious keepers say http://www.learningscience.info/#2 1/2 of US bees used to pollenate California almonds; "The USDA projection is that 40 percent of our vegetables will be from China by 2012" text/html 2008-03-21T05:55:00+01:00 The science of religion - Where angels no longer fear to tread - Economist.com http://www.learningscience.info/#3 Science and religion have often been at loggerheads. Now the former has decided to resolve the problem by trying to explain the existence of the latter text/html 2008-03-11T20:01:00+01:00 J. Craig Venter Institute http://www.learningscience.info/#4 From http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html?v=/ted/movies/CRAIGVENTER-2008&cid=/ted/movies text/html 2008-03-02T07:41:00+01:00 At the core of snowflakes, bacteria - Los Angeles Times http://www.learningscience.info/#5 moisture clings to a nucleus to condense into snow/rain; (Pseudomonas syringae) bacteria - 80% of snow;In the past, scientists tried eliminating that bacteria; unintended consequence: less rain or snow, or nuclei replaced w/ soot/dust/etc.