Over the 4th of July weekend my family went on a road trip to the Sequoia National park to see giants and stars.
Finally because liquids travel more quickly through the intestinal tract they alter the rate of nutrient absorption
Some beverages cross over the line into being a food says Barbara Rolls professor of nutritional sciences at Pennsylvania State university.
The jars of Nutella were stolen from a parked trailer near the town of Niederaula Agence france-presse reports
and efficiently direct force into the pelvis. Â The team concluded that O. bamboliiâ wasn't a two-legged walker.
That doesn't mean the ancient ape never walked on two legs just that it wasn't its dominant mode of transport.
when they travel. I felt both repulsed and attracted by the opportunity to chow down on our study organisms said Nalini Nadkarni an ecologist at the University of Utah.
The colorful mosaic and public building whose ceiling was covered in roof tiles were uncovered in Kibbutz Bet Qama in the B'nei Shimon regional council prior to the construction of a road between Ma'ahaz and Devira Junction.
The site of the excavation is located on an ancient road that ran north from Be'er Sheva
One of the structures likely served as an inn for visitors the researchers speculate. During the Byzantine Period Jewish and Christian settlements in the area would have been situated next to each other.
and one of the most powerful eruptions in Earth's history said lead study author Alexa Van Eaton a postdoctoral scholar at both the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Washington and Arizona State university.
More than 600 million cubic meters (20 billion cubic feet) of diatoms from a lake flew into the air Van Eaton reported Sept. 6 in the journal Geology.
They just hitched a ride Van Eaton said. The pristine shells in the Chatham Island ash suggest diatoms could infect new niches by coasting on atmospheric currents.
If they made it there alive this is one way microorganisms can travel and meet each other Van Eaton told Livescience's Ouramazingplanet.
We know that ash from smaller events easily travels around the world. 5 Colossal Cones:
Biggest Volcanoes On earth World domination cell by cell Diatoms a golden brown algae rule Earth's waterways.
and algae upward at more than 250 mph (400 km h) Van Eaton said. Volcanic hail (called accretionary lapilli) pelted the landscape for miles.
Van Eaton discovered the diatoms while examining the volcanic hail with a scanning electron microscope. The first time I ever saw them I was looking at these volcanic ash aggregates
Van Eaton soon determined that one of the three diatom species entombed in the ash only lives on the North Island of New zealand.
The prevailing winds blew west at the time so the shells circled the Southern hemisphere before landing on the islands Van Eaton
The color suggests they weren't cooked to extreme temperatures in the volcanic eruption Van Eaton said.
Instead he suspects diatom resting spores could travel the atmospheric currents dropping out and colonizing new ecosystems.
The Geology of Yellowstone Van Eaton hopes the discovery will prompt other scientists to search for microscopic life in wet eruptions where magma hit water.
This is potentially another tool to pinpoint where ash deposits come from Van Eaton said. If the work is done to characterize the kinds of microbes that are unique to an area then it could give you a biogenic fingerprint for your eruption deposits.
Ash travels hundreds of miles but once it's far from its source linking a few inches of glass back to a single volcano becomes difficult particularly in regions like the South Pacific where volcanoes pop off all the time.
when he warned that trees cause more pollution than automobiles do. Go ahead snicker. I sure did.
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A truck in Wagontire Ore. swerved to avoid a deer in 2008 spilling hundreds of gallons of molasses over the highway.
In 2012 alone trucks and tractor-trailers spilled 77000 lbs. 35000 kilograms) of Budweiser onto a Maryland interstate 55000 lbs.
When a truck carrying construction glue collided with a bus in Chengdu City China it dowsed the street with its sticky contents.
A truck carrying 8000 gallons (more than 30000 liters) of a Japanese synthetic blood drink inspired by the HBO series True Blood caused a gory mess
The year before in Oregon 4000 of real pig blood spilled from a truck carting animal waste from a processing plant.
and California where 10 million to 16 million angry buzzers responded by stinging firefighters police and drivers.
when a drunk truck-driver crashed his trailer wasn't snow but in fact powdered milk. Fortunately the trucking company swept up the mess before it rained
and became a smelly milky mess. In 2000 millions of the popular LEGO plastic toys went for a swim
In 2004 an armored truck crashed on the New jersey Turnpike spilling $2 million in coins.
In 2005 another truck caught fire in Alabama spilling $800000 in quarters. And in 2008 a driver on his way to the Miami Federal reserve fatally crashed spewing $185000 in nickels n
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In one case understanding the stable isotope ratios of hair led to the identification of a murder victim by determining her travel history.
and so because the stable isotope ratios in drinking water get incorporated into hair a record of travel history is revealed by looking at the isotope composition of scalp hair.
What music do you play most often in your office or car? Anything from Modest Mouse to Johnny cash to classical depending on the mood of the day.
#The Cloudy Science Of E-Cigarettes (ISNS)--In recent years a new type of cigarette has begun to repopulate our restaurants our subway trains and our movie theaters.
 In the meantime Seidman worries that e-cigarettes simply assist smokers who wish to bring e-cigarettes into places such as airports where the smoker would
It s a pyramid-like structure that has more than 2000 glyphs embellished on a flight of 63 steps the longest ancient Maya inscription known to exist
If you do decide to hop on the latest bandwagon whether it is garcinia cambogia or some other plant-based extract proceed with caution.
With everything from printed metal airplane wings to replacement organs on the horizon could printed food be next?
and even tiny spaceships made of deep fried scallops. Novelty food suppliers have become early adopters of similar technology.
The Sugar Lab had adapted 3d Systems'Color Jet Printing (CJP) technology to print flavoured edible binders on a sugar bed to fabricate solid structures.
And NASA sees 3d printed food as a revolutionary way to make personalised meals for astronauts.
Beyond providing cosmic delivery food would also be tailored for astronauts'daily activities. will printed food go beyond novelty value?
What can you see from treetops that you could never see from the ground or even from high up in an airplane?
Once the babies are about a month old mommy spider rolls onto her back letting her babies climb aboard.
The moms aren't just being helicopter parents they stand to pass on their genes if their efforts result in grandkids researchers say. 8. Frog taxi service The strawberry poison arrow frog pulls out all the stops
The researchers using NASA imagery and historical data found that every time there is a major flood terraces fail
which can be dangerous to transport. The gold found in plants are nanoparticles so there may be great potential for the chemical industry which uses gold nanoparticles as catalysts for chemical reactions Anderson said.
and move from the countryside to the cities they demand energy-using technologies such as lighting appliances cars and electronics.
In order to accommodate the new consumers developing countries are rapidly constructing new buildings roads and power plants.
and that deployment will itself be an important driver of innovation which will result in better and cheaper options in the future.
I recently created a presentation for the hotel's health club members called Four Steps For Strengthening Muscles Some Surprising News. For the presentation hotel executive chef Douglas Anderson uniquely
Greek Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes as interpreted by Four Seasons Hotel Executive Chef Douglas Anderson Greek Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes From Diet Simple Farm to Table Recipes:
Foods that may pose a greater choking risk to children include those that are similar in shape to the child's airway (such as hot dogs) those that are difficult to chew (raw fruits
and ranchers are an important indicator of not only an early spring but also of the larger climate-change driver.
The urban heat island effect can make temperatures several degrees warmer in a city than its surrounding rural areas as clusters of roads
if the garbage truck is approaching. I tell them that a few simple lessons and better understanding of the historic theories of Pavlov otherwise known as classical conditioning can be the difference in comprehending your dog's behavior
In addition sonar mapping revealed that the vast majority of the forest is buried still under the sediment
They get people out of cars by enabling walking biking and public transit; they lower building energy-use per person;
Transportation impacts Research shows that densely-populated cities use less transportation energy the reason is less reliance on car travel.
Nearby access to goods and services means more trips are within walking distance. Compared to sprawling cities densely-populated cities are served more easily with quality public transit.
Sprawling cities cover a larger area increasing the cost per person required to provide comprehensive transit coverage.
Buildings Building-related emissions are typically lower on a per-person basis in dense cities
and store carbon in the soil or vegetation at higher amounts than do buildings or roads.
As a result transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions in Denver are more than four times larger than New york's. In the figure the four cities in developing countries do not have lower emissions per person compared to their nation's national average.
The city emissions numbers take into account the direct combustion of fuels including from small mobile sources (like cars)
While New york appears to have low carbon emissions based on its transportation and housing emissions per person this issue of traded goods complicates the picture.
-and transportation-energy demands and conserve green undeveloped land thus reducing the carbon footprints of their residents.
After that the objects can be used to educate the public and train law enforcement officials. But FWS officials say that
Humans are the main driver of deforestation through logging and clear-cutting Hansen told Livescience.
The fine scale of the map allows researchers to zoom in close enough to see logging roads river meanders
and even tornado tracks Hansen said. There are a ton of stories here he said. Some of the information that comes from forest maps is unexpected entirely he added.
but also about anticipating what we're likely to see decades down the road. Part of that is realizing that spring in the 2050s may not be compared recognizable with the springs we grew up with.
Curiosity Rover Uncovers a Flood of Evidence LONDON Water water everywhere and some of it fit to drink.
That s the picture of ancient Mars that has emerged during the past few months thanks to discoveries by NASA's Curiosity rover
The Search for Water on Mars (Photos) During many sessions at the conference which was held Sept. 8 to Sept. 13 in London scientists presented details of the rover s most exciting finds made before it began the long drive toward the towering
Curiosity's smaller older cousins NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers found plenty of evidence of ancient Martian water after touching down in 2004
So we can tell that these outcrops are clear evidence for sustained water transport and dune migration.
The 1-ton rover may finally arrive at the mountain's base next May or June team members say.
Mount Sharp has been Curiosity's primary destination since before the rover's November 2011 launch.
Mission scientists are eager to find out what the rover discovers there. I think the door is wide open
and that at some point in the future groundwater pumping rates are going to have to decrease study lead author David Steward a professor of civil engineering at Kansas State university said in a statement.
10 Health Status Signs Taking water measurements Steward and his colleagues collected data on past and present groundwater levels in the Ogallala Aquifer and developed statistical models to project various
It would take an average of 500 to 1300 years to completely refill the High Plains Aquifer Steward added.
if we're able to save water today it will result in a substantial increase in the number of years that we will have irrigated agriculture in Kansas Steward said.
NASA satellites that studied the parched land determined that the drought depleted the region's aquifers to low levels that had rarely been seen
Steward and his colleagues anticipate future technologies will help farmers irrigate their land more efficiently.
which means that every year we're growing about 2 percent more crop for each unit of water Steward said.
and human settlements at the International Institute for Environment and Development in the United kingdom. Rather changes in consumption are the key drivers of global warming he explained.
and transportation boomed. The technologies used during the Industrial revolution were also inefficient and largely based on coal and fossil fuels
Since the start of the Industrial revolution human activities have increased the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide by a third according to NASA.
by minimizing the distance between people you could reduce the distance goods need to travel
SUVS on U s. roads Cascio said. 6 Ways to Feed 11 Billion People Scientists have been working on developing cultured meat
The fossil site is a muddy layer packed with leaves from hardwood trees that lived more than 300 years ago along Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County Pa.
and sweet birch trees shaded Conestoga Creek according to a study the researchers published today (Nov 13) in the journal PLOS ONE.
The remaining 70 percent is absorbed by the oceans the land and the atmosphere according to NASA.
The balance between incoming and outgoing radiation keeps Earth's overall average temperature at about 59 F 15 C). This exchange of incoming and outgoing radiation that warms Earth is referred often to as the greenhouse effect because a greenhouse works in much
Transportation is a close second contributing about 28 percent of U s. greenhouse gas emissions. Almost all cars trucks ships trains and airplanes run on gasoline or diesel fuels.
Manufacturing and other industries contribute about 20 percent of U s. greenhouse gas emissions followed by residential and commercial sources (11 percent) and agriculture (8 percent.
and methane levels have increased a whopping 148 percent according to NASA and most of that increase has been in the past 50 years.
And the pawpaw doesn't travel well: It bruises easily and has a short shelf life (two to three days at room temperature).
Though the existence of global warming was considered once controversial it is acknowledged now as real by an overwhelming majority of researchers throughout the international scientific community according to the National aeronautics and space administration (NASA.
Nonetheless CO2 is cited frequently as the principal driver of global warming because human activity primarily the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil has released unprecedented amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere
More sustainable transportation options such as mass transit and alt-fuel vehicles will also reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that about 25 percent of energy-related CO2 emissions in the United states come from passenger vehicles.
About 30 percent of the radiation striking Earth's atmosphere is reflected immediately back out to space by clouds ice snow sand and other reflective surfaces according to NASA.
It's this equilibrium of incoming and outgoing radiation that makes the Earth habitable with an average temperature of about 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius) according to NASA.
A similar phenomenon takes place in a car parked outside on a cold sunny day.
Incoming solar radiation warms the car's interior but outgoing thermal radiation is trapped inside the car's closed windows.
The gases in the atmosphere that absorb radiation are known as greenhouse gases because they're largely responsible for the greenhouse effect.
Since the dawn of the Industrial revolution in the early 1800s the burning of fossil fuels like coal oil and gasoline have increased greatly the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere especially CO2 according to NASA.
If global warming continues unchecked it will cause significant climate change a rise in sea levels increasing ocean acidification extreme weather events and other severe natural and societal impacts according to NASA the EPA
When you buy produce from a grocery store it may have spent as much as a week in transit.
and militarism anthropologist Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney wrote in her book Kamikaze Cherry Blossoms and Nationalisms:
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Last year fall tourism brought over $1. 5 billion to Maine alone. With 25 states across the country from the Midwest to New england to the Piedmont claiming significant autumn tourism seasons Neufeld estimates leaf peepers generate about $25 billion a year.
That's pretty significant he said. It's also a beloved time of year said Carolann Ouellette director of the Maine Office of Tourism.
For many people it means so many things Ouellette said. It's a very energizing time for Maine and for our visitors.
Service whose Climate Change Tree Atlas forecasted the shift. Though trees that currently populate more Southern states might move in to fill that space few
Instead these odd protrusions are mounds of fat allowing the gangly beast to travel days through the desert without stopping for a bite to eat.
It also became part of a long line of animal astronauts. But since science has proved time and again that humans can survive the extraterrestrial trip why do countries bother sending monkeys and other living creatures up into space at all these days?
In the case of Iran the demonstration is more of a show said Kenneth Halberg a researcher at the University of Copenhagen who studies aquatic bugs'ability to survive spacelike conditions.
But sending other animals into space can provide valuable scientific lessons for interplanetary travel and space greenhouses he said.
But since then more than 500 people have traveled to space and space tourism isn't too far away from becoming mainstream.
So testing the survivability of short-term space travel for humans is not a pressing scientific concern Halberg said.
The First Space Tourists Of course not all space-based animal experiments have fundamental scientific value said Nathaniel Szewczyk a biologist at the University of Nottingham who has studied 24 generations of nematodes in space.
And for a price a Texas-based company called Nanoracks will send scientists'projects up to the International Space station Szewczyk said.
 Interplanetary travel Instead animal experiments in space can provide insights into the dangers of longer voyages such as interplanetary or interstellar travel for extraterrestrial colonization.
and it would take four years to travel to Mars to set up a colony Halberg said.
A light-year is the distance light will travel in a year or about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers.
During that time a space capsule wouldn't completely insulate life from bombardment with cosmic radiation zero air pressure and cold temperatures.
Indeed agriculture has been a critical driver of well-being for centuries ensuring the food security central to human health
and transport and supporting policies needed to transform agriculture and drive sustainable economic growth. But in order to scale up innovation
This opens new markets that were limited once because of root spoilage during transportation. In another example The Rockefeller Foundation-supported Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation project an integrated risk management scheme developed by the Relief Society of Tigray
A Century After Severe Decline In the early 1900s wild turkeys seemed to be on the road toward extinction as unregulated hunting
and some new places where they hadn't been said previously wildlife biologist Thomas Hughes of the National Wild Turkey Federation an organization that has reintroduced the animals into the wild.
They can be found in 49 U s. states with the only exception being said Alaska Hughes.
There have been problems from turkey droppings on the lawn to roosting on the roof to pecking the side of a car where they see their reflection to chasing the mailman from time to time Hughes told Livescience.
Gobbler restocking Prior to the 1950s efforts to restock the wild turkeys mostly failed Hughes said That's
In the Southeast the traditional stronghold of the iconic animal populations have declined in some areas Hughes said.
and farmland but don't do well in dense thickets they need open spaces where males can display to females as a part of their breeding ritual Hughes said.
Hughes first got interested in wild turkeys when hunting them with his father as a child in northern Florida.
or growing Hughes said. We consider them a real delicacy on the table in my house Hughes said.
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Most experts believe the impact of climate change on allergic diseases will vary by region depending on latitude altitude rainfall and storms land-use patterns urbanization transportation and energy production.
Word of Yosemite s beauty spread and the first group of tourists arrived in 1855.
Nine years later President Lincoln named Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove as the country s first public preserve.
Though it s more of a pond than a lake this Yosemite Valley spot is an extremely popular destination.
or take a tram ride to see Mariposa s sequoias. Yosemite offers many camping options.
The Ahwahnee Hotel and historic Wawona Hotel offer plenty of comfort while canvas-and hard-sided cabins at Curry Village White wolf Lodge
and there is a $20/car entrance fee
#Your Holiday Table: Fresh, Frozen or Canned Veggies? The holiday season is a time when our daily agenda items can be trumped by longstanding traditions such as baking Christmas cookies from scratch
When de la Rosa did research online he was surprised to find more evidence of tear-drinking than he expected not only from scientists but also casual tourists wilderness enthusiasts and professional photographers.
Then there are foods that seemingly jumped on the probiotics bandwagon. They aren't naturally fermented
They can travel 15 miles (24 kilometers) in a 24-hour period in search of food
(and while Turner was pregnant) and a car accident that totaled Turner's field vehicle.
And runners hikers golfers cyclists and other outdoor enthusiasts who have seasonal allergies can safely pursue their passions.
Cyclists get exposed to wind-carried pollens but sunglasses might help protect them from pollen entering the eyes.
and car stay closed as much as possible during allergy season Patil said. When you come inside after gardening
but the video itself was likely confusing as the marmosets had seen never one before said Lydia Hopper a research scientist at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago who was not involved with the study.
Of course the biggest efficiency booster of all could be President Barack Obama's climate action plan
New york city launched a successful pilot curbside food-waste collection program this year and plans to require residents to separate food scraps for composting starting in 2016.
that power most cars on the road today only four out of every 20 gallons of gas actually go towards moving the vehicle forward.
More than half-a million conventional hybrid vehicles were sold in model-year 2013 and plug-in electric vehicle sales more than doubled from model year 2012 to model year 2013.
More than a quarter of 2013 models are already ahead of schedule in meeting fuel-efficiency and carbon-pollution requirements.
Building a Drought-Proof Farm (Op-Ed) NRDC is pushing the government to give cover-cropping farmers a discount on crop insurance like a good-driver discount
and if they're not altered by the courts they should be very effective in reducing CO2 emissions from the power sector said NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies researcher Drew Shindell.
Humans have used camels as a means of transport for thousands of years. They can carry about 500 pounds on their backs earning these beasts of burden a nickname ships of the desert.
and used for transportation meat fur leather and milk. Camels can run at 25 mph (40 kph) for long periods.
Inside the discs a fan of digestive tubes delivers nutrients radiating outward like bicycle tire spokes.
After returning to shore scientists sifted through the marine life collected during the research cruise.
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