and their stomachs have four compartments that digest the leaves they eat. After a giraffe swallows a mouthful of leaves once a ball of already-chewed leaves
Road vehicles are also a threat as devils are difficult to see on roads. Odd facts about Tasmanian devils:
Milk and cheese were consumed probably not due to transportation problems and the cattle's low milk yield during that time Redding said.
and Anubis. Shaw writes that they also found on the lowest terrace a relief showing Hatshepsut as a sphinx oetriumphing over her enemies and another oedescribing the quarrying and transportation of two granite obelisks from the quarries at Aswan.
New roads have made the desert accessible so we were able to access lands people had died trying to visit even a decade ago Putnam said.
Translation by Gloria Ferrari from Alcman and the Cosmos of Sparta University of Chicago Press 2008) A key event on Sparta s road to becoming a more militaristic society was its conquest of the land of Messenia
they drove carriages in processions and at the Hyacinthia a festival of Apollo and Hyacinthus they raced in two-horse chariots.
Sparta in time developed a system of dual kingship (two kings ruling at once. Their power was counterbalanced by the elected board of ephors (who may only serve a single one-year term.
The researchers note that smaller regions are more likely to have covered fewer roads by Google street view
whose symptoms are identifiable from the road including the horse chestnut leaf miner or ash dieback fungus.
#Human-Powered Vehicles Can Drive Meaningful Change (Op-Ed) Mark Archibald professor of mechanical engineering at Grove City College in Pennsylvania
and race vehicles they have designed. The vehicles negotiate tight turns slaloms rough pavement and grocery stops.
Peak speeds are often around 45 mph (72 km h). ) The men and women designing and competing bring new ideas and innovations each year.
None of the vehicles uses a drop of gasoline. They don t use batteries that are charged via the electric grid.
These vehicles are powered by the students legs and sometimes arms. The vehicles demonstrate remarkable engineering design and vehicle performance.
The event Is powered the Human Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) which has been held annually for each of the last 30 years in the United states
and has expanded to Latin america and Pakistan. India will be added later this year. The American Society of Mechanical engineers (ASME) organizes
of which involve vehicles of one type or another. There are races for off-road vehicles Formula 1 race cars and snowmobiles.
There is a competition for high-mileage vehicles which look a lot like human-powered vehicles but run on gasoline and get about 1300 miles (2100 kilometers) per gallon.
Yet the ASME HPVC stands out among all of these competitions in part because of the structure of the competition itself which gives student teams much more design freedom to innovate
and engineer creative solutions. It also stands out because it encouragesâ womenâ a group significantly underrepresented in mechanical engineering to participate
And it stands out because of the social and environmental ramifications of human-powered vehicles which offer very tangible benefits to people in both developed and undeveloped nations.
At about the same time society was recognizing the value of human-powered vehicles as sustainable transportation
and the competition added a second class of vehicles for utilitarian uses. Â For the first few years teams entering that class struggled to develop viable technologies that would lead to high-performance practical vehicles.
By 2011 the utility vehicles had improved to the point that the vehicle classes were combined. Today successful HPVC teams must design
and build vehicles that are both fast and practical for daily transportation. They compete in four events an engineering design event a speed event an innovation event
and an endurance event that demonstrate all aspects of the design. Â All real engineering projects involve constraints.
because a team of students developing a competitive vehicle must learn those skills in order to even get to the competition.
 The vehicles that students design and race are variations on the familiar bicycle. Most are recumbent with riders sitting down in a more aerodynamic position than they would on standard bicycles.
and develop efficient sustainable and practical human-powered vehicles. Â In developed countries those types of vehicles along with more conventional bicycles can be used to relieve traffic congestion improve public health reduce airâ pollutionâ and significantly lower transportation costs.
In developing countries human-powered vehicles can provide affordable basic transportation for personal transport deliveries and even ambulance services.
The HPVC mission encourages engineering students to consider the social environmental and economic benefits of the vehicles they design.
The result is vehicles that are affordable clean and safe. They are faster and more comfortable than standard bicycles and many offer protection from foul weather.
 Some particularly within the United states have questioned the benefits of human-powered vehicles. The individual cost advantages are clear and significant.
Consider a new college graduate who purchases a human-powered vehicle rather than an automobile.
On average he or she will save $5000 to $6000 each year money that can go a long way toward repaying student loans
If 5 percent of the U s. population were to switch from automobiles to human-powered vehicles for most of their trips the aggregate difference would be a reduction of 31 million tons (28 million metric tons) of greenhouse
Additionally in many parts of the world human-powered vehicles are used to meet basic transportation needs.
and transit systems may not exist. Â Students participating in the HPVC are designing transportation solutions for a world faced with economic stress and poverty climate change and strife over energy supplies.
They learn to solve problems technical managerial budgetary and logistic in a structured and rational way.
Nonetheless the participants in the ASME Human-Powered Vehicle Challenge are better for it. They are better engineers.
The IPCC report provides guidance on how to meet those requirements in a more complete and more accurate way.
but we give very relevant guidance for the total amount of carbon that cannot be exceeded in terms of emissions in order to stay below 2 degrees Celsius 3. 6 degrees Fahrenheit.
The nucleus is the compartment where in animals plants and fungi the DNA is stored. In bacteria the DNA just floats around in the cell.
and higher transport costs will result in the cancelation or deferment of tar-sands expansion projects.
The Lidar data reveals roads canals and mounds which appear to cover archaeological features. There are two large settlements
There are no roads and a journey by foot and canoe would take weeks. Nevertheless Elkins said he worries about the publicity spawned by the Ciudad Blanca legend too.
Tackling issues like infrastructure transport storage prices and the role of women in an integrated way as both the FAO and the Feed the Future initiatives do is the only serious approach to the world hunger problem.
but it consists of huge sprawling suburbs connected by giant roads and canals in exactly the same way as the freeways link up Los angeles said Roland Fletcher of the University of Sydney.
Lost medieval city To the north of central Angkor the Lidar data revealed a previously unknown city hidden beneath the forest its roadways temples and other urban infrastructure etched into the surface of the holy Phnom Kulen mountain.
which is known for its roles in memory and navigation. Â As a rat walked around the enclosure a neuron in the entorhinal cortex fired;
#MERS Virus Found in Camels Camels are carriers of the new Middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus according to a new study.
#More than 30,000 Miles of Roads Built in Amazon in 3 Years How long does it take to build a little more than 30000 miles (50000 kilometers) of new roads through the rain forest?
While roads cover only a tiny fraction of the total land surface of South america's largest nation their effect on local ecosystems particularly rain forests may be huge.
The team's report which was published this month in the journal Regional Environmental Change concluded that approximately 10000 miles (17000 km) of roads were built every year in Brazil between 2004 and 2007.
This rampant road-building may be a major contributor to deforestation and habitat loss in one of planet Earth's most biologically diverse regions.
But by mapping road construction researchers think they can aid future efforts to stop destruction of the Brazilian rain forest.
Knowing where the roads are speed and the at which they are built is key to predicting deforestation Rob Ewers Imperial College London scientist
The effects that roads have on local ecosystems extend far beyond the locations of the roads themselves.
Such a network allows roads to be built far enough away from one another that animals and connected ecosystems can continue to thrive despite the intrusion of human infrastructure.
But road construction is just one of many factors leading to the continued deforestation of the world's largest rain forest.
And consumption of millet may have been linked to overall social status with relatively poorer suburbanites eating more of the grain than did wealthier city dwellers.
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and transportation in the heavily populated towns surrounding the mountain. History of eruptions Mount etna has a longer written record of eruptions than any other volcano.
More than 185 miles of roads and 15 miles of railways were damaged. Ash clogged sewage systems damaged cars and buildings and temporarily shut down air traffic over the Northwest.
which winds for 2 miles up through the forest ending along an abandoned logging road that offers a stunning view of the triplet of volcanic peaks known as the Three Sisters according to Oregon Lakes & Rivers.
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The German process uses a special conveying system to load de-stemmed grapes onto a belt that travels past a sorting module.
and holding a thunderbolt like a projectile Louis sits godlike on a silver chariot pushed by Hercules while riding roughshod over female personifications of nearby enemy towns.
and show how and when to deploy delivery trucks to ensure immediate shipment an especially important factor in farmlands where the lack of paved roads can paralyze distribution.
and predicting of weather effects on transportation networks can help farmers make better decisions about
That is especially critical in countries like Brazil where many of the roads are unpaved and heavy rain can cause trucks to get stuck in mud.
With the help of well-organized criminal syndicates the ivory is most likely already in transit to Asia to feed the voracious appetite for this white gold from newly affluent individuals.
The small Gulfstream-III passenger plane carries a 10-foot-long (3 meters) radar pod the unmanned aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar (UAVSAR.
The small Gulfstream-III passenger plane carries a 10-foot-long (3 meters) radar pod the unmanned aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar (UAVSAR.
The frozen body of<a href=http://www. livescience. com/37311-otzi-iceman-death-clues. html>Ãzi the Iceman</a>was discovered in 1991 in the Ãztal Alps on the Austrian-Italian
But on your road to good health the raw vegan diet would likely be a U-turn.
and what the new images reveal are features that could be ancient ruins including canals roads building foundations
The nation needs a reliable coherent and uniform food-dating system that provides useful guidance to consumers.
because the road would traverse the iconic Serengeti which is home to some of the world s most magnificent wildlife and habitat.
The plan to build any kind of road through the Serengeti is controversial because of concerns about the road's impact on the many animals that migrate through the area.
Truckers currently have to take a road that circumvents Tanazania's Serengeti National park and Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve a long journey.
But demand for a road is growing and many see construction as inevitable. A grand spectacle Speaking yesterday (May 14) at a conference on wildlife crime and poaching here at Rutgers University Leakey son of famed paleontologist and fossil hunters Louis and Mary Leakey
The 30-mile-long (48 kilometers) road would also allow drivers to see the creatures pass by.
Currently the plan for the road is at a standstill and Leakey said little will be accomplished by people continuing to talk talk talk.
With the Rim Fire nearly out and major roads reopened visitors were finally returning to Yosemite for camping and the park's fall foliage display.
It reminded me of a dead deer on the side of the road in the Florida Everglades with a big pile of really soggy moldy laundry next to it.
and transportation to name a few. To aid individuals institutions industries and governments in effectively planning for and responding to climate change's impacts UMD's Climate Information:
That doesn't mean the ancient ape never walked on two legs just that it wasn't its dominant mode of transport.
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
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.
In order to accommodate the new consumers developing countries are rapidly constructing new buildings roads and power plants.
The urban heat island effect can make temperatures several degrees warmer in a city than its surrounding rural areas as clusters of roads
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.
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.
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.
The fine scale of the map allows researchers to zoom in close enough to see logging roads river meanders
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.
So we can tell that these outcrops are clear evidence for sustained water transport and dune migration.
and transportation boomed. The technologies used during the Industrial revolution were also inefficient and largely based on coal and fossil fuels
SUVS on U s. roads Cascio said. 6 Ways to Feed 11 Billion People Scientists have been working on developing cultured meat
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.
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.
When you buy produce from a grocery store it may have spent as much as a week in transit.
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
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.
(and while Turner was pregnant) and a car accident that totaled Turner's field vehicle.
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.
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.
Central Asian shepherds did more than transport grains. The archaeologists also found evidence that herders began farming millet wheat barley and legumes by 4000 years ago.
#Redwood Poaching Prompts Park Service to Close Roads Raiding and thieving has become a growing problem in Redwood national and state parks in Northern California where poachers enter the parks at night and leave with large burls and other knotty growths from the tallest trees in the world the New york times reports.
Air Race Showcases Extreme Engineering At the Texas Motor Speedway in Forth Worth Texas 12 planes are gearing up for a high-flying aerial showdown Saturday (Sept. 6) on the sixth
But these pros will need more than just flying chops to navigate the challenging slalom course set up inside the speedway.
and the canopy the transparent part that covers the cockpit. Of the three planes flying in this year's race Mangold said that one the Zivko Edge is easier to customize than the others.
Air racing fans can watch a full-length broadcast of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship from the Texas Motor Speedway on Sept. 15 at 7: 30 pm ET
What if unmanned arial vehicle (UAV) developers could imagine their inventions through the eyes of conservation field staff?
Vehicle engines and warm bodies provide telltale signs that would otherwise be hidden by the night.
Prizes such as the automotive XPRIZE (vehicle efficiency) the lunar XPRIZE (space exploration) the genomics XPRIZE (genome sequencing)
The Great Green Desert Julene Bair is the author of The Ogallala Road A Memoir of Love and Reckoning.
No law makes a Duke sovereign of the roads I said casually. It was one of those phrases
Very well the Lady said from her carriage. Trattari you are ordered hereby to lay down your weapons.
Brasti turned and stared at the closed carriage. What? You're saying we have to lay down our weapons
and the road belongs to no one but the caravans. Captain Lynniac growled and he and his men charged us.
and the bus lumping them into the abstract category of modes of transportation. People from collectivistic societies take a more holistic relational view typically pairing the train with the tracks. 7 Personality Traits That Are Bad for You The researchers also asked participants to diagram their social networks drawing circles to represent themselves and their friends.
Common misconceptions and fears about bats have led many people to regard the creatures as unclean disease carriers
because they have not determined where the vehicles landed in the spring Bartlett said. Measuring more than 300 feet (91 meters) across and reaching depths of 160 feet (49 m) the hot spring is the largest in the United states and the third largest in the world.
</p><p>The Clearwater and Lochsa are threatened by manufacturing particularly the transport of " megaloads"
About 60 percent of the city's population has settled in traditional Mongolian tents called gers forming massive ger districts without paved roads electricity sanitation or running water.
Because a vehicle has thousands of parts and is supposed to last for tens of years without catastrophic failure.
because they actually have the benefit of surviving the intestinal transit so they can make it into your colon.
#Equipment Megaloads"on Roads Add Twist to Tar Sands Debate (Op-Ed)" Bobby Mcenaney is senior lands analyst at the Natural resources Defense Council (NRDC) and deputy director
For several years now NRDC has helped local groups fight the transport of massive truckloads of tar sands mining equipment through one of the nation's most remote and scenic parts of the United states shipments
and allowed further transportation of the loads with the Forest Service ultimately backing down. But on the behest of business owners the Nez Perce and regionally environmental organizations U s. Chief District Judge Winmill ruled that the Forest Service acted unlawfully by not managing for the potential impacts to federal resources caused by these shipments
This was such a common catchphrase even the Montana Department of transportation played off 93's reputation by highlighting the bumper sticker on its website the same agency now in charge of permitting megaload shipments.
These are extremely dangerous roads where snowstorms and icy weather can turn nasty at the drop of a hat.
Reports from the Edge a companion series to This American Land on PBS produced the video about the megaloads fight along a scenic road in Idaho.
#Most Interesting Science News articles of the Week From a melted road at Yellowstone to growling seahorses a medieval case of downs syndrome to Nikola Tesla's birthday here are some of the coolest stories in Science this week.
Not the polar ice caps but a road. A much-travelled route at Yellowstone national park has been closed
But the search-engine giant's mapping and imaging technology has uses beyond navigation and armchair travel.
and bright-red Pisten Bullies (vehicles and gear in Antarctica tend to be red or orange to make them easier to find in a rescue)
That meant tearing around the backwoods gravel roads in a pickup truck with a chainsaw and a compass searching out the required azimuth readings on a standard compass.
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Examinations of airborne scans of three New england towns revealed networks of old stone walls building foundations old roads dams and other features many of which long were forgotten.
Claire Mccaskill D-Mo. chairwoman of the U s. Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation's Subcommittee on Consumer Protection Product Safety and Insurance led a panel on Tuesday (June 17
and demand across source transit and destination countries. The study was published today (Aug 18) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
As flaming balls of lava and ash rain down on the streets of Pompeii the renegade gladiator Milo gallops on horseback after a chariot ridden by his beloved Cassia who has been kidnapped by an evil Roman senator.
but if a French research project pans out passenger jets could soon fuel up with biofuels derived from this agricultural byproduct.
This vast forest is rich in biodiversity including no fewer than 13 lemur species. With good transport links to the capital
The sensors are tiny radio frequency identification sensors that work in a similar way to a vehicle s e-tag recording
while piloting remotely operated underwater vehicles beneath the ice sheet: The underside of the ice looked fuzzy.
But we are confident that the government will be able to fully take on the responsibility down the road.
#Three Foods That Help Prevent Slippery Roads This article was provided by Accuweather. com. Government agencies in the United states spend $2. 3 billion every year to battle winter weather conditions according to a study sponsored by the New york state Department of transportation.
In their responsibility to keep roads open and safe during snowfall transportation departments continue to investigate
and implement new sometimes unusual strategies. Unconventional sources of salt brines such as beet juice potato and cheese byproducts are decreasing costs lowering environmental impacts
These agricultural-based brines were rated highly by many states surveyed noting the high ice melting capabilities and the overall safety impacts on wintry roads.
Accuweather. com spoke with several transportation department officials about their seemingly offbeat solutions for winter weather conditions.
Is Winter Driving Safer With Four-Wheel All-Wheel Drive Vehicles? Winter Weather Center Beet juice As an agricultural byproduct created through the sugar beet process beet juice brine is a useful tool for many highway departments.
Jerry Hatcher maintenance director for the Tennessee Department of transportation (TDOT) said That's when someone realized it could be used as a deicing agent.
Unconventionality aside these innovative brines are lowering costs lessening environmental impacts and providing safer roads.
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