Air travel has come a long way since the Wright brothers made the first flight in 1903. Nowadays, we think nothing of jumping on a plane and flying off to the other side of the world. Few of us understand the science and engineering that keep planes [...]
We know that plants can sense and react to changes in the temperature, to harsh winds and even to physical stimulus, but a new study completed at the University of Missouri finds that plants can actually hear. A study that was published last Tuesday [...]
Home gardening accounts for an astonishing 75% of all pesticides used in North America, making it several million pounds used per year. Most of these are used to control insects on fruits and vegetables. From the garden, most of these chemicals find [...]
This article is written by Mischa Popoff, a former organic farmer and USDA-contract organic inspector and is the author of Is it Organic? Reason is a tool, but it can never be the motive force of the crowd. – Benito Mussolini A mere handful of [...]
Hot on the heels of revelations that the USDA has quietly approved a new generation of genetically modified crops, the editors at Scientific American have penned an op-ed arguing against labeling GMOs in food. Their reasoning? “Instead of [...]
You’d have to be living under a rock for the past few years to miss the increasingly disturbing reports of colony collapse disorder among bees. Since 2006, beekeepers have observed groups of bees simply wandering away from their hives to die. While [...]
The garden should be your own little green heaven, a plant-filled oasis from which you can temporarily relax and unwind and immerse yourself in the Earth’s natural glories. But occasionally amidst the flora and fauna you encounter a few unexpected [...]
People get sick and animal get sick; these are facts that we all know. But do buildings get sick? If you’ve heard the term “sick building” being tossed about, you may be as confused as others. The term doesn’t refer to the [...]
On January 6th, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that crops attractive to honeybees (in particular the European Apis mellifera) cannot contain chemicals from the neonicotinoid family of pesticides. This conclusion was reached [...]
A unique species of resident killer whales living off the coast of Washington’s iconic Puget Sound has unwittingly garnered the ire of big ag. Pacific Liberty Foundation, an infamously anti-environment property rights group, has filed a petition on [...]
