The Times reports on a very interesting development in science. It is the creation of scientists at Penn State University and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart. It is a polymer which somewhat mimics the self-repair systems of the squid. The scientists …
The story is unfolding in France. One of their popular cheeses is Compté. The dairy farmers who produce the milk to make the cheese have been accused of trying to grow too much grass. I presume that more grass means that the cows feed better …
Bacteria 6 km deep inside the earth below the seas have been woken up after being in a state of semi-stasis for 100 million years. It is an extraordinary story reported today in The Times newspaper. These microbes were on the floor of the oceans …
Sharks have it in their stomachs. Whales can have a huge number of plastic bags inside them which can be fatal. Sixty percent of seabirds and a hundred percent of turtles have plastic inside them and they mistake it for food. It is in the …
For many thousands of years, for aeons, humans have fished both to feed themselves and for sport and entertainment. Trillions of fish have died at the hands of these human activities – a huge, metaphorical pile of pain. It is now dawning on humans that, …
I would rate this as an excellent idea. The Marine Conservation Society has suggested that washing machines are fitted with filters across the outlet where the dirtywater goes to waste to prevent plastic microfibres from polluting the oceans. They want them to be installed from …
This is another tidbit of animal trivia which is actually quite important because it educates the human into better understand the animals with whom we share the planet. Ultimately and slowly this will lead to better animal welfare. Scientific Reports have published a study which …
It is said that pesticide pollution, and varnish put on boat hulls to stop algae growth, weakens the immune system of dolphins which then leads to their death, in this instance, from a marine version of measles caused by the virus cetacean morbillivirus. About 40 …
Noise can cause animals to become stressed with associated health problems. After the 9/11 attacks whales were less stressed in the Bay of Fundy because of reduced shipping and airline activity.
