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1200 Howler Monkeys on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island

By Guest PostJune 29, 20102 commentsNatureanita arcia mendoza, astrocaryum, barro Colorado, Berkeley, bot fly, bot fly lesion, claudio monteza, cuterebra baeri, darlene mitre, david natera, dawn chorus, department of environmental science and policy manageme, first howl, greg willis, howler monkey, island, jose alejandro ramirez silva, karis tunon, katie Milton, luis yepes, orlando ortiz castillo, panama, Smithsonian, stalwart volunteers, stri, triangulation, university of california, university of panama

The fifth Howler Monkey census at the Smithsonian’s Barro Colorado Island research station in Panama, organized by Katie Milton, professor in the department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management at the University of California, Berkeley, revealed that monkey numbers have not changed significantly since the first census 33 years ago.

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Imagine Cup Alums Start Hot Social Gaming Company

By Guest PostJune 28, 20102 commentsTechnology2004 imagine cup victory, bizspark, bizspark summit, Europe, france, francois beaussier, guillaume belmas, imagine cup, kobojo, Microsoft, vincent, vincent vergonjeanne, walid abu-hadba

*After competing in the 2004 Imagine Cup, a team from France started what would turn into one of Europe’s most popular social gaming sites.*

Redmond, Wash., June 28, 2010 – Six years ago, Vincent Vergonjeanne and a few college friends represented France at the Imagine Cup, the world’s largest student technology competition. After several days of presentations, they captured the top prize in the software design competition.

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UN Predicts Global Rise of Food Prices

By Guest PostJune 27, 20103 commentsEconomyafrica, agricultural products, agronews, asian farmers, biofuel, brazil, bric, canada, Chicago, China, coarse grains, dairy products, developing countries, eastern europe, fao, food and agriculture organization, food colonization, food consumption, grain traders, India, oecd, organization for economic cooperation and development, russia, the philippines, ukraine, un, united states, us midwest, vitally salnik, Wall Street Journal, western europe, wheat

In the next ten years, prices for agricultural products in the world will grow in real terms by 15-40%, say experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. The reason for it is the increasing demand for food in developing countries and production of biofuels.

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NASA infrared imagery shows well-defined eye in Category 5 Celia

By Guest PostJune 25, 2010Scienceairs, atmospheric infrared sounder, baja California, category 5 storm, celia, eastern pacific, ed olsen, hurricane celia, infrared image, moderate imaging spectroradiometer, modis, nasa aqua satellite, nasa jpl, national hurricane center, tropical cyclones, tropopause, troposphere

Celia has exploded into a monster hurricane in the Eastern Pacific, and is now a Category 5 storm over open waters.

NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an infrared image (that shows temperature) of Celia’s clouds and clearly shows an eye in the storm.

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Wireless vs. wireless

By Guest PostJune 25, 20103 commentsTechnology3G, hot-spot, lan, local-area network, meridian and martin weiss, mississippi state university, new york's times square, Pennsylvania, seungjae shin, university of pittsburgh, usa, wan, Wi-Fi, wide-area network

3G and Wi-Fi are the two main mobile communications technologies today, but until recently they have been complementary services, the former offering users network access through cell phone masts forming a wide-area network (WAN), the latter based on hot-spot connections through a local-area network (LAN). Both then provide connectivity to the web, email and other services.

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New York City is Preparing for Climate Change

By Guest PostJune 25, 2010Environmentclimate adaptation challenges, climate change, climate change adaptation, climate risk assessment, coastal cities, new york city, risk-management

New York City is establishing itself as a global leader in forming a proactive response to climate change, reveals a new report detailing the city’s plans to adapt to the challenges and opportunities the changing climate presents. (more…)

People who suppress anger are more likely to become violent when drunk

By Guest PostJune 24, 2010Healthanger suppression, angry feelings, intoxicated aggression, violent behaviour

A study published on June 21, 2010, in the journal Addiction reveals that drunkenness increases the risk for violent behaviour, but only for individuals with a strong inclination to suppress anger. (more…)

Dinosaur-chewing mammals leave behind oldest known tooth marks

By Guest PostJune 24, 2010Scienceadrosaurid, alberta, aquatic reptile, canada, ceratopsid, champsosaurus, cleveland museum of natural history, deer, dinosaur, dinosaur-chewing mammals, Epoch, femur bone, journal paleontology, late cretaceous, mammalian tooth marks, marsupial, michael j. ryan, multituberculates, nicholas longrich, ornithischian, paleontologists, royal tyrrell museum of palaeontology, university of alberta laboratory for vertebrate palaeon, yale university

New Haven, Conn. — Paleontologists have discovered the oldest mammalian tooth marks yet on the bones of ancient animals, including several large dinosaurs. They report their findings in a paper published online June 16 in the journal Paleontology.

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