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Avoiding virus dangers in 'domesticating' wild plants for biofuel use
2013-02-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: In our ongoing quest for alternative energy sources, researchers are looking more to plants that grow in the wild for use in biofuels, plants such as switchgrass. However, attempts to "domesticate" wild-growing plants have a downside, as it could make the plants more susceptible to any number of plant viruses. In a presentation at this year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Michigan State University plant biologist Carolyn Malmstrom said that when we start...
Android 4.2.2: A better Jelly Bean rolls into the wild
2013-02-12 18:15:46| CNET News.com
The upgrade is being released to Nexus device owners first and reportedly addresses a Bluetooth bug. [Read more]
Catching Borneo's mysterious wild cats on film
2013-02-07 22:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In my childhood's biology books from the 50's, the Australian marsupial tiger Thylacine is classified rare but alive. Today we know that the last thylacine died in a Tasmanian zoo 7th September, 1936, after a century of intensive hunting encouraged by bounties. The local government had finally introduced official protection 59 days before the last specimen died. Despite the optimism in my old books, no more thylacines were ever found. No film of it in the wild exists. So, I record wildlife on video....
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Product Launch - US: Campari's Skyy Infusions Wild Strawberry
2013-02-05 19:21:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Campari's Skyy Infusions Wild Strawberry
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State claims a wild card in BP civil deal on Macondo oil spill
2013-02-04 23:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: It is a question that has lawyers and many others on the U.S. Gulf coast buzzing: Will BP strike a massive deal to settle the remaining claims over the Gulf of Mexico well blowout? BP could be nearing a settlement of federal claims with the U.S. Department of Justice, but people tracking the case closely say the company and coastal states, especially Louisiana, might still be far apart. So unless the talks with the states quicken or the judge delays the process in the hope a far-reaching deal...
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