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EcoFriendOnline.com Wins the USCA “Best of Local Business” Award

EcoFriend Kim — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:24:24 +0000

The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community... [...]

Naked mole rats have the world’s ugliest, most sluggish sperm

Bryan Nelson — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:42:18 +0000

Naked mole rats might be fascinating animals, but they also resemble the old, crusty men that inevitably make your trip to the nude beach regrettable. Now new research has shown that these hideous rodents also have the world's most deformed, sluggish sperm, according to New Scientist.

In other words, the sperm look a lot like the animal.

Naked mole rats have the world’s ugliest, most sluggish sperm

Bryan Nelson — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:42:18 +0000

In other words, the sperm look a lot like the animal.

Naked mole rats have the world’s ugliest, most sluggish sperm

Bryan Nelson — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:42:18 +0000

In other words, the sperm look a lot like the animal.

More than 200 Chinese children poisoned by lead

Super Admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:57:27 +0000

BEIJING - More than 200 Chinese children have been poisoned by lead from battery plants located too close to houses in the east of the country, state media said Thursday, the latest in a string of heavy metal pollution cases. After tests last month showed three children in Gaohe in Anhui province had elevated levels of lead in their blood, 280 others were subsequently checked, more than 200 of whom were found to

Ancient ‘ninja’ birds swung wings like nunchucks

LiveScience — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:07:14 +0000

An extinct bird from Jamaica apparently transformed its wings into banana-shaped clubs to beat its enemies with, scientists find. The peculiar, roughly chicken-size ibis Xenicibis xympithecus probably went extinct less than 10,000 years ago, and may have been another casualty of humanity. It was flightless, just as many island birds are, but the 5-pound (2 kilogram) ibis nevertheless retained long wing bones.

Great Barrier Reef under threat from floods

Super Admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:41:23 +0000

Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is under threat from massive floods swamping the country's northeast which are pouring harmful debris and sediment into the sea, an expert said Wednesday. The full impact of the floods, which are rushing huge volumes of water into the pristine surrounds of the world's largest coral reef, is not yet known, but the influx will stress the colourful corals, said Michelle Devlin. "This does impact on th

Modular madness hits Seattle

Matt Hickman — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:40:09 +0000

A super-efficient, three-bedroom prefab home in Seattle installed in only 6 hours as an urban infill project is on track for LEED Platinum certification. [...]

The little devil! Zoo’s first baby of 2011 is a ‘satanic’ gecko

OurAmazingPlanet.com — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:41:44 +0000

The San Diego Zoo has just welcomed its first baby of 2011, hatched on New Year's Day. And while the satanic leaf-tailed gecko may sound menacing, the zoo is excited to have the newborn lizard.

The great ethanol debate heads to the courts

Andrew Schenkel — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:35:49 +0000

Just a few months after the Obama administration gave gas stations the green light to begin selling gasoline that contains 15 percent ethanol, a lawsuit has been filed challenging that decision. The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association has moved forward with a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency claiming that the EPA simply does not have the authority under the Clean Air Act to approve a plan for fuels in certain engines while excluding others.