Farmland Improves Bee Health

Farmland Improves Bee Health

The biggest cause of bee die-offs is just random luck. For as long as bee numbers have been reported there have been reports of sudden, large-scale die-offs. Nature is out to kill them like it is all…
Anomaly! : The Lost Chapters (Part 4)

Anomaly! : The Lost Chapters (Part 4)

The text below is the fourth part of what could have become "Chapter 13" of the book "Anomaly! Collider Physics and the Quest for New Phenomena at Fermilab", which I published in 2016. For part 1 see…
The Next Plague: Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia?

The Next Plague: Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia?

Though coronavirus is a new name for much of the world, microbiologists have worried about it for half a century. It is in the same family as the common cold virus but with the right mutation it can…
Plant Respiration Implicated In Arctic Melting

Plant Respiration Implicated In Arctic Melting

A new paper has implicated a physiologic mechanism in vegetation as a cause for Arctic warming. The "greenhouse effect" is well-known by now, water vapor that plants emit during photosynthesis serves…
The Psychosis Of Coronavirus

The Psychosis Of Coronavirus

When states and nations began to implement forced lockdowns to combat COVID-19, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that has now killed 20,000 more people than the flu did two years ago, there was relatively…