Buzzkill: Will America's Bees Survive? Buzzkill: Will America's Bees Survive? Posted by Darwin Chambers on February 22, 2017 (Source: Discover Magazine) Commercial beekeeper Darren Cox stands among some of his hives in a bee yard in the rich Cache Valley north of Salt Lake City. Bees have been dying at faster rates t … Read More
How Heat from the Sun Can Keep Us All Cool How Heat from the Sun Can Keep Us All Cool Posted by Darwin Chambers on February 13, 2017 (Source: Scientific American & Nature) At Hotel Star Sapphire in Dawei, Myanmar, guests sip from coconuts in cool, air-conditioned comfort as the steamy tropical night rolls on. Seven thousa … Read More
U.S. Lists a Bumble Bee Species as Endangered for First Time U.S. Lists a Bumble Bee Species as Endangered for First Time Posted by Darwin Chambers on February 9, 2017 (Source: Scientific American) Photo Credit Wikimedia The rusty patched bumble bee, a prized but vanishing pollinator once familiar to much of North America, was listed on Tuesday as an endange … Read More
Congress approves deal to keep government open, fight Zika Congress approves deal to keep government open, fight Zika Posted by Darwin Chambers on February 6, 2017 (Source: USAToday) WASHINGTON — Congress approved a stop-gap spending deal Wednesday to avert a government shutdown and provide $1.1 billion in long-awaited aid to combat the Zika vir … Read More
Latex Glove Production Require Tight Control of Humidity and Temperature Latex Glove Production Require Tight Control of Humidity and Temperature Posted by Darwin Chambers on January 26, 2017 (Source: Rotronic) Latex gloves in general Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, minor impurities of other … Read More