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Angling for a Better Way to Farm Fish--And Vegetables, Too
Confounded by the inexhaustible array of choices available when you stroll through a supermarket today? Well, here's another one to add to the list: How would you like your environmental degradation? By land or by sea? Whether it's pesticides and fertilizers leaching out of croplands or marine fish stocks vanishing by the boatful, every food purchase carries increasingly visible ecological costs.
Against this backdrop, a growing cadre of academics, farmers and aquaculturists is working to refine and popularize a technique that could slash those costs for both fish and vegetable products.... [more]
- Scientific American Magazine posted 8/28/08 | 0 comments
Pigeons as Pilots?
- Scientific American Magazine posted 8/27/08 | 0 comments
Updates: Whatever Happened to Anesthesia and Pain?
- Scientific American Mind posted 8/27/08 | 1 comments
Can one neuron release more than one neurotransmitter? Why is it comforting to discuss problems with others?
- Biology News posted 8/26/08 | 21 comments
On a Wing and Low Air: The Surprising Way Wind Turbines Kill Bats
- Features posted 8/25/08 | 0 comments
Experimental Prosthetic Surgery to Help One Dog Get a Leg Up
- Biology News posted 8/25/08 | 12 comments
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