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Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) XDR-TB: Tuberculosis incident: 1 of 2
By now everyone has heard about the unidentified traveler that caused some alarm the last couple of days when it was revealed that he flew to and from Europe with an extremely drug resistant form of Tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The CDC and other public health officials in the United States and Europe are looking for fellow passeng... More..
Sciences > Disease & Illness Keeping the bird flu under control: 1 of 2
Bird Flu is just another strain of the influenza virus. The strain commonly referred to as the Bird Flu in the news is the H5N1 strain. Currently this strain of influenza principally infects birds, but it is capable of infecting mammals, but does not spread well from mammal to mammal. The influenza virus family is characteri... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Can rail security concerning hazardous loads be improved for urban areas: 1 of 1
I aw an article on the ACS website about some proposed legislation requiring re-routing hazardous chemical rail shipments around large cities. The Senate voted against an amendment to a Homeland Security bill that would have required re-routing some hazardous chemical shipments around urban areas. Meanwhile, in the House the... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Climate change and methane hydrates: 1 of 1
Methane hydrates, essentially frozen methane gas and water, are a double edge sword. They have the potential for being a clean energy source. They are, unfortunately, an essentially un-renewable fuel and a source for new' atmospheric carbon dioxide if burned. Even if left un-mined, they are a potentially potent greenhouse ga... More..
Health & Fitness > Medical Concerns & Issues Flu pandemic from H7N2 bird flu: 1 of 1
Everyone who has been paying attention has heard about the concerns the medical community has been expressing for the last couple of years about the next big flu pandemic coming from the H5N1 strain of Bird Flu. This strain has been circulating in Southeast Asia for a couple of years, and has been responsible for millions of... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Is the International Space Station falling apart?: 1 of 1
No, the International Space Station (ISS) is not falling apart. While there have been problems with some of the components, the station is continuing to grow towards it's design potential. In spite of problems with Space Shuttle and the delays that grew out of the destruction of 25% of the fleet, the ISS is an ongoing operat... More..
Health & Fitness > Cold & Flu Evolution of the avian flu - H5N1: 2 of 3
There is a recent article on Independent.co.uk that reports on some apparent changes in the H5N1 bird flu virus that are causing some concerns in the World Health Organizations. The virus is apparently becoming more dangerous by becoming less lethal. The H5N1 flu virus apparently originated in Southeast Asia. It has certainl... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues Are wind farms good sources for environmentally safe energy?: 12 of 16
No, Wind Farms are not an environmentally safe form of energy. There is no such thing. Wind Farms convert the linear movement of wind to the rotary movement of the wind mill blades, which is, in-turn, converted to electricity. Each stage of conversion looses some of the original energy to heat. This means that wind farms inc... More..
Sciences > Atmosphere & Weather Proposals to stop global warming: 19 of 25
A recent article at Scienceagogo.com (http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20070212234803da ta_trunc_sys.shtml) points to a possible solution to the problems caused by the excess CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere. German researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces report in Angewandte Chemie the develop... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change The inevitability of global warming: Why we should start preparing: 8 of 10
The earth is not dying, the environment is changing. The environment is always changing, effected by each of the organisms living on earth and by changes in the energy reaching it's surface. Unfortunately, it seems to be changing faster than normal due to the actions of one organism, mankind. The increasing concentration of ... More..