NY Times: Patrick Maignan, a robust gray-haired farmer, lives alone on his farm, surrounded only by the freshly plowed wheat fields of this lonely corner of northern France. The New York Times The lack of love in the countryside is a serious topic. Far from tourist routes and cellphone coverage, he works seven days a […]
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Joyce Solomon felt it was time to find a charcoal alternative people could embrace. So, she discovered a new way to make it. The technology can transform waste materials and the remains of tree-made charcoal into something people can use, reports ippmedia. The entrepreneur, Joyce Solomon, who operates a plant of the newly introduced eco-friendly
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The European Commission is offering a $4.32 million prize to the group that comes up with the best idea for developing insects as a popular food. The Commission is counting on cattle and other large animals being an increasingly untenable source of protein in decades to come, and hopes that some research group will be
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Amusing Planet: What happens to yellow school buses retired from commission in the United States? They start a new colorful life as Chicken Buses in Guatemala. When American school buses reach the age of ten years or 150,000 miles, they are sold at auction. Many of these buses are bought and driven down through Mexico
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The film above is from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and is adapted from the 1958 essay by Leonard E. Read “I, Pencil: My Family Tree as told to Leonard E. Read.†For more about “I, Pencil,†visit www.ipencilmovie.org. At this link, you will find a number of extended commentary videos on the same subject.
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[] 1 [DI]2: The typical human mouth contains a writhing orgy of bacteria. Most of these microscopic organisms are benign, and some are even beneficial, but one particular variety is a conspicuous troublemaker: Streptococcus mutans. These ubiquitous bacteria thrive on sugars in the mouth, which they consume while excreting lactic acid. This acid is responsible
