Author: Daniela

  • The Dark Day

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    From the GazetteLive: It was a day that has gone down in Teesside folklore, indeed it has taken on legendary status, a day that would forever be remembered as The Dark Day. Today, July 2, marks the 45th anniversary of this event. So it is timely that we have a look back at what some…

  • Researchers to analyse sustainability of wild caught fish

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    NORWAY  Tuesday, July 02, 2013, 23:10 (GMT + 9) In the course of the next three years researchers from three countries will analyse variables related to sustainability of wild caught fish. The idea is that everything from fuel consumption and economic considerations to the impact on local communities will be calculated, as will the welfare of…

  • Freeman’s Trade and Craft Guild whose history dates back to the 1450’s still exists in Durham

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      A Short History of Durham City Freemen The Freemen of Durham today has eight trade guilds or companies. There were sixteen but eight have ceased to survive. The remaining guilds are the Barbers, Butchers, Cordwainers, Curriers, Drapers, Joiners, Masons and Plumbers. The oldest recorded, now defunct, was the Weavers Guild whose records go back to…

  • Are we alone?

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    As previously posted, new observational techniques have allowed us to discover thousands of planets outside of our solar system.  In an article in the Oxford University Press, David Wilkinson, a christian theologian and astrophysicist, reveals the science behind their discovery and muses on what impact exra-terrestrial life might have on religion: First, a star should…

  • New Model of Organic Farming Sprouting in Chinese Suburbs

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    By Wan Su: Caixin Online Farmers are contracting with customers to provide a year’s worth of produce, an approach one academic says could be viable. (Beijing) – A new model of locally organized organic farming has taken root in Beijing and Shanghai in recent years, and an academic says it could be a viable way…

  • Microbes to be ‘last survivors’ on future Earth

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    From an article by Rebecca Morelle, Science reporter, BBC World Service: The last surviving creatures on Earth will be tiny organisms living deep underground, according to scientists. Researchers used a computer model to assess our planet’s fate billions of years from now. They found that as the Sun becomes hotter and brighter, only microbes would…

  • Poetry collections yield many jewels

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      By: Joan Sullivan    Topics : The Newfoundland Quarterly , Newfoundland and Labrador This seems a strong season for Newfoundland and Labrador poetry, with Breakwater’s anthology and Michael Crummey’s recent volume, and now come new collections from two poets who rarely put a foot or word wrong. And they don’t disappoint here. The writing from Carmelita McGrath…

  • Human Genes Engineered Into Experimental GMO Rice Being Grown in Kansas

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    Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes specifically from a farm that tests its rice crops for genetically modified (GM) traits, you could be eating rice tainted with actual human genes. The only known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation today, a GM rice product made by biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience is currently…

  • Memorial held for 50,000 dead bees in Oregon

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  • How Do Doctors Die? Ctd

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    Originally posted on The Dish: When hypothetically on the cusp of death, physicians overwhelmingly decide against life-prolonging intervention, with the exception of pain medication. Lisa Wade talked to USC professor and doctor Ken Murray to figure out why: First, few non-physicians actually understand how terrible undergoing these interventions can be. [Murray] discusses ventilation. When a…