An unmanned, fly-by-wire F-16 should be quite capable of performing maneuvers at 9Gs Boeing has announced that it has retrofitted a number of retired Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets with e... Read more
I believe that the Information Age is winding down, just like the Age of Steam did and just as all “Ages” do. The notion that machines can be superior to humans at delivering ans... Read more
Smith said that this ability to reduce the loss of nitrogen into the environment will prove to be greatly beneficial. Perennial biofuel crops such as miscanthus, whose high yields have led t... Read more
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Rail built America in the 19th century and now it may be poised for a massive resurgence in the 21st century as high fuel prices make it competitive again It just may be a hunger for wood pe... Read more
I don’t live on a farm, or anywhere near one. So I know that my mental picture of a farmer–a guy wearing overalls, driving a tractor and consulting the Farmer’s Almanac for... Read more
Image by Paulo Brandão via Flickr Biofuels may stifle global warming, but scientists warn that agricultural runoff causes new problems Each year in April and May as farmers in the central US... Read more
Image via Wikipedia These microscopic life forms are blooming as a result of the oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from the Macondo 252 deep-sea well The Deepwater Horizon oil spill added... Read more
With the damaged Deepwater Horizon oil well continuing to spew oil into the Gulf of Mexico there’s no shortage of suggestions coming from those concerned about the environmental disaster. We... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Hurricanes could snap offshore oil pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico and other hurricane-prone areas, since the storms whip up strong underwater currents, a new study sugge... Read more