Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Zoo Poo leads to Great Fuel and Extra! Extra! World not Round! Read all about it!

As a new feature and public service from the gal muddling her way through a PhD in Biology (what was I thinking?!?!?!) I am beginning a semi-regular series of posts on random (and amusing) science news.

Today's topics

Zoo Poo leads to Great Fuel
"Scientists in the Netherlands have discovered a fungus in elephant dung that will help them break down fibres and wood into biofuel."
Read more here.


Extra! Extra! World not Round! Read all about it!
"As countless photos from space can attest, Earth is round—the "Blue Marble," as astronauts have affectionately dubbed it. Appearances, however, can be deceiving. Planet Earth is not, in fact, perfectly round. "
Read more here.

2 comments:

MotherB said...

Scientists in the Netherlands need better hobbies.

And you know, Bush is going to cause starvation and hardship in the third world because he is encouraging the use of ethanol made from corn. Now corn prices are going up (I think this is ECON 101) and poor people won't be able to buy it and the US won't have as much to export.

So, in the end, it's Bush's fault.

Craig said...

Ohh and also Ethanol apparently causes and increase in ozone, which may increase smog and smog related deaths.... Those environmentalists really know what is best for everyone don't they.