Posted by Chris Jensen |
May. 07, 2008 07:54AM PST
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FILED UNDER: News. Science.
There appears to be no end in sight to the ongoing Honey Bee crisis, evidenced by new data from the Apiary Inspectors of America. In their report, released yesterday, researchers reveal that 36.1% of the nation's hives have been lost.
From the Associated Press:
This is the second year the association has measured colony deaths across the country. This means there aren't enough numbers to show a trend, but clearly bees are dying at unsustainable levels and the situation is not improving, said vanEngelsdorp, also a bee expert with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
"For two years in a row, we've sustained a substantial loss," he said. "That's an astonishing number. Imagine if one out of every three cows, or one out of every three chickens, were dying. That would raise a lot of alarm."
It's time for this situation to be properly addressed via government funding, as this is something that could spell disaster for our food supply, compounding an already troubled economy. If we wait until it's too late....then it will be too late.
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(Source: Discovery)
Tags death, honey bees, bees, research
Posted by Daniel Espinoza |
Mar. 27, 2008 10:01AM PST
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FILED UNDER: News, Videos. People.
Herb Peterson, inventor of the greatest fast food breakfast sandwich ever, sadly passed away on Tuesday. According to vice president of operations for McDonalds, Herb died peacefully in Santa Barbara at the age of 89.
I don't know about you, but I'm hoping that McDonalds will have some sort of Egg McMuffin sale in honor of his death.
Check out a video memorial on page 2.
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(Source: CNN)
Tags death, mcdonalds, egg mcmuffin, herb peterson
Posted by Chris Jensen |
Mar. 13, 2008 07:42AM PST
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FILED UNDER: News. People, Tech.
Joseph Weizenbaum may not be a household name, but his famed program "Eliza" is known to just about every contemporary programmer. Mr. Weizenbaum passed away in Germany after a long battle with cancer.
Eliza was an amazing piece of software for its time. From the New York Times:
The program made it possible for a person typing in plain English at a computer terminal to interact with a machine in a semblance of a normal conversation. To dispense with the need for a large real-world database of information, the software parodied the part of a Rogerian therapist, frequently reframing a client’s statements as questions.
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(Source: NY Times)
Tags eliza, death, joseph weizenbaum, artificial intelligence, ai, programming
