From the monthly archives: January 2012
A look back at the last week of news:
The news began last Tuesday with a look into Portland, Oregon’s public toilet design. A solar storm was also discussed leading to the prediction of amazing displays of the aurora across Alaska. Later in the week, some great pictures surfaced throughout the [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge is using his force to order a 45-day jail sentence and mental health evaluation for a would-be Jedi who attacked toy store customers with light sabers last December.
David Allen Canterbury told Judge Kenneth Walker that he is already seeking mental health treatment. Canterbury [...]
Picture an orange. It’s encased in a biodegradable shell—the peel’s even somewhat edible, as marmalade fans can attest. But we humans often package food in plastic, with its environmental and disposal challenges.
So Harvard scientist David Edwards and colleagues thought, why not take advantage of advances in materials science to mimic nature? [...]
Nurturing a child early in life may help him or her develop a larger hippocampus, the brain region important for learning, memory and stress responses, a new study shows.
Previous animal research showed that early maternal support has a positive effect on a young rat’s hippocampal growth, production of brain cells and ability to deal [...]
If you have been living in Fairbanks during the last month then you have been exposed to ice fog. In case you are wondering, ice fog is basically a cloud of solid water (ice) crystals that forms at very low temperatures, usually around -40 F. Fairbanks is notorious for high levels of air pollution during [...]
HEALY — Our sun is approaching its peak in sun spot activity this winter and producing some awesome night-light shows. This winter’s aurora borealis hasn’t been a let-down, so far, and we haven’t even hit “peak season” yet, which tends to occur around the equinoxes. Alaskans are fortunate: the northern lights enhance our winter skies [...]
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