From the monthly archives: March 2012
The richest deposit of rare earth elements (REE) in the United States is thought to be in Bokan Mountain, Alaska, an area which spans 19 square miles. The site contains Alaska’s only uranium mine and recent geological investigations by Ucore (the company that owns the land) indicate mineral deposits rich enough to mine [...]
ALASKA — I would venture to guess that most dog owners haven’t thought through the contingency of having to perform C.P.R. on their dog within seconds of it suddenly collapsing, let alone having to do so in freezing temperatures, miles from any help, and without the aid of a motor vehicle – but that is [...]
FAIRBANKS — Last week marked the completion of fairbanksirl’s poll regarding the potential closure of Eielson Air Force Base. The results were very close, with 47.6% of the votes in favor of keeping Eielson open and 52.4% in favor of closing it down. Conclusion: fairbanksirl readers are split on the issue.
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Many meat-eating animals have lost their ability to taste sugars over the course of evolution.
Sea mammals, spotted hyenas and other carnivores have all shed a working copy of a gene that encodes a `taste receptor’ that senses sugars, finds a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Even though over 1 billion Google searches are performed each day, many people do not even consider how a computer functions or that a computer can actually be made up of living organisms.
On March 2, Malcolm Campbell lectured about synthetic biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Scientists in this recently emerging [...]
I may not be Paula Deen, but I can still make a mean spinach dip! After tasting and creating my share of these potluck delights, I have found that most recipes suffer from one key weakness: not enough spinach.
The recipe below is pretty standard. What elevates it above the rest of the pack is [...]
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