• The Environment

    Green Gadgets? Not So Much

    By Paul Adams Posted on 2.25.2009 5 Comments

    Bad news, tech lovers. IT is not so eco-friendly. According to University of Calgary researcher Richard Hawkins, digital technologies are not reducing our environmental footprint, but may in fact be turning us all into polluters. "It was once assumed that there was little or no material dimension to information technology, thus, it should be clean with minimal environmental impact," says Hawkins. "However, we are finding that reality is much more complicated."

  • Science

    What's in a Name? More Milk Apparently

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 1.28.2009 6 Comments

    Happy farmers name their cows. Why? Because new research out of Newcastle University shows cows with names produce more milk than those without. The scientists surveyed 516 UK dairy farmers, looking at human interaction with the dairy cattle along with milk productivity. The findings provide good news for dairy farmers. According to the researchers, farms with named cows have a higher milk production than those where cattle are herded as a large group. By simply naming their cows, dairy farmers can increase their milk yield by nearly 500 pints a year.


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