Mayan stingless bee keeping: Going, going, gone?
Long before Europeans brought honey bees (Apis mellifera) to the Americas, Mayan bee keepers harvested honey from the log nests of stingless bees native to tropical forests. Now, colleagues from the Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Quintana Roo, Mexico and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) warn of the imminent demise of stingless bee keeping on the Yucatan ?a result of ongoing cultu...After the yeast is gone bacteria continue to develop flavor of sparkling wine
Researchers at the University of Barcelona, Spain, show for the first time that bacteria, in addition to yeast, are involved in the secondary fermentation of the sparkling wine known as Cava. They report their findings today at the 105th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. "Bacteria found in Cava samples could have a distinctive impact upon sparkling wine quality in t...Where have all the butterflies gone?
Cold, wet conditions early in the year mean that 2006 is shaping up as the worst year for California's butterflies in almost four decades, according to Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis. That's a turnaround from last spring, when millions of painted lady butterflies migrated through the Central Valley. But other species have seen steep declines in recent years and...CEOs Gone Wild? Risks and rewards in the executive suite
It happened again. Ano...Where have all the angels gone?
Over the past month, I've seen a half dozen great products that may never see the light of the technology market. The products vary widely from unique hardware devices to much-needed vertical software applications to exciting new mobile services and beyond. Each concept is carefully conceived and well engineered. The market analysis has been done and each product meets a real and unfulfilled need...With Carly gone, new HP CEO reveals plans
President and CEO, before an audience of thousands of IT profess...Gone missing: Today jobs, tomorrow workers?
Okay, whodunit fans, heres a mystery to solve. Despite a two-year-plus economic recovery in the United States, an estimated one to five million jobs (depending on which source you cite) have mysteriously failed to appear as anticipated. What happened to them why have they not been created as expected? The list of possible suspects includes high healthcare costs, an inconsistent economic recovery...Where have all the Midwest VCs gone?
Since the dot-com boom days are over and soaring tech funds are long gone, where are investment firms putting their money? Whats their criteria for investing? What is their strategy? If you are a start-up firm looking for investment capital, you may be surprised at how things have changed. In some cases, former self-proclaimed savvy investors have become gun shy to the point that theyre...Is Cancer, A Foregone Conclusion, To Afflict Cell Phone Users? FDA does A Reality Check.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reconsidering and mulling over the veracity of the facts outlined in a recent study that showed// a link between heavy cell phone use and an increased risk of cancer. The FDA will be chewing upon an academic exercise conducted by researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life who conducted a comparative study between statis...Discovery Of Human Skeletons Could Unfold Facts About By-Gone Ages
The discovery of a 170cm tall adult human skeleton and that of a 70cm tall child is 'very conspicuous', says Mishra. // 'A lot of hitherto unknown facts can be unfolded through this discovery related to the culture, customs, lineage or gene-pool, birth, death, disease, health, food habits and even the palaeo-climate,' Mishra says. The Abhaipur site preserves evidence of fou...Venugopal Should Not Have Gone Public: Ramadoss
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss came down heavily on AIIMS Director P Venugopal for accusing him of 'interfering' in the functioning of the premier institute // and threatening to resign, saying he should not have gone public on the issue. Speaking to PTI, Ramadoss said, 'It is very wrong that he has gone public. If he had any problem, he could have discussed with me. I was an...