Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores. Last month we reported that a huge vertical farming operation near Copenhagen in Denmark recently completed its first harvest.
That setup uses hydroponics, but the veggies grown in Vertical Field urban farming pods take root in real soil. Traditional agricultural farming involves the use of a lot of land and resources to grow crops, and then even more resources to harvest and transport the goods – sometimes thousands of miles – to where consumers can get to them. As well as requiring a fraction of the growing space, controlled-environment agriculture systems such as hydroponics operations can be much more efficient, are no longer bound by season or location, the growing to harvest cycle is reduced and crops could be produced all year, and as with the Copenhagen operation, they can be set up close to where the food is purchased or consumed.
Vertical Field Vertical Field has been around since 2006, and has built a number of living green walls around the world since then. Fermenting, preserve. Bird Buddy: A Smart Bird Feeder by Bird Buddy.
Survival. Pictures of the day: 13 February 2015. The Fine Tuning of the Universe. Cool Quiz! Trivia, Quizzes, Puzzles, Jokes, Useless Knowledge, FUN! This live stream of a whale skeleton getting eaten is metal as hell. An ocean exploration team just discovered a whale skeleton on the seafloor, and it’s live-streaming the bone-eating worms and other critters gnawing away at what’s left of the carcass.
“What an amazing find in preparation for Halloween,” one of the scientists on board the ship said during the broadcast. Even in death, the whale has a lot to give to its fellow sea creatures. When it dies, its remains — called a whale fall — provide food and important nutrients to the ecosystem on the seafloor. It’s what brought all the critters to the party we get to view today. It was all caught on camera by the Nautilus vessel expedition team, which has been out at sea along the western US since May and ends their season with their last dive today.
A Site Filled With Cool Facts. Some brain wiring continues to develop well into our 20s. The human brain doesn't stop developing at adolescence, but continues well into our 20s, demonstrates recent research from the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta.
It has been a long-held belief in medical communities that the human brain stopped developing in adolescence. But now there is evidence that this is in fact not the case, thanks to medical research conducted in the Department of Biomedical Engineering by researcher Christian Beaulieu, an Alberta Innovates -- Health Solutions scientist, and by his PhD student at the time, Catherine Lebel. Lebel recently moved to the United States to work at UCLA, where she is a post-doctoral fellow working with an expert in brain-imaging research.
"This is the first long-range study, using a type of imaging that looks at brain wiring, to show that in the white matter there are still structural changes happening during young adulthood," says Lebel. Unbelievable Skeletons Unearthed From The Catacombs Of Rome. Back in 1578 came the fascinating discovery of a network of labyrinthine tombs, lurking deep beneath the street of Rome.
The tombs were home to the decayed skeletons of early Christian martyrs – believed to be saints on account of their bravery & unwavering support of Christian beliefs. Many of these skeletons (given the name ‘The Catacomb Saints’ by those who first discovered them) were then distributed across Europe (predominantly Germany) as replacements for the countless holy relics which had been smashed, stolen or destroyed during the Protestant Reformation.
Once delivered, each skeleton was then clothed and adorned into a variety of precious jewels, expensive cloth, crowns, armour and even given wigs. They were put on display inside their designated churches as a reminder to all who visited, for the riches and wealth that awaited them post death – providing they swore allegiance to the Christian faith. It sounds like a tale straight from a Dan Brown novel doesn't it? (1) KSTP-TV - Giant Clam Shell Seen Floating Down Mississippi River.
Cell Biology. Human-Animal Coexistence. These guys run the gamut of everything from silly looking creatures to curious animals to fear-inducing monsters!
1) Venezuelan poodle moth 2) Blobfish 3) Tufted deer 4) Pink fairy armadillo 5) Irrawaddy dolphin 6) Tube-nosed fruit bat 7) Lion’s mane-jellyfish 8) Snub-nosed monkey 9) Frilled shark 10) Wolf fish 11) Sunda colugo 12) Aye-aye lemur 13) Barreleye fish 14) Sea lamprey 15) Cyclops shark. Inquiry of Life Science (Book notes & Extentions) Mysteries that science has yet to explain. Animals. Planting // Herbs. First Day of Fall 2014 Autumnal Equinox Dates Times Photos.
In 2014, the autumnal equinox brings the fall season to the Northern Hemisphere on: September 22 at 10:29 P.M.
EDT. Enjoy a first day of fall poem, quotes, pictures, folklore, and more! See when each season starts. It is the summer's great last heat, It is the fall's first chill: They meet. –Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt.
Maps and Natural Systems. Plate Tectonics.