Environment

No comments on Darwin: Theory of second best.

A study conducted at University of Bristol published in Biology Letters assumes that Charles Darwin may have been wrong when he argued that competition was the major driving force http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11063939 However I have never ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 24 2010 - 7:23am

What is climate change?

If anything goes wrong in any part of the world the answer is “ climate change”. It is true in some cases. Supporters of climate change say its true in all cases. However opponents of the climate change theory always try to say it’s not climate change its ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 24 2010 - 8:04am

Survival of the fittest

Nature has its own rules and it plays its game on its own terms. If there is auto inhibition of spore germination, there is also infection court which requires minimum number of propagaules to cause the disease. If pathogen has to cause infection on a part ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 24 2010 - 11:40am

Microbes have eaten away the Gulf oil. (Please see my earlier blog also)

Microbes work to mop up oil Some months ago I posted on the scientificblogging.com on my site that probably microbes have eaten the oil away. This was based on my interaction with Dr Banwari lal of TERI India who discovered and pioneered this mixture to s ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 24 2010 - 5:55pm

Bioremediation needs serious studies

Factory waste, printing and dying industry waste, and bio-organic waste and now oil spills all require bacteria or complex of microbes to clean them as bacteria can utilize these products for their nutrient requirement. Bacteria may not be able to degrade ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 25 2010 - 5:32am

Petermann Ice Island Revisited

Petermann Ice Island Revisited Petermann Ice Island (2010) Calved on August 05 2010.  The calving had been anticipated for some time and had been predicted to occur in summer 2010 by a number of people, including myself.  The actual calving event was obse ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 7 2010 - 6:32am

Healthy nations are wealthy nations.

What I mave observed in these months that healthy and wealthy nations are rich in vegetation also. Its child health, health care old age care which is important but still important is education of parents to have good parenting. Rich nations have higher le ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 25 2010 - 7:59pm

Healthy nations are wealthy nations.

Its child health, health care, old age care which is important but still important is education of parents to have good parenting. Rich nations have higher level of education, children are borne very rarely and, their health is good. Parents spend less tim ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 25 2010 - 8:19pm

Are Traditional medicines safe?

People believe that herbs can cure it all. Some say they are toxic and dont use traditional therapies. Who is right who is wrong. Once they know the content of the plant they rush to take our extracts out of it and apply in modern day medicines. Where is t ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 26 2010 - 8:06am

Chicago is rich because its green.

Chicago main city is rich because its green. See the Millenium Park, Planetarium and adjoining plantations. Through the Chicago river as seen from boat ride one thing which impressed me most was the effort and successful one to keep city green. A larger nu ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 26 2010 - 9:28pm