Day 57: iFish on pollution patrol

Don’t worry: the fish is fake. Or do worry — because it could show up one day at a beach near you. A team of researchers is preparing to release a school of mechanical, remote controlled fish in a Spanish Port within the next two years, to send information via a wireless signal about water [...]

Day 39: The early buzz on Colony Collapse Disorder

Colony Collapse Disorder, the mysterious syndrome that causes the crash of whole colonies of honeybees, has plowed through the nation’s beekeeping operations for the past two years. While over-winter loss statistics won’t be in for another few weeks, early indications are the disorder hasn’t yet run its course. Meanwhile, federal biologists are making slow, halting progress toward [...]