Spunky salmon return to life to gas us all
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As the BOFH battles the architects Comments We begin the weekly comments mishmash with a close look at fish sperm. Apparently there are many, many salmon farmers sitting around wondering what to do with all those gallons of salmon spunk they don't need. So to forestall them getting any bright ideas, a top light-emitting-diode boffin has announced plans to use it for a more efficient LED. The DNA in the salmon semen apparently traps electrons for longer than standard materials, leading to a brighter, longer-lasting LED. Naturally though, you identified the important issue: the spunk.â¦
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A resurgence of bugs in streams contaminated by a sulfur mine shows that cleanup efforts are restoring water quality and creating a healthy ecosystem.
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Washington state&#39;s resident killer whales, with two newborns in tow, dodged a potentially lethal roadblock in their voyage south to feast on a healthy run of chum salmon, experts say.
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A Pacific island butterfly makes a comeback, in one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed.
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Scientists believe that they have reconstructed the pivotal event that created the one-celled organism from which all animals and plants are descended.
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By Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times  Sep. 14--Less than a week ago, everyone was worried about the coho salmon  runs being a no-show in Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.   My, how so much has changed in such a short time.
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The Loch Ness monster is back &#151; and there's video.
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CHONG KHNEAS, Cambodia -- A decade ago, Chan Kimoeun could pilot his skiff across the turbid water of the Tonle Sap, stay out for two days and bring home as much as 400 pounds of fish. On this day, he returned from five nights of floating torpor with a mere 50 pounds -- hardly enough to cover the costs of fuel or the rice he cooked during the trip.
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The river: it enfolds us in its icy embrace. Superficially, it isn't turbid, only an insistent, coiled, supremely powerful inertia. Stop swimming for an instant, and I can feel it push me downstream at a steady 2mph.
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The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.
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A turnaround brings in buckets of green at the Texas utility. Yeeeeee-haaaaaaw!
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By MARY MURTAGH  MEET Phoenix, the miracle conger eel that survived an aquarium inferno.   It was the only survivor of a blaze at Liverpool's Wavertree Nook aquarium in February.   Thousands of fish perished in the fire but Phoenix clung on to life against all the odds.
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A genetic study sheds light on the mystery of how fish made the move from water to land millions of years ago.
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The FDA alert has made aficionados of raw fish nervous. Here's how to navigate through a newly anxious marketplace
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By Robin Mather Jenkins, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 20--Salmon shows up on any list of "superfoods" because of its beneficial omega-3 oils and heart-healthy fats.
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This chemistry lesson takes a strong stomach: It starts with grinding up fish in a big blender.
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Another nugget I thought would be good to share. I came home from my trip to NY and there was a pretty bad stink in the kitchen.  Smelled like garbage. It didn't take long to zero in on the source -- the garbage disposal. I tried pouring all kinds of cleaning stuff down the drain, to no avail, the smell didn't go away. Then I did a search on the Internet, found a variety of suggestions, and felt pretty sure that I'd have to call a plumber because they all seemed to assume skills and/or tools I didn't have. Instead I tried a very simple idea and amazingly it worked. 1. Put a drain stopper in the disposal so no water can flow out through the bottom 2. Fill the sink with hot water mixed with soap and chlorine bleach. The hotter the water the better. 3. With the water running put one hand on the stopper and the other on the switch, as you pull out the stopper, turn on the switch. (Be sure to do it in that order, to keep your hand from getting chopped up!) 4. Let all the water run out of the sink and leave the water running as long as there's suds. 5. Repeat two or three times. Wait a day or two. With any luck the smell will be gone. The reason this works is that junk gets stuck on the walls of the drain, and since it's garbage, it rots and stinks. By immersing it in soapy water, the junk gets dislodged and goes down the drain and out of your life.