Colonies in Collapse: What's causing massive honeybee die-offs? Part 3 - Penn State Live

Photo: Steve Williams, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences A survey team inpects colonies awaiting transport to their next pollination job. This is part three of a three-part series by Melissa Beattie-Moss of Research Penn State. Dave ...

Smelly masterpieces - Times Online

Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars and critics spend on formulating acute judgements of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in ...

'Watchmen' vs. 'Star Trek': You may choose only one! - Popwatch

Because coming back to work after a hellaciously short weekend isn't painful enough, I now present the ultimate Sophie's Choice scenario for sci-fi geeks and blockbuster lovers alike: View the spankin' new trailers for Watchmen and Star Trek below ...

Proposition 8 opponents rally - Knoxville News Sentinel

Supporters of same-sex marriage protesting at World's Fair Park against Proposition 8, which denied gay couples the right to wed in California. More than 100 people rallied at the World's Fair Park amphitheater Saturday afternoon in a cold wind to ...

International Organizations - Foreign Policy Blogs

The artist is Lisa Ruyter . Timothy Hartley Smith has photos of the exhibit . "Next Wednesday is a new dawn for the bendy cucumber and the amusingly shaped carrot." The news is that the commission is voting tomorrow on whether to ditch its infamous ...

Save the Rust Belt! - Meganmcardle.theatlantic.com

A few heartfelt pleas from native Michiganders who don't want to see their state destroyed. Several emails and comments complaining that I'm a heartless, effete New York type who doesn't understand that if the Big Three go down, some darn fine folks ...

Computers speed ag inspection process - Seattle Post Intelligencer

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Mark Jolley used to carry armloads of reference manuals and handbooks to the central Washington warehouses where he inspects apples and pears to ensure their quality for the export market. Now, he's armed with just a tablet computer ...