Archive for the ‘Ecology’ Category

THE BENEFITS OF PROMISCUITY IN ANIMALS

According to many people’s thinking,the word promiscuity is synonymous with immorality.However new scientific research has shown that promiscuity isn’t that bad, after all! While the randy behaviour of male animals has been lauded as a way of spreading their genes,a lot of sex has been found to weaken female animals thus lowering their lifespans.However, recent [...]

House of Representatives Votes to Increase Energy Research Budgets

While it is much less than the $550 million that the Obama Administration originally wanted, a recently passed amendment adds $80 million to the budget of the ARPA-E, the Department of Energy’s blue-sky research branch that focuses on paradigm-shifting energy research. The vote was a narrow 214-213. This amendment ups the total budget to $180 [...]