In case you missed it, NPR had a bit on All Things Considered tonight about just how bad Michigan’s economy is:
1 in 9 citizens receives food aid or other assistance
We’re now tied with Mississippi for worst over-all unemployment rate (Unemployment in Detroit is over 15%)
We’re ranked 50th in economic growth among the states
We’re 3rd [...]
Found this at Neatorama, and given my recent persistent upper respiratory problems, felt it needed wider PR:
(I also really liked this t-shirt, but that’s just because I hate pickles.)
A nifty article about cycad pollination by thrips in Science today, in which the pollination system of this ancient plant proves to be much more complex than expected. The plants are first attracting, and then repelling, their pollinators.
To make it additionally interesting, the pollinators are thrips, a group of tiny sucking insects. These insects [...]
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