Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
by Steven Johnson
(Riverhead, October 2010, $26.95, 336 pages)
Reviewed by Dr. Fred Bortz
flora and fauna
Eggs show arctic mercury cycling may be linked to ice cover
An international research team working with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) in Charleston, S.C., has suggested for the first time that mercury cycling in the flora and fa…
Researchers show environmental changes may affect vital cooperate bird behaviors
New York, Jan. 11, 2011 — While scientists believe that climate change and related extreme weather events such as drought and flooding will likely affect the earth’s flora and fauna, just how much is not known. A new study by researchers Walter…