This week is Amnesty International’s National Week Of Student Action. This week students across the nation are asked to take action to push the issues of human rights to our government leadership. This year the topics of focus are:
CLOSE GUANTÁNAMO
» Those held in Guantánamo have been subjected to numerous human rights abuses. Many have been […]

 
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Can soil be the key to mitigating the effects of global warming? Engineers from Newcastle University believe so. The solution lies in the fact that when plants absorb CO2 for Calvin Cycle reactions, excess carbon is pumped out of the roots and into the soil around them. Where most soils will allow the carbon dioxide […]

The Ann Arbor News profiles the Farmer’s Market in Kerrytown, discussing its new manager and scheduled renovations. While this year I live on the west side of the Diag, with close proximity to Kerrytown (yay Zingerman’s), it’s a shame that most people don’t. So to increase the impact of the Farmer’s Market on U students, […]

The latest images released from the Hubble Space Telescope show an exciting early stage of a supernova. To give you an idea of the rarity of such an image, the spiral galaxy shown, NGC 2397, is the result of a ten-year search for a supernova precursor star. From the study, it appears that stars with […]

Check out this sweet picture of Sydney before and during Earth Hour.
UPDATE:
Sydney During Earth Hour:

Sydney After Earth Hour:

Images taken from Flickr user hohohob under a Creative Commons License 

Oh, and today is Earth Hour:

So from 8:00-9:00 tonight, turn off all of your electricity, and help save the planet. Even google has pledged it’s support by “turning the lights out” on it’s homepage.

In an unprecedented move, the national Sierra Club board voted to remove the leaders of the Florida state chapter in a 10-2 vote. The reason for such a harsh crackdown? The dispute over the endorsement of Clorox products as environmentally friendly. Noting that chemical companies such as these produce chemical waste that is exceptionally dangerous […]

The annual pro-marijuana event Hash Bash may be shut out of the Diag on April 6th 5th. Supposedly, another student group previously booked the whole Diag on the same date. Says Michigan spokesperson Linda Green: “It’s simple. It’s first come, first serve. When it’s full, it’s full.”
And for good reason, the University will respect the […]

This blog and the upcoming issue of the Michigan Independent discuss the erosion of the funding of the sciences and the detrimental effects on long term economic growth and progress in the United States. Nature reports the same occurrence in the United Kingdom as well. From the article:
“The EPSRC scale-back, which will mean grant cuts […]

Adobe launched a free, web based version of Photoshop the other day. While a stripped down version, it is a rather convenient tool to use while on the road. It also comes with 2GB of storage for personal photo use. It’s quite fun, and is a great demonstration of pushing the limit on web based […]