That tree isn’t dead: it’s a western larch!
Western larch is one of my favorite trees. It seems like every year at this time, someone points at a yellowing tree and says something like “that tree is dying!”
That tree is a western larch (Larix occidentalis), and it is not dying. It is simply losing its needles like it does every fall.
Western larch violates the rule we learned in school: deciduous trees have leaves and lose them in the fall, while coniferous trees have needles that stay on the tree through the winter. Read More…
6 ways mushrooms can save the world: Paul Stamets on TED.com « Truth11
Paul Stamets with Agarikon
I had the pleasure to hear Paul Stamets speak earlier this year in Portland. This TED recording is much like that talk. Interesting fellow, fascinating ideas!
Mycologist Paul Stamets studies mycelium and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world. Cleaning polluted soil, creating new insecticides, treating smallpox and maybe even the flu.
via 6 ways mushrooms can save the world: Paul Stamets on TED.com « Truth11.
My journey to Amateur Extra Class
I would guess many amateur radio operators – hams – first became interested in radio during childhood. I remember listening to exchanges between astronauts and mission control during the Mercury and Gemini space programs. That stations on Earth could talk to people in space seemed like magic at the time. Read More…
A process of mineral discovery
I have made discoveries, and the feeling is amazing. I’m talking of finding gold in my previous life as a geologist, but this sense of discovery applies whenever something new is found or deduced. But how does discovery occur? Read More…
