University of Bristol Convocation Lecture
I was at the University of Bristol, in Southwest England, last week to give the 43rd Annual Convocation Lecture. Convocation is the University of Bristol’s alumni association, and it was…
I was at the University of Bristol, in Southwest England, last week to give the 43rd Annual Convocation Lecture. Convocation is the University of Bristol’s alumni association, and it was…
Remember Russell Crowe in “The Insider”? The film was a dramatic representation of the cigarette industry efforts to influence public opinion and promote the sale of cigarettes. Matt Damon is trying to…
During the last weeks, there has been a lot of press about the effects of pesticides, especially neonicotinoid components, on pollinators and in particular on honeybees. My wife is called…
I bought a bunch of bananas last week. I am happy to know that they are supposedly grown under good conditions, but is it really necessary to have a sticker on every…
In the clean up of the information on my computer (more about that in my next post!), I was going through old emails recently, and found several references to biomimicry, which…
