A Funky Follower

One animal given a wide berth by humans is a skunk.  If you have a dog, your vigilance is continually on high alert.  The slightest glimpse ...

Amanda Burden: How public spaces make cities work

There are loads of good talks on the TED site. This one by Amanda Burden is introduced there like this: More than 8 million people are cro...

SBIRS HEO-3 Is On Orbit

5/13/2015 -  LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.  -- The Air Force has successfully completed the on-orbit checkout of the third Space Base...

Vince Cable, Danny Alexander and Simon Hughes refuse peerages

View image | gettyimages.com The Guardian reports that a number of senior Liberal Democrat MPs who were defeated at the election have turn...

Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky "winner"... Hardee's Most American Thickburger!! Read more »

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Guest blog: Preparing your pets for emergencies

William Courtney, DVM, MPH Today’s guest blog is by Bill Courtney, a member of APHA’s Veterinary Special Primary Public Health Interest Grou...

Lab workers recognized

Heather Dyer and Steve Pierce, chemists at Maine CDC’s Health and Environmental Testing Lab, recently presented on toxicology forensics at t...

Owen Patterson does his best to break up the Union

The Shropshire Star reports the contribution of Owen Patterson , Conservative MP for North Shropshire and former cabinet minister, to a tele...