World Water Day

There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litres of water while 1 kilo of wheat ’drinks up’ 1,500 litres.

http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/

ARTStor Tavel Awards

http://www.artstor.org/news/n-html/travel-awards.shtml

Thanks to us, the natterjack still has plenty to talk about

Thanks to us, the natterjack still has plenty to talk about

Sex-starved flies 'turn to drink'

Sex-starved flies 'turn to drink'

Wandering Irish 'outsider' stumbled upon site for Swiss city of St Gallen

Wandering Irish 'outsider' stumbled upon site for Swiss city of St Gallen

SFI welcomes unprecedented interest in science courses among school-leavers

http://www.sfi.ie/news-events/press-releases/sfi-welcomes-unprecedented-interest-in-science-courses-among-school-leavers/

How to delete your Google Browsing History before new policy

"With just a week (article written on the 24th of Feb.)to go before Google changes to its new privacy policy that allows it to gather, store and use personal information, users have a last chance to delete their Google Browsing History, along with any damning information therein." 

So writes John Thomas Didymus in the Digital Journal. 

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320137#ixzz1nrPLNQmD