Jan 28, 2016 02:25 AM
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"Zika virus points to dystopian future" says Bill Mckibben
http://inhabitat.com/zika-virus-epidemic...-mckibben/
EXCERPT: As the Zika virus continues to spread in Latin American countries, some US residents are worried about the havoc an epidemic could wreak in the States and on the global economy as a whole. The infection’s insidious symptoms and the difficulties in controlling mosquito breeding grounds foreshadow a dystopian future of class segregation and human population control, according to the renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben. Could it really be that bad?
Extinct pink-headed duck derived its unique color from carotenoids
http://phys.org/news/2016-01-extinct-pin...nique.html
EXCERPT: The exotic Pink-headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea), whose rose-colored plumage set it apart from any other species of waterfowl, was last seen in the wild in India in 1949. Scientists never discovered what pigment was responsible for its unique and vivid coloration—until now. A forthcoming study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances confirms that carotenoids, pigments that provide the bright colors of birds such as cardinals and flamingos but are much rarer among gamebirds, were responsible for the namesake trait of the extinct Pink-headed Duck....
http://inhabitat.com/zika-virus-epidemic...-mckibben/
EXCERPT: As the Zika virus continues to spread in Latin American countries, some US residents are worried about the havoc an epidemic could wreak in the States and on the global economy as a whole. The infection’s insidious symptoms and the difficulties in controlling mosquito breeding grounds foreshadow a dystopian future of class segregation and human population control, according to the renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben. Could it really be that bad?
Extinct pink-headed duck derived its unique color from carotenoids
http://phys.org/news/2016-01-extinct-pin...nique.html
EXCERPT: The exotic Pink-headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea), whose rose-colored plumage set it apart from any other species of waterfowl, was last seen in the wild in India in 1949. Scientists never discovered what pigment was responsible for its unique and vivid coloration—until now. A forthcoming study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances confirms that carotenoids, pigments that provide the bright colors of birds such as cardinals and flamingos but are much rarer among gamebirds, were responsible for the namesake trait of the extinct Pink-headed Duck....