‘Spreader’ alter ego: Killer Algae
The most threatening of comic book villains can escape captivity, be it a prison or a mental asylum,…
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‘Smoke’ alter ego: Tobacco
Magneto, The Joker, Lex Luthor. Every comic series has its top villain, and the world of evil plants…
In Man vs. Virus, The Win Goes to the Swift
The executive director of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine explains that while zoonotic diseases like swine flu are increasingly with us, quick public health reflexes can successfully clamp down on the outbreak. A Miller-McCune.com interview.
Shining a Light on India’s Rural Poor
Solar lanterns are already making some headway in India's poorest areas, and a new study suggests they could be a bigger part of the effort to reduce fossil fuel use while improving lives.
To Manage Wildfires, Manage Change First
Humans have shown they're pretty much serial bunglers when it comes to managing fire, but some fire ecologists say that with global warming, mankind now really needs to learn how to manage change.
Nanotechnology: New Risks But No Rules
While some experts say mum's the word when it comes to nanoproducts' environmental safety, others believe that cannot be good for the future of the technology.
‘The Spore’ alter ego: Gliocladium roseum
OK, so technically it’s not a plant (it’s a reddish fungus), but under limited oxygen conditions Gliocladium roseum…
Ten Super Plants Fighting the Environmental Injustice League
Who ya gonna call when your tank's on 'E,' the topsoil's salty or there's too much TNT? The 10 plants Miller-McCune.com believes can save the world, that's who.
‘The Tidy Team’ alter ego: Tobacco, Edenfern, Thale Cress
Phytoremediation. Intimidating word, important biological process. Put simply, phytoremediation is using plants to clean up contaminants in polluted…
‘Hydro’ alter ego: Duckweed
Part wastewater purifier, part protein shake, an aquatic plant named “duckweed” could make a splash as another big…