Tag Archives: Farms

Air, wastewater may play roles in H5N1 transmission on dairy farms

Air, wastewater may play roles in H5N1 transmission on dairy farms

Though H5N1 avian flu outbreaks on US dairy farms have declined sharply over the past several months, scientists are still sorting out how the virus spreads on farms, and new findings from California outbreak hot spots suggest that airborne spread and contaminated wastewater may play roles. Researchers from Emory University and their colleagues from California, Colorado, Michigan, and Virginia recently …

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Solar farms could help find dangerous asteroids, scientist says

Solar farms could help find dangerous asteroids, scientist says

Under a dark, star-streaked sky, scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico are deploying an unconventional tool for planetary defense: heliostats. “A heliostat is a very large — several meters on edge — motorized mirror that concentrates sunlight on a tower, like a giant magnifying glass,” Sandia scientist John Sandusky told Space.com. “As the sun moves across the …

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Scarlett Johansson’s Voice Used to Scare Wolves, Save Cattle on Farms

Scarlett Johansson’s Voice Used to Scare Wolves, Save Cattle on Farms

A new report from The Wall Street Journal reveals that audio of Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver screaming at each other in Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” is being used by the United States Department of Agriculture to scare off wolves from killing cattle and scaring livestock on farms across the America. The fight scene is the most emotionally volatile moment …

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