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Barley takes a leaf out of reindeer's book in the land of the midnight sun
( Norwich BioScience Institutes ) Barley grown in Scandinavian countries has adapted like reindeer have to cope with extremes of day length at high latitudes. A genetic mutation in Scandinavian barley varieties disrupts the circadian clock. Just as reindeer have dropped the clock in adapting to extremely long days, so has Scandinavian barley to grow successfully in the short growing season. This ...
Short of space in the Russian tundra
Reindeer herders lacking space in Russian tundra
Can One Chef Take Finnish Food From 'Worst in the World' to Gourmet?
Sasu Laukkonen is trying to revolutionize a food culture that has long emphasized sour rye bread, root vegetables, and gruel.
Ann Bauer: Sit Down. Shut Up. The Muse Will Come.
Like every other published writer in the universe, people I meet at parties inevitably tell me they want to write. They launch into describing their novel or short story or business book idea and I break in gently (I hope) to ask, "When do you write?"
AK Steel Announces Company's 2012 Sons and Daughters Scholarship Recipients
WEST CHESTER, Ohio, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AK Steel (AKS) is continuing a longstanding tradition this year by awarding college scholarships to sons and daughters of company employees. The awards ...
Winter wonderland
Is this a mirage? Or a surreal dream? Perhaps a bit of both, I muse, as my snowmobile skims over a snowscape so milky it seems straight out of The Chronicles of Narnia.
Subway ad’s a dog-gone joy for riders
A vacant subway storefront beneath 57th St. and Eighth Ave. has been transformed into a virtual dog run where riders can stop and play fetch.
'Mini-mammoths' once roamed Greek island: Ancient elephants 'shrank' to three feet tall after becoming stranded on Crete
You knew about the shrinking Greek economy, but did you know about the shrinking wildlife? Scientists have learned that a ‘mini-mammoth’ that stood just over three feet tall once roamed the island of Crete.
'Mini-mammoths' once roamed Greek island: Their ancestors shrank after becoming stranded there
M. creticus was identified by experts who re-examined a collection of fossil teeth at London's Natural History Museum.
How barley domesticated its clock
Most organisms that live on or near the surface of the Earth or its oceans have evolved a circadian clock – a daily timer of all biochemical, physiological and behavioral functions. Daily cycle of light and darkness in the environment is a selective factor – having an internal clock is an adaptation that allows organisms to predict and prepare for instead of passively react to cyclical changes ...
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