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Going Batty! Gardeners are discovering that attracting bats is a smart way to control pests   |
Scientific American
August 2009
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Night Stalker: White-Nose Fungus in Bats -- Why It's Our Problem, Too No end in sight for the bat-killing white-nose syndrome |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2012
Jean Kumagai |
Fixing Wind Power's Bat Problem Turbines kill hundreds of thousands of bats each year, but new technology could drastically cut the toll |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004 |
Batting Physics Led by high-end models, bat sales have doubled in the past 10 years, to $170 million. |
Outside
March 2009
Ted Genoways |
Batman Returns They say you can't go home again -- to the strange, remote, threatened South American jungle where your larger-than-life, field-scientist dad discovered an extremely rare, weird-looking species called Lophostoma schulzi. |
Sports Central
June 28, 2007
Diane M. Grassi |
MLB Bats Whittled Down to Uneven Playing Field If MLB wants to be taken seriously in preserving the integrity of the game, it must do a far better job of it rather than its present lethargic effort. |
Popular Mechanics
September 5, 2008
Chris Ladd |
With Makeshift Bat Cave, MLB to Scan Broken Wood for Fan Safety As the crack of the bat grows increasingly dangerous, instant replay isn't the only high-tech rethink in the works for Major League Baseball. Scientists are hard at work developing new designs for bats to keep stadiums safe. |
Aviation History
March 9, 2005
C.V. Glines |
Top Secret WWII Bat and Bird Bomber Program At the outset of World War II, innovative plans were laid to send some talented fliers to the front lines. |
BusinessWeek
July 31, 2006
Michael Orey |
Family Diary: Preventive Care Gone Batty The kids were asleep. A bat may have entered the room. Time for rabies shots? |
Scientific American
February 27, 2006
Charles Q. Choi |
Going to Bat Long known as vectors for rabies, bats may be the origin of some of the most deadly emerging viruses. Knowledge that bats can carry dangerous viruses could work to prevent epidemics. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2009
Diane M. Grassi |
Grainy Issue Remains For MLB Bat Makers MLB would be doing itself a service if it far more respected those who brought it to the dance -- the fans and the small businesses that prop it up. |
Scientific American
March 2009
David Appell |
Can "Assisted Migration" Save Species from Global Warming? As the world warms up, some species cannot move to cooler climes in time to survive. Camille Parmesan thinks humans should help even if it means creating invasive species |
Smithsonian
April 2007
Jen Phillips |
Species Explosion What happens when you mix evolution with climate change? |
Smithsonian
August 2007
Crawford et al. |
Wild Things: Life as We Know It Mammoths, clownfish and traveling plants. |
Sports Central
September 5, 2008
Diane M. Grassi |
Are MLB Bats the New PEDs? Of note is the correlation that primarily since 2003, when MLB initiated its survey drug testing, which later led to full-blown testing in 2004, that bats have been breaking at a rapid pace, and more and more each season. |
Science News
April 9, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Sosa's Corked Bat How does a corked bat help a hitter? Actually, there's little scientific evidence that corking a bat actually makes much of a difference. But that didn't stop the rousing controversy that surrounded Major League Baseball's Sammy Sosa in June, 2003. |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Jay Greene |
High-Tech Homers High-tech bats have quickly become must-have equipment for nearly every slow-pitch softball player, from recreation league novices to elite sluggers. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2006
David Coburn |
This Is My Job: Baseball Bat Maker A 25-year-old's love of baseball brought him to Sam Bat, an Ottawa-based manufacturer that produces maple bats for more than 150 pro players. |
Science News
July 6, 2002 |
TimeLine: July 2, 1932 Our friend the bat... 600 miles per hour is limit of speed for present planes... Old age may be postponed by calcium and phosphorus... |
Popular Mechanics
November 2006
Jim Gorman |
Home Invaders What to do when nature invades your house. |
Reason
July 2005
Kerry Howley |
Save the Frankenfish! Is the snakehead endangered? Environmental groups are using the Endangered Species Act to lock up land from development rather than save threatened species, and they want some reform from Washington. |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
L-3's Underground Safety Net Mine safety enters the 21st century with wireless communications. |
BusinessWeek
March 6, 2006
Mark Hyman |
Deck Them Out For The Ball Game Shopping for your Little Leaguer? Get ready for some Big League prices. |
Sports Central
March 18, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
Baseball's Unending Controversies Controversies regarding Pete Rose and aluminum bats have bubbled back up to the surface this week. |
Smithsonian
September 2005
Daniel Glick |
Back From The Brink Not every endangered species is doomed. Thanks to tough U.S. environmental laws, dedicated researchers, and plenty of money and effort, success stories abound. |
