The ability to harness and control fire was a crucial turning point in our human evolution; perhaps the crucial turning point in determining the type of humans we are today.
We are unique among animals in that humans eat a diet rich in both cooked and “nonthermally processed” food. Our…
Scientific measurements of the biochemistry of Lake Whatcom showed some improvement in 2011, but that is probably the result of a cool summer, not human efforts to control polluting runoff.
So says Robin Matthews, the lead scientist on the annual lake water monitoring effort commissioned…