A very quick pointer, for those who don’t see my tweets :) Once again, arXiv.org rises to the fore*, with an interesting application for alcohol. Not content with fighting cancer and improving lifespan, or being good for our bones (and I’m sure that research will at some point show that single malt whisky** is highly […]
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Cows up, sheep down
Statistics New Zealand’s just released its figures for New Zealand’s agricultural production to June 2009. The overall message? Dairy cows are up 5% to almost 6 million, with a particularly big increase in the South Island. On the other hand, sheep are down 5% to a little over 32 million: half their peak 1982 level […]