Category Archives: Bill’s Notes

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Avian Flu is All Around Us Avian flu (also called “bird flu”) is a disease caused by the H5N1 virus. This virus evolved into a … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Acrylamides and Breakfast When I make my breakfast in the morning, I invariably have either some toasted wheat bread or a toasted bagel. That toasted … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to lsten to an audio version of this blog … House Cat Day 2025 Twelve years ago I wrote about Groundhog Day and suggested that we change this early February day-of-prediction to focus not on … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Gardens and Urban MiniFarms Part 2 Last week I talked about the unexpectedly high carbon cost of urban mini-farms and gardens compared to commercial agricultural … Continue reading →

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Gardens and urban farms A paper published earlier this year in the journal Nature Cities (January 22, 2024) compared the carbon footprint of urban farming to that of … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … What’s in the kitchen The numbers used to describe the bacteria communities in, on, and around human beings are staggering!  There are between three and … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog ….Lory State Park Lory State Park is about 20 miles northwest of where I live in Greeley . There are, though, no straight roads connecting the … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … What can a toddler teach us about life and living Being a grandparent has been one of the highlights of Deborah’s and my lives. There … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Octopuses lead the way Octopuses (Phylum Mollusca, Class Cephalopoda) are acknowledged to be extremely intelligent. Intelligence in animals is measured in many ways, but high … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog  … More that just honey bees The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a product of specialized selection, breeding and domestication by human beings. The bee’s … Continue reading →