Daily Archives: March 19, 2011

Invasive species of the moment: The brown marmorated stink bug. The EPA is considering an emergency exemption to use the pesticide dinotefuran in apple and peach orchards to prevent damage by the pest, which was accidentally introduced into the U.S. from China or Japan in 1998.

The F-35, the U.S.’s next generation fighter aircraft for the Air Force, Marines, and Navy — each are scheduled to get their own customized version — continues to have have significant problems in development. Simply put, it’s way late, and way overbudget, with the Marine Corp version, the F-35B, the most troubled. That will almostContinue Reading