Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
Silver State Valley Or The Moon?
Photo by Zack Sheppard
Entries from June 2006
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
Mormon Crickets Showing No Signs of Making Retreat
Reno Gazette-Journal:
On Monday, Mormon crickets were swarming around the only restaurant open for lunch in Austin. Last week, they invaded the town’s park and public swimming pool, covering the complex in a shifting blanket of milling, ravenous, 2-inch-long bugs.
“Once they were there, they were crawling over everything,” said Jan Morrison, owner of Main Street […]
Monday, June 5th, 2006
Media Descends on Winnemucca
Brad Buys a Yearling:
News outlets from across the country and world have flocked to this northern Nevada town to witness the cloned mules race. Correspondents from Wired Magazine, London’s Daily Telegraph, Associated Press, a documentary team, and many other news outlets were all plying their trade at the meet.
Reporters looking for a technical angle concentrated […]
Monday, June 5th, 2006
Cloned Mule Finishes Third in Nevada Race
Reuters:
Two cloned mules finished third and seventh in a Nevada mule race on Sunday, disappointing the scientists who created them a day after each animal won its respective elimination heat.
But winning aside, scientists said the strong performances of the mules, named Idaho Gem and Idaho Star, will be key to showing the public that the […]
