“We can estimate that a $1 donation to The Humane League would save around 3.5 animals, mostly chickens.” While a noble action, going vegan may not be as impactful as donating 100 USD to an effective animal-welfare charity. Assuming that those who go vegan used to eat as much meat as the average American (although they often ate less meat), they would be saving around 105 animals a year — a little under half of the animals that could be saved by the 100 USD donation. Read full article here
Science
‘Ghostly’ neutrinos provide new path to study protons
In groundbreaking research, an international collaboration of scientists from the University of Rochester have used a beam of neutrinos to measure the size and shape of the protons that make up the nuclei of atoms. This feat, once thought impossible, provides scientists with a new way of looking at the small components of an atom’s nucleus and opens up a wealth of new information about the structure of an atom’s nucleus and the dynamics of the forces that affect neutrino interactions. The researchers solved the challenge of harnessing neutrinos in large numbers by using a neutrino detector containing a target of both hydrogen and carbon atoms, and over nine years of data collection at Fermilab’s accelerator. Read full article here
Merv
March 25, 2023
