Collaborate Disseminate
Ross Anderson has some new work: As mobile phone masts went up across the world’s jungles, savannas and mountains, so did poaching. Wildlife crime syndicates can not only coordinate better but can mine growing public data sets, often of geotagged images. Privacy matters for tigers, for snow leopards, for elephants and rhinos and even for tortoises and sharks. Animal… Continue reading Privacy for Tigers
I have a soft spot for interesting biological security measures, especially by plants. I’ve used them as examples in several of my books. Here’s a new one: when tomato plants are attacked by caterpillars, they release a chemical that turns the caterpillars on each other: It’s common for caterpillars to eat each other when they’re stressed out by the lack… Continue reading Tomato-Plant Security
I have a soft spot for interesting biological security measures, especially by plants. I’ve used them as examples in several of my books. Here’s a new one: when tomato plants are attacked by caterpillars, they release a chemical that turns the caterpillars on each other: It’s common for caterpillars to eat each other when they’re stressed out by the lack… Continue reading Tomato-Plant Security
Interesting research in Nature. The article is behind a paywall, but here are five summaries of the research. EDITED TO ADD (10/16): Non-paywalled copy of the paper…. Continue reading Murder Is a Relatively Recent Evolutionary Strategy
Economists argue that the security needs of various crops are the cause of civilization size: The argument depends on the differences between how grains and tubers are grown. Crops like wheat are harvested once or twice a year, yielding piles of small, dry grains. These can be stored for long periods of time and are easily transported or stolen…. Continue reading Primitive Food Crops and Security