freshare.net ... Exploring the Ozarks

This week's podcast: An interview with Kat Logan Smith about nuclear waste contamination at a St. Louis landfill. An article that also discusses the landfill can be read here: Missouri Coalition for the Environment Urges Action on West Lake Landfill Issue

We have all seen moths attracted to a light source on a summer’s evening, dancing around the outside light bulb seemingly confused by its presence.

Scientists are now saying that human made light sources can alter the behavior…[read further]

While wind power is being touted as a clean, green, renewable energy source for the future, there is one problem. Windmills can only make electricity when the wind blows.

Typically, wind farms arm their wind generators with batteries…[read further]

Hunters checked 1,772 deer during the second Youth Portion of Firearms Deer Season Jan. 3 and 4. That brings the total for the early and late youth deer hunts to 12,172, the third-largest number in the youth season’s eight-year history.…[read further]

There’s nothing more delightful than watching birds flit from one area of your garden to the next. Attracting birds to your yard is really quite simple: if you supply their three basic needs—food, shelter and water—you will have an avian…[read further]

Cycling can be a solo sport. Long rambles through the spring countryside, hard rides in the hills, weekend tours to scenic areas—all can be enjoyed with only your own thoughts for company.

In fact, many cyclists prefer to…[read further]

Among the problems demonstrated by the vast majority of beginning riders are the two most common reflexes: when something goes wrong beginning or novice riders seek a version of the fetal position, hands in their lap, hunched over the pommel,…[read further]

Tree wraps or guards can lessen the risk of southwest injury, a condition that can afflict young trees in winter, said a University of Missouri horticulturist.

Southwest injury, or trunk scald, occurs on the lower portion of the…[read further]