Monthly Archives: August 2013


Parnelli Jones captures the 1970 TransAm championship in the +Ford Motor Company …

In album Parnelli Jones 1970 TransAm Boss 302 Mustang

Parnelli Jones captures the 1970 TransAm championship in the +Ford Motor Company  #Mustang Boss 302

Images from the Ford Motor Company archives

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Motorsports has always been part of building the performance cred of the +Ford Motor…

Motorsports has always been part of building the performance cred of the +Ford Motor Company #Mustang

One of the most iconic race Mustangs of the last 49 years is the school-bus yellow Boss 302, that Parnelli Jones used to capture the 1970 TransAm championship.

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Natural ecosystems are remarkably complex and seemingly trivial changes can have…

Natural ecosystems are remarkably complex and seemingly trivial changes can have far ranging impacts

In the great lakes, the inadvertent introduction of zebra and quagga mussels has had a number consequences with the most recent being a massive die-off of loons. This is a prime example of how difficult it is to predict the larger impacts of what we do to the environment. 

Great Lakes loons dying in record numbers from botulism outbreak spurred by ecological disturbance
(Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 5, 2013, but received limited visibility on AnnArbor.com and MLive.com.) The Common Loon, arguable one of …

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I long ago stopped going to +CNN for any news, but this is just ridiculous

I long ago stopped going to +CNN for any news, but this is just ridiculous

How Much Can CNN Get Wrong About F1 Engines, Physics In One Article?
I think CNN must be hiring Amish kids on Rumspringa for its motorsports writers. That’s really the only way you could explain the rich, lavish ignorance of how cars work as demonstrated in this article about turbo engines returning to F1.

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