Clear, concise, incroyable! Frightening.

Seeded on Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:59 PM EDT (T.E.D. )

Mind blowing

environment, construction, dna, recycle, reduce, reuse

Human's the Ostrich species. There's good news and bad news - this would be bad news.

Seeded on Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:29 PM EDT (T.E.D.)

Pull your head out of the sand. Reduce, recycle, reuse.

science, this, bbq

Biochar Can Offset 1.8 Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Annually

Seeded on Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:22 PM EDT (Science Daily)

"Biochar offers one of the few ways we can create power while decreasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. And it improves food production in the world's poorest regions by increasing soil fertility. It's an amazing tool."

energy, environment, emissions, charcoal, biochar

Breakthrough in Blinking Molecules Phenomenon

Seeded on Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:23 AM EDT (Science Daily)

I am perpetually astounded to read about research being done on 'anomalies' that I was completely unaware of (but would have liked to known).

physics, science, quantum-jumps, neils-bohr, fluorescent-intermittency

Building Muscle Doesn't Require Lifting Heavy Weights, Study Shows

Seeded on Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:14 AM EDT (Science Daily)

Seeing as how I started going to the gym 3 weeks ago, this is good news. At the same time I only have so much time to get my workout in so I'll have to stick to higher weight levels. C'est la vie.

fitness, health, gym, work-out, weight-lifting, muscle-mass, science-daily, building-muscle

News that will matter in the decades and centuries ahead.

Seeded on Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:18 PM EDT (TED)

Taking stock of what will matter in decades and farther to come.

technology, news

Why we won't run out of oil

Seeded on Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:10 PM EDT (TED)

I hope he is right.

technology, energy, oil, alternate-fuels, energy-consumption, energy-reserves

Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls; Predatory Trickery Documented for the First Time in Wild Felids in Americas

Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:17 AM EDT (Science Daily)

Not too hard too imagine: "In a fascinating example of vocal mimicry, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and UFAM (Federal University of Amazonas) have documented a wild cat species imitating the call of its intended victim: a small, squirrel-sized monkey kn …

environment, projeto-sauim-de-coleiraufam-projeto-sauim-de-coleiraufam-oliveira-calleia-wildlife-conservation-soc

Antibodies Found That Prevent Most HIV Strains from Infecting Human Cells

Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:15 AM EDT (Science Daily)

Scientists have discovered two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90 percent of known global HIV strains from infecting human cells in the laboratory,

health, public-health-apa-mla-note-colostrum-transmission-national-institute-infectious-diseases-national-in

Good god ppl - global warming doesnt exist - unless earth is to become hell.

Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:12 AM EDT (Science Daily)

Exceptionally long heat waves and other hot events could become commonplace in the United States in the next 30 years, according to a new study by Stanford University climate scientists.

global, warming, environment

Alternative Evolution: Why Change Your Own Genes When You Can Borrow Someone Else's?

Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:09 AM EDT (Science Daily)

Now, in a paper to be published in the journal Science, University of Rochester biologist John Jaenike and colleagues document a clear example of a new mechanism for evolution.

evolution, science

News earths - no tech to reach.

Seeded on Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:05 AM EDT (Science Daily)

Step 1.

technology, earth, eden

More on (yeh it was intentional) the BP Oil Spill

Seeded on Mon Jul 5, 2010 11:40 AM EDT (wimp.com)

It speaks for itself.

environment, anderson-cooper, 1st-ammendment, bp-gulf-oil-spill

Art vs reproduction

Sat Jul 3, 2010 1:41 AM EDT

Art exists because the technicians can't reproduce it.

Continue reading this entry ...

music

Progress.

Sat Jul 3, 2010 1:09 AM EDT

All progress comes at a cost.

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god isn't dead.

Sat Jul 3, 2010 12:45 AM EDT

God isn't dead It never existed. And if it did it isn't what we think it is. And everything that is Obama's fault is Bush's fault. Discuss.

Continue reading this entry ...

conservatives, religion, obama, liberals, christians-god

The death of relationships.

Thu Jul 1, 2010 1:11 AM EDT

So I have been talking to a woman for the last month or so....firing up a new relationship as it were - while putting out fires in my existing one. One can never have enough challenges. And today I ended it (not the existing long-term relationship lol).

Continue reading this entry ...

learning, education, experience

Cap back after robot nudge stalls oil collection

Seeded on Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:07 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

"While the cap was off, clouds of black oil gushed unchecked at up to 104,000 gallons per hour, though a specialized ship at the surface managed to suck up and incinerate some."

bp, environment, oil-spill, oil-leak, gulf-leak

Does the EPA know what it's doing when it comes to dispersants?

Seeded on Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:36 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)

"It now appears that the EPA failed to require adequate controls for dispersant toxicity testing, "

epa, bp, environment, toxins, dispersants, oil-leak, gulf-oil-spill

On the trail for immortality

Seeded on Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:33 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

"A species of jellyfish has evolved the potential for immortality - and they're starting to spread."

health, immortality, long-life, fountain-of-youth, transdifferentiation, reversing-aging

90% energy savings in A/C (HVAC) energy use ($ COST for the slow)

Seeded on Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:01 PM EDT (Science Daily)

Profit. Career promotion. I expect nothing but vilification. On the backs of the poor the mighty climb without retribution.

business, energy, environment, energy-efficiency, air-conditioning, hvac, a-c, energy-reduction, reducing-costs, evaporative-coolers

Comprehensive Look at Human Impacts on Ocean Chemistry

Seeded on Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:55 AM EDT (Science Daily)

"many of these changes in climate and ocean chemistry can compound each other, making the problem considerably worse for marine life."

entertainment, ocean, poluution, ocean-chemistry

Ocean Changes May Have Dire Impact on People

Seeded on Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:43 AM EDT (Science Daily)

"The first comprehensive synthesis on the effects of climate change on the world's oceans has found they are now changing at a rate not seen for several million years." "This is further evidence that we are well on the way to the next great extinction event."

pollution, environment, ocean, climate, extinction