By TODD WOODY | The New York Times | May 7, 2010
AMID the $6 million homes perched on a beachfront cliff in this conservative Southern California enclave, the seven-year-old Honda Civic hybrid with the Obama bumper sticker is the giveaway.
It’s not the usual drive of choice for wealthy former hedge fund managers like David Gelbaum. [...]
May
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You’d Never Know He’s a Sun King
Apr
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Gene helps worm regrow missing head
Posted by Lindsay Brooke-Nottingham | FUTURITY | Friday, April 23, 2010 16:12
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK)—Scientists have discovered the gene that enables an extraordinary worm to regrow its whole head and brain—and other body parts—after amputation.
The finding is another step forward in efforts to explore how humans might one day regenerate damaged organs and tissue.
The research led [...]
Apr
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The Key to Fixing Global Warming? China
By Daniel Roth | Wired May 2010 | April 19, 2010 | 12:00 pm
It’s late November 2009, and US energy secretary Steven Chu is leaning against a fake sink in a fake kitchen. Chu is 62 years old and athletically trim with graying black hair.
He’s wearing a rumpled pin-striped suit, argyle socks, [...]
Apr
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2010
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Building a Green Economy
By PAUL KRUGMAN | The New York Times Magazine | April 05, 2010
If you listen to climate scientists — and despite the relentless campaign to discredit their work, you should — it is long past time to do something about emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. If we continue with business as usual, [...]
Apr
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2010
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2010
How Green Is My iPad?
By DANIEL GOLEMAN and GREGORY NORRIS | Opinion – The New York Times | April 04, 2010
With e-readers like Apple’s new iPad and Amazon’s Kindle touting their vast libraries of digital titles, some bookworms are bound to wonder if tomes-on-paper will one day become quaint relics. But the question also arises, which is more environmentally [...]
Mar
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New way of fish farming could help fix environment
Biologists study whether sea creatures could be used to counteract damage to ecosystems
By Randy Shore | Vancouver Sun | March 24, 2010
New designs for fish farms could keep them in the ocean and help restore damaged marine environments at the same time, says a biologist working on a five-year nationwide aquaculture project.
Marine biologists in [...]
Mar
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2010
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THE NANOTECH GAMBLE: Bold Science. Big Money. Growing Risks.
Regulated or Not, Nano-Foods Coming to a Store Near You
Second in a Three-Part Series
By Andrew Schneider | AOL Special Report | March 24, 2010
(March 24) — For centuries, it was the cook and the heat of the fire that cajoled taste, texture, flavor and aroma from the pot. Today, that culinary voodoo is being crafted [...]
Mar
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2010
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2010
THE PARABLE OF THE ELECTRIC BIKE
Series By Alan During | Sightline Daily | March 15-19, 2010
Imagine an electric bike. Zipping through the city. Surging up hills without gasping for breath. Riding in business dress and arriving fresh and dry. Healthy, moderate exercise. No traffic jams. Free parking. Huge load-hauling potential. Near-free fueling. Zero emissions. Breeze in your face. Appealing! So, [...]
Feb
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9
2010
Cisco’s Big Bet on New Songdo: Creating Cities From Scratch
By Greg Lindsay | FAST COMPANY | February 1, 2010
The world is bracing for an influx of billions of new urbanites in the coming decades, and tech companies are rushing to build new green cities to house them. Are these companies creating a smarter metropolis — or just making money?
Stan Gale is exultant. The chairman [...]
Jan
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2010
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2010
This Satellite Could Help Save Humanity
But DSCOVR remains grounded. That fact is key to interpreting the so-called ‘climategate’ emails.
by Mitchell Anderson | TheTyee.ca | January 20, 2010
The media missed the real story about the so-called “climategate” scandal.
After thousands of emails were mysteriously stolen from the University of East Anglia and distributed just before the climate conference in Copenhagen, many news outlets seemed [...]