Tuesday, February 19, 2008

hands down, the coolest skyscraper ever made | deputydog
there are so many reasons to love this beauty that it's hard to know where to start. it's got 13 floors which, to me at least, makes it a skyscraper. it's entirely made of wood, thus making it a wooden skyscraper. it was made by the fair hands of a single crazy russian man, thus making it a homemade wooden skyscraper. brilliant.

Technology Can Be a Blessing for Bored Workers - New York Times
The white collar, office-bound workers aren’t the only ones turning to high-tech devices to escape from tedium at work.

Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen
PhysOrg news: Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen

Into the abyss: Deep-sixing carbon
PhysOrg news: Into the abyss: Deep-sixing carbon

Laser light may be able to detect diseases on the breath
PhysOrg news: Laser light may be able to detect diseases on the breath

Novel organic metal hybrids that will revolutionize materials science and chemical engineering
PhysOrg news: Novel organic metal hybrids that will revolutionize materials science and chemical engineering

Torontoist: The Ones That Mother Gives You

Biblical Fail [pic] | you.presscue

Losing Our Lakes | Newsweek Project Green | Newsweek.com
Some of India's biggest cities are overrun. Battling the primate problem. Monkeys India rhesus middle

ABC News: Building a Life on $25 and a Gym Bag
Building a Life on $25 and a Gym Bag

Report: Alberta Oil Sands Most Destructive Project on Earth | DeSmogBlog

Castro resigns as Cuban president | World news | guardian.co.uk
Ailing leader to step down after 49 years as head of state when new parliament meets on Sunday

Grad student invents gravity lamp
PhysOrg news: Grad student invents gravity lamp

Why beer harms science - Telegraph
Telegraph Earth is your source for environmental and green news and environmental and green issues, with information on climate change, global warming, pollution, green living and recycling, and all other environment issues.

Evolutionary History of SARS Supports Bats As Virus Source
PhysOrg news: Evolutionary History of SARS Supports Bats As Virus Source

New aluminum-rich alloy produces hydrogen on-demand for large-scale uses
PhysOrg news: New aluminum-rich alloy produces hydrogen on-demand for large-scale uses

Solar evidence points to human causes of climate change
PhysOrg news: Solar evidence points to human causes of climate change

3-D photonic crystals make novel add-drop filters
PhysOrg news: 3-D photonic crystals make novel add-drop filters

Researchers explain spread of 1918 flu pandemic
PhysOrg news: Researchers explain spread of 1918 flu pandemic

'Invisible' bacteria dupe the human immune system
PhysOrg news: 'Invisible' bacteria dupe the human immune system

Geologists solve ancient mystery
PhysOrg news: Geologists solve ancient mystery

With Oil Prices Rising, Wood Makes a Comeback - New York Times
With oil prices rising people are turning to wood heat, raising concerns about the environmental impact of some older devices that are being used.

What People Owe Fish: A Lot - New York Times
Feel like a fish out of water? You may not be too far off.

Web Site That Posts Leaked Material Ordered Shut - New York Times
The closing of Wikileaks.org, which invites people to post confidential material, presents a First Amendment test.

Satellite Shoot-Down Set: Intercept Near Hawaii; Debris Cloud Over Canada (Updated) | Danger Room from Wired.com
As you probably know by now, the U.S. military is going to try to shoot down a dying satellite on Wednesday, around 10:30 PM eastern time (3:30 AM Greenwich Mean

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Waterworld: Aquadom Is Largest Cylindrical Aquarium on the Planet
What do you do with a -meter-high acrylic glass cylinder gallons of sea water fish from different species and two

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