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HEAT Documentary Looks at Global Struggle to Reinvent Fossil Fuel Use : TreeHugger

Last night we attended the preview of HEAT, a two-hour FRONTLINE investigation that will air Tuesday, October 21 EST on PBS. Produced by veteran FRONTLINE journalist Martin Smith, the investigation looks at what big business is and isn't doing, both

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Only in Hamilton: Vote For Architectural Crime vs Heritage : TreeHugger

I am constantly agog at the shenanigans that go on in Hamilton, Ontario with respect to its historic buildings. Hamilton has everything it needs to be a great small city except leadership and vision. It also has 'one of

Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds - NYTimes.com

While the study suggests many girls have exceptional talent in math, they are rarely identified in the U.S., because culture discourages girls — and boys — from excelling.

Market Free Fall: 10 Depressing Facts | Epicenter from Wired.com

View the full .DJIA chart at Wikinvest The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 678.91 points (-7.33%) Thursday, its seventh consecutive loss. Here are 10 less-than-fun facts about to put today's

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WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica

PhysOrg.com: (AP) -- The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg.

Deadly bird flu virus found at German farm: EU

PhysOrg.com: German authorities were culling poultry at a farm in Germany after the discovery of a case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the European Commission announced Friday.

Researchers developing wireless soil sensors to improve farming

PhysOrg.com: Ratnesh Kumar keeps his prototype soil sensors buried in a box under his desk. He hopes that one day farmers will be burying the devices under their crops.

The Frugal Teenager, Ready or Not - NYTimes.com

With no choice but to cut back, parents say “no” and children say, “Huh?”

A Power That May Not Stay So Super - NYTimes.com

Britain overreached imperially. The U.S. has been doing it financially.

CapeCodTimes.com - Shuttle driver reflects on Nobel snub
A former Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientist who now works in Alabama shared research with others who won the top chemistry prize this week.

Charlie Brooker: Nightclubs are hell | Comment is free | The Guardian

Charlie Brooker: I'm convinced no one actually likes clubs. It's a conspiracy. We've been told they're cool and fun; that only 'saddoes' dislike them.

GADISS: Top Mass Murderers in History

Finance Students Keep Their Job Hopes Alive - NYTimes.com

Financial companies are shedding tens of thousands of jobs, yet applications to graduate business schools rose this year.

Clashes Fuel Talk of Anti-Immigrant Surge in Italy - NYTimes.com

A recent spate of violence against immigrants across Italy is fueling a national conversation about racism and tolerance.

Slipstream - Intuition + Money - An Aha Moment - NYTimes.com

The discovery of a new material called black silicon offers a lesson in government financing of science and technology.

Whale Oil as Space Lubricant: Better than Anything We Can Create? : TreeHugger
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he traveled alongside over 40 artists,

Observatory - Rising Temperatures May Dry Up Peat Bogs, Causing Carbon Release - NYTimes.com

Ordinarily peat bogs are a huge carbon sink, but a new study suggests that might not be the case for northern bogs as temperatures rise.

Link By Link - Spinning a Web of Lies at Digital Speed - NYTimes.com

In recent days there has been a range of false Internet reports that managed to gain great purchase across the globe while the truth is still logging on.

In Modern Chinese Cities, Urbanus’s ‘Little Kingdoms’ for the People - NYTimes.com

A new exhibition offers further evidence that China has become the most fertile territory on the globe for experimentation by architects.

The Food Issue - An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief - Michael Pollan - NYTimes.com

What the next president can and should do to remake the way we grow and eat our food.

Tides Have Major Impact on Planet Habitability

PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers searching for rocky planets that could support life in other solar systems should look outside, as well as within, the so-called 'habitable zone,' University of Arizona planetary scientists say.

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Crunch Time: How a Mega-Shredder Reduces a Sedan to Scrap

Get product reviews and news about digital cameras, computers, laptops, mp3 players, iPod, PDAs, phones, PCs, Macs and wireless from Wired.com