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Naturhus Wraps A House In Its Own Private Greenhouse : TreeHugger

The house-in-a-greenhouse probably wouldn't play very well in say, Arizona, where enclosing your house in glass shell would be folly. But Bengt Warne, a Swedish architect, starting designing what he called the Naturhus (Nature House) in 1976 to work

Don’t Eat High Fructose Corn Syrup? You’re Both Snobby and a Racist : TreeHugger

Even though Lloyd wrote about the Corn Refiners Association ramping up an ad campaign to push back against the rising tide of realization that perhaps our current corn-centered agricultural system isn’t the best thing for our collective health or

Momentum Slows for Alternative Energy - NYTimes.com

Renewable energy technologies are facing big challenges because of the credit freeze and plunge in oil and natural gas prices.

3 Oil Countries Face a Reckoning - NYTimes.com

Plummeting oil prices are raising questions about whether Venezuela, Iran and Russia can sustain their bids to challenge United States hegemony.

Basics - The Wonders of Blood - NYTimes.com

Even the most extravagant blood lore pales in comparison to the biochemical, evolutionary and engineering marvels of the genuine article.

Scientist at Work - Nathan Wolfe - Studying Blood of Hunters and Prey in Search of Emerging Viruses - NYTimes.com
Nathan Wolfe hopes his research will result in staving off global pandemics before they happen.

Group bragging betrays insecurity, study shows

PhysOrg.com: From partisans at a political rally to fans at a football game, groups that engage in pompous displays of collective pride may be trying to mask insecurity and a low social status, suggests new research led by University of California, Davis, psychologists.

Note to Next President: Modern-Day WPA Will Save the Economy | Autopia from Wired.com

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have been all but silent when it comes to repairing America's failing infrastructure, and with all that's going on in the world right now,

Police in Mexico find private zoo as drug cartel's party house - Telegraph

Mexican authorities have arrested more than a dozen members of an alleged
drug-trafficking ring, seizing weapons, vehicles - and a private zoo.

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Gorillas and humans use similar body language to communicate | Mail Online

We already know that we are closely related to gorillas, but researchers now reveal that we even use body language in a similar way.

On the Train to Tibet: Railroading the Roof of the World : TreeHugger
The Highest Railway Even after less than a handful of hours of sound sleep, I awoke with a start just before my alarm sounded. Suddenly, the vents began to emit a steady woosh—oxygen being piped in to assist our

As Oil Prices Drop, OPEC Ponders Tough Solutions - NYTimes.com

History suggests that OPEC will face a tough time propping up prices as oil consumption slows down and the world teeters on the edge of a global recession.

Caste in the colony: How fate is determined between workers and queens

PhysOrg.com: 'The history of all past society has consisted in the development of class antagonisms…the exploitation of one part of society by the other'. – Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The Communist Manifesto.

American Dream a Biological Impossibility, Neuroscientist Says | Wired Science from Wired.com

What if people are biologically unsuited for the American dream? The man posing that troubling question isn't just another lefty activist. It's Peter Whybrow, head of the Semel Institute for

Solar Refrigeration: A Hot Idea for Cooling: Scientific American

How to build a solar refrigerator: the brighter the sun, the better it works.