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Paul Stamets at TED: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World : TreeHugger

Six Ways that Mushrooms Can Help Save the World Yesterday I posted about MushroomExpert.com, and in the process of researching that post I came across the above video of Paul Stamets speaking at TED which, for some reason, we

FT.com / World - Climate change drives Maldives to buy land

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Dean Kamen’s Stirling engine car - Hack a Day

Best of What's New 2008 | Popular Science

Select ratingPoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome   BOWN Article Type: Front PageNeed Dek hereBest Of What's New 2008Best Of What's New 2008 main: For decades, we've fantasized about watching paper-thin TVs, soaring hundreds of feet with

Video Game Review - Fallout 3 - Washington Is a Ruin in Bethesda’s Fallout 3 - NYTimes.com

Washington is a ruin in Fallout 3 from Bethesda Softworks, one of the most ambitious single-player role-playing games in recent years.

Drilling Down - Skipped Ads May Leave an Impression - NYTimes.com

Viewers watching commercials fast-forwarded with DVRs are still able to recall commercials that contained many frames featuring the brand’s name or logo in the center of the screen.

Now - The Rest of the Genome - NYTimes.com

Only 1 percent of the genome is made up of classic genes. Scientists are exploring the other 99 percent and uncovering new secrets and new questions.

Thailand confirms fresh bird flu outbreak
PhysOrg.com: Thailand's agriculture ministry said Monday that it had confirmed an outbreak of bird flu on a backyard farm in the north, six months after the kingdom was declared free of the deadly virus.

Mini Nuclear Power Plants Could Power 20,000 Homes

PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- Underground nuclear power plants no bigger than a hot tub may soon provide electricity for communities around the world. Measuring about 1.5 meters across, the mini reactors can each power about 20,000 homes.

Fast Food: Just Another Name for Corn | Wired Science from Wired.com

That the $100-billion fast food industry rests on a foundation of corn has been known more through inference and observation than hard scientific fact — until now. Chemical analysis from

Small Fasteners Cause Big Problems for Boeing | Autopia from Wired.com

Boeing has sold more than 900 787 Dreamliner commercial jets without ever having flown one, but with delays stacking up like holiday traffic over O'Hare you have to wonder if

BBC NEWS | Europe | Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb

The mystery of a lost US nuclear bomb in Greenland in 1968 still haunts the Pentagon and local residents, writes the BBC's Gordon Corera.

3D Display Offers Glimpse of Future Media

PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- The 3D objects in the display box may at first look like a product of smoke-and-mirrors trickery. That impression would be about half right, as a rapidly spinning mirror is one important component of the display.