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Eco Dishwashing Liquid Works As Well as Cascade : TreeHugger

Earth Friendly Product's 'New Wave High-Performance Auto Dishwasher Gel' held its own against Cascade in an independent study showing that these phosphate-free cleaners can perform just as well as conventional cleaners. Most cleaners give the impression that they add

Vancouver’s Plan for 2010 Winter Games Hits Financial Snag - NYTimes.com
The freeze in credit markets and a collapse of the city’s real estate market have made the financing of the Winter Games a critical issue.

Visual Science - How Termites Live on a Diet of Wood - NYTimes.com

Living on a diet of wood is challenging, not least because wood contains so little nitrogen. So how do termites do it?

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Study Shows Drivers Feel Free to Ignore Speed Limits | Autopia from Wired.com

From the Autopia Unintended Consequences Department comes this dispatch from Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where researchers at Purdue University say the majority of drivers have no problem going 5, 10 or

EPA Coal Decision Levels Playing Field for Wind, Solar | Wired Science from Wired.com

Building an alt-energy power plant is risky and expensive, but thanks to a new ruling by an Environmental Protection Agency panel, building a coal plant may become riskier and more

An Eco-Friendly Billboard for Times Square - NYTimes.com

By generating its own electricity, a new billboard planned for Times Square could save 18 tons of carbon emissions yearly.

Intelligent humans evolved because of big-hipped ancestors - Telegraph
Intelligent humans developed because our female ancestors had wide hips which allowed them to give birth to babies with big brains, according to new research.

Artificial diamonds - now available in extra large - environment - 13 November 2008 - New Scientist

A team in the US has brought the world one step closer to cheap, mass-produced, perfect diamonds - with no theoretical size limit

Engineer has leak proof CO2 storage idea - UPI.com

A U.S. engineer says he's developed a leak-proof carbon sequestration storage method that eliminates the risk of CO2 escaping via buoyancy.

Tropical Dead Zones Set to Expand by 50 Percent Under Climate Change : TreeHugger

Image from Science Dead zones are certainly no stranger to these pages. As Matthew quipped in a recent post, stories about the Gulf of Mexico's (in)famous dead zone have a way of turning up on TreeHugger, as if on

Good Growing Regions Drying Up in Turkey : TreeHugger

Photo via Al Ianni at flickr. As the host of a recent meeting on the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Turkey touted its expertise on the subject, with the Environment Ministry's Erdoğan Özevren calling Turkey

European Town Heats Up With Closed Coal Mine : TreeHugger

Gen Coel neighborhood of Heerlen, Image credit: France24, Remko Scheepens We recently published a post about a mine heat project just beginning. (See:- Yellowknife To Re-Purpose Gold Mine For Heat Extraction.) Like, wind mills, it turns out, Holland is

Digital Domain - The Forces Driving Women Out of Computer Science - NYTimes.com
Many computer science departments report that women now make up less than 10 percent of the newest undergraduates.

Suspect in Office Deaths Described as Family Man - NYTimes.com

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Those who know Jing Hua Wu said the 47-year-old engineer was a smart, unassuming family man whose three young boys played among neighborhood children on a quiet street in this Silicon Valley city.

On the Farm - A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish - NYTimes.com

With wild fish harder to catch, what is served up at your local market is often little better than swimming tofu.

Architecture - Buffalo, a City Filled With Architectural History, Looks to the Future - NYTimes.com

For all its historic value, Buffalo’s architecture has for decades seemed strangely frozen in time.

Heat Wheel Could Cut Data Center Cooling Bills « Data Center Knowledge

A relatively new approach to data center cooling known as a heat wheel is gaining momentum, and likely to gain a higher profile from an upcoming demonstration of the technology.