Monday, January 12, 2009

Simple Solutions to Complex Problems: The Hurriquake Nail : TreeHugger
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of

An Earthquake-Ready School for China (Just Add Cardboard Tubes) : TreeHugger
Shigeru Ban's Paper Tube School The devastating earthquake that struck in central China's Sichuan province on May 12 killed 69,000 and left 4.8 million people homeless. The most chilling symbol of the Wenchuan quake were the thousands of schools

Food Foraging Lessons for the Recession : TreeHugger
image from ajooma.net Food foraging has moved from being something out there on the fringe to an almost mainstream hobby. Or necessity, if things continue the way they are going. Given the mood of these times, more and more

Pittsburgh Thrives After Casting Steel Aside - NYTimes.com
After decades of reinvention, two of the biggest sectors of the local economy are education and health care, among the most resistant to downturns.

Mind - Some Protect the Ego by Working on Their Excuses Early - NYTimes.com
Recent research has helped clarify not just who is prone to self-handicapping but also its consequences -- and its possible benefits.

Saving a Squirrel by Eating One - NYTimes.com
Lately, a new meat is gracing the British table: Squirrel is selling as fast as gamekeepers and hunters can bring it in.

Engineers develop new power line de-icing system
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth engineering professor and entrepreneur Victor Petrenko—along with his colleagues at Dartmouth and at Ice Engineering LLC in Lebanon, N.H.—have invented a way to cheaply and effectively keep ice off power lines.

My Electric Engine - Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster

Scenes from the Gaza Strip - The Big Picture - Boston.com
The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe

Crops absorb livestock antibiotics, science shows — Environmental Health News
Consumers have long been exposed to antibiotics in meat and milk. Now, new research shows that they also may be ingesting them from vegetables, even ones grown on organic farms.

Amazon.com: Ari Brouillette's review of The Secret

Gamekeeper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Radioactive Scrap Metal
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