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Technology Review: A More Efficient Ethanol Engine Technology Review: A Rodent's Anti-Aging Secrets
Healthier proteins may be the key to the long life span of naked mole rats.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | German village turns off street lights
A German village is pioneering a method of saving energy and reducing carbon emissions by switching off the street lights at night.
Drought to Cut Off Federal Water to CA Farms - TIME
Federal water managers said Friday that they plan to cut off water, at least temporarily, to thousands of California farms as a result of the deepening drought gripping the state
Hydraulic ram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These Toes Were Made for Running | Wired Science from Wired.com
If you've ever wondered why humans don't have long, prehensile toes that would turn our feet into extra hands, here's an answer: stubby toes may be custom-made for running. Biomechanical
BBC NEWS | Europe | Prison break repeat shocks Greece
Two of Greece's most notorious criminals escape from Athens' top security prison by helicopter in a repeat of a daring 2006 breakout.
A Series of Suicides at West Point Unnerve a Renowned Academy - NYTimes.com
Two suicides and two suicide attempts among cadets, as well as two suicides by staff members, have stirred concern at the renowned military academy.
Engineered Osmosis: Revolutionizing Saltwater Desalination : CleanTechnica
Technology Review: A Cheaper Solar Concentrator
A new light-guiding optic combines low cost with high efficiency.
Technology Review: Blogs: Potential Energy: Fool's Gold for Solar Panels
From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society
Technology Review: Cheap Hydrogen from Scraps
Turning organic waste into hydrogen now works without expensive platinum.
Silent Snow Documentary Shows Greenland's Plight : TreeHugger
Photo of Greenland via Wili-hybrid Silent Snow is a powerful short film documenting the pollution that affects the Inuits of Greenland. The pollution circulates from all over the world up to Greenland where it concentrates in the fish, seals
The Museum of Old Techniques : TreeHugger
TreeHugger often notes that, notwithstanding our love of technology, sometimes the older, slower, simpler ways of doing things, like growing your own food or riding a bike, are better than the high tech processed stuff or hydrogen cars. Now
Crossway Zero Carbon Home Brings Back the Timbrel Vault : TreeHugger
all crossway photos via architects website Architect Richard Hawkes is just finishing what he calls a zero-carbon house, using all of the latest technologies but also demonstrating 'how contemporary design can celebrate local materials and crafts and integrate new
Climate Denial Crock of the Week - "That 1500 Year Thing" : TreeHugger
'That 1500 Year Thing' Via:YouTube Greenman is brilliant in this medium. He has several well done, short YouTube posts, including the one shown above. All show us climate change denialists waiting on cars at their last custard stand. Better
Technique tricks bacteria into generating their own vaccine
Scientists have developed a way to manipulate bacteria so they will grow mutant sugar molecules on their cell surfaces that could be used against them as the key component in potent vaccines.
Generation B - Tito Santana - A Real Wrestler - NYTimes.com
What happens to big-time wrestlers when they hit middle age?
New Search Technologies Mine the Web More Deeply - NYTimes.com
Search engines are starting to penetrate databases that are set up to respond to typed queries.
Stinky Soy Goo Could Fight Alzheimer's | Wired Science from Wired.com
Natto is a soybean product that is sticky, slimy and smelly, but it might be able to ward off Alzheimer's disease. Once a theme ingredient on Iron Chef, natto contains
Simple elixir called a 'miracle liquid' - Los Angeles Times
It's a kitchen degreaser. It's a window cleaner. It kills athlete's foot. Oh, and you can drink it.
Many wonder what's in stimulus bill for them - The Boston Globe
Brian Carpenter bought his Woburn home in 1980, and 29 years later, he has never missed a mortgage payment. It wasn't always easy. With three kids, it meant driving old cars, clipping coupons, and brown-bagging it to work.
From One Genome, Many Types of Cells. But How? - NYTimes.com
Understanding the epigenome has become a major frontier of research. New findings suggests that chromatin does a lot more than hold chromosomes together.
As It Falters, Eastern Europe Raises Risks - NYTimes.com
Once-vibrant economies have weakened, making it riskier for Western companies to do business.
Liza Mundy: Multiple Births 'Changing Our World' : NPR [via claudio]
<em>Washington Post</em> staff writer Liza Mundy discusses how multiple births are affecting parents, their babies and society. Mundy is the author of <em>Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Our World</em>.
Commentary :: David Korten :: Don't Fix Wall Street, Replace It [via claudio]
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