The Lumpen Proletarian

Arthur Erickson 1924-2009 : TreeHugger

Photograph by: John McKay, Times Colonist Long before green architecture meant anything other than putting in plants, Arthur Erickson was integrating water and nature into his architecture. He was lucky that he was located in Vancouver, which has so

Mississippi City Known for Klan Killings Elects Its First Black Mayor - NYTimes.com

The election marked a turning point for Philadelphia, Miss., a mostly white city still haunted by the murders of three civil rights workers.

Are Vertical Farms the Answer After All? : TreeHugger

High-Tech Greenhouses See 20-Fold Increase in Yields Adam Stein of Terrapass was famously skeptical about vertical farms, describing them as 'pie in the sky'. So I was surprised to read one of his latest blog posts, in which he

Frank Lloyd Wright Lego Sets | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Brick by brick, Lego has been building its way out of the near bankruptcy it suffered around the turn of the century. It has done this by a seemingly simple

Weirde videoclip She's Got Me Dancing | Flabber

Tommy Sparks stopte onder andere een gespierde vrouw met ogen die lasers schieten in zijn videoclip voor het funky "She's Got

YouTube - Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world [via claudio]
http://www.ted.com Mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium -- and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.

Technology Review: Revisiting Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Advances could at last make the high-energy batteries practical.

Turkish Dams Leaving Iraqi Fields Thirsting for Water : TreeHugger

The Euphrates River flows through Turkey (pictured) and Syria before reaching Iraq. In ancient times, Iraq was called Mesopotamia, which means 'between the rivers' in Greek. But today, the life-giving Tigris and Euphrates rivers--both of which flow through Turkey

Traffic's true toll: Researchers explore the health effects of vehicle exhaust

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Dr. Ralph Delfino and Michael Kleinman look at Southern California's gridlocked freeways, they don't just see traffic. They see research opportunities.

'Tamed' virus wipes out cancer cells safely

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Oxford University have tamed a virus so that it attacks and destroys cancer cells but does not harm healthy cells. The research funded by Cancer Research UK is published in the journal PLoS Pathogens.

Forestry officials on urgent mission: Beetles

(AP) -- Forestry officials in the Northeast are on an urgent mission, tracking thousands of Massachusetts residents as they search for tree-eating stowaway insects they may have carried to campgrounds or vacation homes.

Scientists test superjet technology in Australia
Australian and US scientists have successfully tested hypersonic aircraft technology which could revolutionise international flight, officials said.

The Raw Story » Conservative radio hosts gets waterboarded, and lasts six seconds before saying its torture

Got Work? - ABC News

The struggling economy means college seniors are facing one of the toughest job markets in years.

Man pushes would-be China suicide off bridge: media - washingtonpost.com

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese man was pushed off a bridge by an angry passer-by after his threat to commit suicide held up traffic for five hours, Chinese media reported on Saturday.

In Georgia, Segregation Endures on Prom Night - NYTimes.com

Outside the classroom at Montgomery County High School in Georgia, segregation endures.

Dept. of Science: Don’t!: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
DEPT. OF SCIENCE about self-control and delayed gratification. Writer describes an experiment conducted by Walter Mischel and his researchers in the nineteen-sixties at the Bing Nursery School on the campus of Stanford University. A four-year old was asked to pick a treat from a tray filled with…

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Drinking Water And Hydroelectric Power - Binding The Common Future Of Canada And USA : TreeHugger

Romain River Project watershed, excerpted from original. Image credit:Montreal Mirror. In the US Upper Midwest, the Great Lakes, constituting the largest single store of freshwater in the world, are literally the shared resource of Canada and six US States. Hydroelectric

"A Convenient Truth" Chronicles Curitiba's Urban Innovations : TreeHugger

A street in Curitiba, Brazil (photo by Jesse Fox). When over 90% of a city's residents are happy with their city, somebody must be doing something right. In Curitiba, a quaint, mid-sized town in southern Brazil, some forty years

The Case for Working With Your Hands - NYTimes.com

Changes in the economy have had the surprising effect of making the manual trades more attractive as careers.

Economic View - Freshman Economics Won’t Be Quite the Same - NYTimes.com

Although the principles of economics are largely unchanged, the current crisis calls for some subtle adjustments in how an introductory economics class is taught.

Hollywood eyes $70 zombie movie wowing Cannes - CNN.com
A budding British director is enjoying success on a shoestring at Cannes with "Colin," a new zombie feature that cost a scarcely believable $70 to make.

YouTube - LawyerShop TV Premier: Stupid Crook of the Month

http://www.LawyerShop.com -- Every month, LawyerShop TV brings you a clip of a stupid criminal in action. This month, we bring you not one, but TWO stupid cr...

The Pros and Cons of Eternity

Dumpster Diving Documentary on the Joy of Free Food (Video) : TreeHugger

Dumpster Diver Finds Holy Grail Usually when someone at TreeHugger writes about dumpster diving, or 'skipping' as it is known in the UK, the responses range from extremely supportive, to those who find it disgusting - and perhaps worry