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The DO Lectures | Gerald Cooper
Held on 4th - 8th September 2008, The DO lectures will be about getting a handful of speakers down here in the hope that they may inspire you to do something. To give you the tools and the desire to change the things you care about.
BBC NEWS | Europe | I was in Hitler's suicide bunker
Rochus Misch, the last survivor of Hitler's bunker, talks to the BBC's Steven Rosenberg about the day the Fuehrer took his own life.
Jevons Paradox and Energy Efficiency : TreeHugger
William Stanley Jevons noted in 1885 that when coal burning got more efficient, people burned more coal. 'If the quantity of coal used in a blast-furnace, for instance, be diminished in comparison with the yield, the profits of the
Technology Review: More Efficient, and Cheaper, Solar Cells
New manufacturing techniques could cut solar power costs by 20 percent.
Material World - Many Faces and Phases of Steel in Cars - NYTimes.com
Steelmakers are trying to keep up with changes in the car industry by producing a lighter product without sacrificing strength.
Bathing, but Not Alone - NYTimes.com
A deluge of bacteria hit your face and flow deep into your lungs in the morning shower.
The Curious Life » Blog Archive » “Dear Charles Manson, “
Italy finds wreck of toxic waste ship sunk by mafia | Green Business | Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Italian authorities have found the wreck of a ship sunk by the mafia with 180 barrels of toxic waste on board, one of more than 30 such vessels believed to lie off Italy's southern coast,
Technology Review: A Salt and Paper Battery
The simple, non-polluting battery could be used in compact devices.
Studying ancient man to learn to prevent disease
Health care as we know it didn't exist 3,000 years ago. But along the Georgia coast, the Pacific Northwest, and coastal Brazil, people grew tall and strong and lived relatively free of disease. They ate game, fish, shellfish and wild plants.
Researchers study insecticide-free method for control of soybean aphids
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Iowa State University researchers are examining a new method of controlling soybean aphids without the use of chemical pesticides.
Bryony Bonning, professor of entomology, and Allen Miller, professor of plant pathology and director of the Center for Plant Responses to Environmental ...
Revealed: The ghost fleet of the recession | Mail Online
The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. It is is why your Christmas stocking may be on the light side this year.
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Low-tech Magazine: Water powered cable trains
Cable trains (or funiculars) are one of the most energy-efficient modes of transport out there. A large portion of the power required to pull up the ascending car is delivered by the counterweight of the descending car. Many historical systems...
Television Review - 'Community' - A Wink at Colleges and a Nod to Clichés on NBC - NYTimes.com
“Community” is a mercilessly snarky and also bracingly funny NBC comedy that purports to send up community college, but mostly skewers many of the clichés of movies and television.
The spies who love us
Canada's spy-catchers suspect Soviet hockey legend Vladislav Tretiak was a "talent scout" who helped
Below, Manhattan’s A-List Dines at J. G. Melon. Upstairs, Spartan Living. - NYTimes.com
The four floors above J.G. Melon, the Upper East Side restaurant with the rarefied air, are a different remnant of old New York: single-room occupancy residences.
Rare infection may have caused death of Chicago scientist | The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago News Office has details on campus events, news releases, alumni events, The Chronicle, and press citations.
Review: The Age of Stupid Gets Smart on Enviropocalypse | Underwire | Wired.com
Blurring the boundary between sci-fi and documentary, Franny Armstrong's The Age of Stupid peers back in time from a climate crisis-wracked 2055 to lament
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Meeting India's tree planting guru
Pakistan sets a new world record by planting more than half a million trees in one day, snatching the title from India.
Mysterious ruins may help explain Mayan collapse - USATODAY.com
Ringing two abandoned pyramids are nine palaces frozen in time that may help unravel the mystery of the ancient Maya, reports an archaeological team.
Underwater gardens: Award winning planted aquariums - latimes.com
Gittes,
ReplyDeleteI was aching for some "new" links, I believe the the phrase is now, "I was jonesing for some links". With your latest blog links I am able to breathe again.
As was the case last year (and the year before)you must devote energies into your formal studies. There is no escape from the required course work.
Recall, the only reason you sleep is to gain the strength required to do more work.
claudio
Gittes,
ReplyDeleteI returned to your blog and was drawn strongly to the last link listed.
It is the photo essay entitled, “Underwater gardens: Award-winning planted aquariums”.
Here is a cut & paste from an email sent to me by my youngest brother,
M: I like #5 the best. Do you remember your tanks at their peak, with the fully leafed out healthy plants, sand and coconut caves? Wasn't their some type of "tea" we infused into the tank?
J
My personal favourite is #9.
Thanks for the beautiful link. I would never have encountered that one on my own.
claudio