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Charles Anderson discovers dragonflies that cross oceans | Video on TED.com [via claudio]

TED Talks While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He explains how he carefully tracked the path of a plain, little dragonfly called the globe skimmer, only to discover that it had the longest migratory journey of any insect in the world.

 

Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees | Video on TED.com [via claudio]

TED Talks Bees are dying in droves. Why? Leading apiarist Dennis vanEngelsdorp looks at the gentle, misunderstood creature's important place in nature and the mystery behind its alarming disappearance.

 

Measuring rainfall with mobile phone antennas

As rain interferes with radio signals, researchers have been able to measure rainfall using data supplied by the mobile telecommunications company Orange. The new method offers greater spatial resolution than traditional point measurements provided by rain gauges. In the future, this could be combined with intelligent control systems for sewer networks so as to reduce water pollution in urban areas.

 

Technology Review: Finding a Parking Space Could Soon Get Easier

Networking sensors attached to taxis could ease the hunt for street parking.

 

America’s Cup Rivals Race With the Wind at Their Wings - NYTimes.com

The sailboats competing in the America’s Cup are the fastest ever built but about as delicate as a house of cards.

 

Findings - People Share News Online That Inspires Awe, Researchers Find - NYTimes.com
A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

 

Newly engineered enzyme is a powerful staph antibiotic

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past decade, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has ushered in a new era in the fight between man and bug. By harnessing the power of nature’s own antibiotics, scientists have engineered an enzyme known as a lysin that not only kills MRSA in mice but also works ...

 

Study reveals new details on the dangers of third-hand smoke

Nicotine in third-hand smoke, the residue from tobacco smoke that clings to virtually all surfaces long after a cigarette has been extinguished, reacts with the common indoor air pollutant nitrous acid to produce dangerous carcinogens. This new potential health hazard was revealed in a multi-institutional ...

 

Boat of plastic bottles has trial sail

Nuit Blanche Boing Boing

China Overtakes Germany as Top Exporter - NYTimes.com
Chinese exports amounted to $1.2 trillion in 2009, while German exports totaled $1.1 trillion, or €797 billion, the German Federal Statistical Office said.

 

'Revolutionary' water treatment units on their way to Afghanistan

The United States Army has taken delivery of the first two units of a 'revolutionary' waste-water treatment system that will clean putrid water within 24 hours and leave no toxic by-products, according to scientists at Sam Houston State University.

 

Could Making Our Electronics Sneeze Extend Their Life? The Gesundheit Radio Says Yes (Video) : TreeHugger

Image via Unplggd Keeping dust out of your gadget's inner workings is a sure way to make them last longer. And making your gadgets last longer is a sure way to reduce the amount of e-waste heading to landfills

 

Technology Review: A 50-Watt Cellular Network

Solar-powered base stations can link up remote rural areas.

 

Technology Review: Blogs: TR Editors' blog: Ancient Human Genome Sequenced

From MIT. Information on Emerging Technologies & impact on business & society

 

Are bees also addicted to caffeine and nicotine?
A study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that bees prefer nectar with a small concentration of caffeine and nicotine over nectar that does not comprise these substances at all. 'This could be an evolutionary trait intended to make the bee addicted,' the researchers say.

 

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Slumburbia - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

It's not our cities that are in big trouble: what will fill the empty homes and lots of suburban America?

 

A Menu for Feeding 9 Billion - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

With a mix including genetically modified crops and expanded aquaculture, where appropriate, scientists foresee a well-fed human population later in the century.

 

Cambridge researchers show Chip and PIN system vulnerable to fraud

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory have uncovered flaws in the Chip and PIN system that allow criminals to use stolen credit and debit cards without knowing the correct PIN.

 

Taiwanese bus rijdt op file in | Flabber

Een bus met Prius-remmen rijdt in Taiwan op een file in.

 

Mud Volcano Was Man-Made, New Evidence Confirms | Wired Science | 

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A new analysis shows that a deadly mud volcano in Indonesia may not have been a natural disaster after all. The research lends weight to the controversial

 

YouTube - Greens Keepers - Lotion

"It puts the lotion on it's skin." Inspired by Silence of the Lambs

 

Antibiotics Breed Superbugs Faster Than Expected | Wired Science | Wired.com

A newly discovered mechanism of antibiotic resistance helps explain how bacteria have so quickly undermined medicine's front-line defenses, turning miracle

 

Habitats - The Domestication of a Dive - NYTimes.com

Joel Hinman has lived in the same NoHo apartment for 35 years, first with a college roommate and now with a family.

 

For State’s Detained Youths, No Full-Time Psychiatrists to Help - NYTimes.com

New York State does not have a single full-time staff psychiatrist to oversee 800 youths detained in facilities.

 

Professor Is Held After Three Are Killed in Alabama - NYTimes.com

Three faculty members at the University of Alabama at Huntsville were shot to death and three other people were critically wounded on Friday afternoon.

 

Plant buffers may limit spread of antibiotics in animal waste
Research by scientists at the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry suggests that buffer strips of grasses and other plants can trap and break down veterinary antibiotics in manure fertilizers.

 

Bank of America forecloses on house that couple had paid cash for - St. Petersburg Times

Calls to Bank of America didn't help couple. SPRING HILL — Charlie and Maria Cardoso are among the millions of Americans who have experienced the misery and embarrassment that come with home foreclosure.

 

Millimeter-scale, energy-harvesting sensor system developed

Millimeter-scale, energy-harvesting sensor system developed

 

Store Clerk Payback on truTV.com Video

A store clerk chases after beer-stealing criminals.

 

Poverty in Mississippi Delta worsened by poor broadband Boing Boing

Man smashes 27 TVs at Wal-Mart Boing Boing

Murder scene shows up on Google Street View Windsor - thestar.com

Google has apologized for a shocking image that turned up on its first week of showing Street View maps of Windsor, Ont.

 

Google Street View shows murder scene - UPI.com

The Google software company agreed to a request from the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario, to remove its Street View images of a murder scene.

 

Works and Days » Why Did Rome Fall—And Why Does It Matter Now?

Chris Hedges: Zero Point of Systemic Collapse | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters [via claudio]