Tuesday, April 12, 2011

How Energy Efficiency Can End Up Hurting the Environment - NYTimes.com


Canada's prime minister abolishes the Government of Canada, replaces it with "the Harper government" - Boing Boing



The Reinvention of Silk - NYTimes.com



‘Something Ventured,’ a Love Story About Capitalism - NYTimes.com


Asian Carp Almost Migrate from U.S. to Canada, in a Big Truck : TreeHugger



Homeless robot begs for energy - Boing Boing



New volcanic fissure opens in Hawaii - Boing Boing



Ontario Struggles with Solar Boom  - Technology Review



Gems From 2008 Paris Theft Found in Drainpipe - NYTimes.com


Soda bottle skylights - Hack a Day



Malaysia Gambles on Processing Rare Earths - NYTimes.com



Stéphane Hessel, 93, Calls for ‘Time of Outrage!’ in France - NYTimes.com



Using cams to solve math problems - Boing Boing



Photos from the heart of a glacier - Boing Boing



Heat Hampers Colombian Coffee Crop, Jeopardizing Supply - NYTimes.com


A Glow in the West Texas Desert - NYTimes.com



"Repair-Ware" Household Gadgets Designed To Last Forever With Easy Fixability : TreeHugger



Hybrid Power for the Frontline - Technology Review



If You Bought Apple Stock Instead of Products - NYTimes.com



China's shrinking lakes



Study finds work climate the main reason women leave engineering


CultureLab: How one cybercriminal stole $86 million



US navy faces up to a new enemy – climate change - environment - 10 March 2011 - New Scientist



Japan’s Strict Codes and Drills Are Seen as Lifesavers - NYTimes.com



YouTube - Fitz and the Tantrums - MoneyGrabber



Dubai on Empty | Culture | Vanity Fair



How Rising Gas Prices Are Eroding the American Dream - Lisa Margonelli - Business - The Atlantic


Scientists Tune In To The 'Voices Of The Landscape' : NPR



Doctors fail to report incompetent colleagues - health - 12 March 2011 - New Scientist



BBC News - Japan earthquake: Footage of moment tsunami hit



Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com



Poker Bots Invade Online Gambling - NYTimes.com



Research offers new desalination process using carbon nanotubes


Chinese scholar's rocks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Interview with author of Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA - Boing Boing



Antarctica, 1961: A Soviet Surgeon Has to Remove His Own Appendix - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic



How Government Data Can Improve Lives - Economic View - NYTimes.com



Japan’s Confidence Falters as Its Routines Fail - NYTimes.com



One Per Cent: Hexagonal wind tunnel lets you make your own tornado


BBC News - US unarmed drones track drug gangs in Mexico - report



Canada's unique wetlands under threat: report



PC Problems Blog: HOWTO: Use Google and Asterisk For Free Home Telephone Service



Commentary: The New York Times Paywall Is … Weird | Epicenter | Wired.com



Hexayurt - Boing Boing



YouTube - Killing Joke - Wardance (Original 7" Single)


Looting in Japan: Why so little looting in Japan? The explanation is legal as much as cultural. - By 

Christopher Beam - Slate Magazine



Robin Hessman’s ‘My Perestroika,’ About Post-Soviet Life - NYTimes.com



Piggyback Virus Could Curb HIV Pandemic | Wired Science | Wired.com



A legacy from the 1800s leaves Tokyo facing blackouts | ITworld



One Man’s Quest to Outrace Wind | Magazine



Pictured: One Sea Turtle’s Worth of Plastic | Wired Science | Wired.com


BBC News - Red tape in Cuba: A struggle to change hotels in Havana



BBC News - Should men in uniform be forced to shave?



Shuttered Japanese Chip Makers Threaten IT - Smarter Strategies



Ben Krasnow: DIY scanning electron microscope - Overview video



Will's Amateur Science and Engineering: Fusion Achieved



YouTube - Donald Duck in Math Land Pt. 2


YouTube - better than evil knievel! it's ray!



Russian boreal forests undergoing vegetation change, study shows



Fission Products in Seattle Reveal Clues about Japan Nuclear Disaster  - Technology Review



Newly Homeless Re-Establish Order Amid Chaos - NYTimes.com



No Mortgage Lenders in Jail, but a Borrower Lands There - NYTimes.com


Stanford engineers put a damper on 'aeroelastic flutter'



Creating power from water



BBC News - Viewpoint: We should stop running away from radiation



Marine microbes digest plastic : Nature News



Taming the flame: Electrical wave 'blaster' could provide new way to extinguish fires



Wildlife Bridge Being Built Over Ontario Highway : TreeHugger


Engineered Organisms for Making Cheap Sugar - Technology Review



'Le Quattro Volte' - Review - NYTimes.com



Making liquid power



YouTube - Methane Biodigester How To



Antibiotics wrapped in nanofibers turn resistant disease-producing bacteria into ghosts



Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Threatens Farmers’ Way of Life - NYTimes.com


Using Heat to Cool Buildings - Technology Review



Companies Hope to 'Program' the Internet - Technology Review



Woodworking Classes for Kids - NYTimes.com



YouTube - How Differential Gear works must see 100%



Canada to Benefit from Global Warming (Infographic) : TreeHugger



TV ad featuring Rube Goldberg-esque musical device - Boing Boing


Scientists journey into an active volcano crater - Boing Boing



Greek Tablet Fragment May Shed Light on Early Bureaucratic Practices - NYTimes.com



Scientists Call the Market for Meteorites Black, and Some Are Seeing Red - NYTimes.com



New Type of Drug Kills Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria - Technology Review



As Shutdown Looms, Agencies Brace for Its Impact - NYTimes.com



Economics, physics are roadblocks for mass-scale algae biodiesel production, study finds


Research shows adult brains capable of rapid new growth



App-Powered Car Service Leaves Cabs in the Dust | Gadget Lab | Wired.com



Analog TV Quirk Makes Art Through Tedium | Raw File



A New Rotary Engine Design - Technology Review



How Safe Is Safe Enough? To Engineers, It Depends : NPR



Artist Ron English's April Fool's sign at US-Mexico border - Boing Boing


BBC News - Afghanistan: Deadly Kandahar protest at Koran burning



BBC News - Playful Filipino names hard to get used to



Alberta conservation plan stuns oil patch - The Globe and Mail



Pae White Uses Computer-Assisted Loom To Weave Opera Curtain Of Scanned Images Of Aluminum Foil | FEELguide



TOM THE DANCING BUG: In Which Lucky Ducky Is Engaged In Shocking Class Warfare - Boing Boing



Stiglitz: wealth concentration will be America's downfall - Boing Boing


Drug-Resistant 'Superbug' Found in New Delhi Water : TreeHugger



Chinese Workers Struggle to Catch 'The Last Train Home' in World's Largest Human Migration : TreeHugger



A breakout board for your Android phone - Hack a Day



In a Tiny Universe, Room to Heal - At Home With Mark Hogancamp - NYTimes.com



Future farm: a sunless, rainless room indoors



Hot on the Trail of Chili Peppers - In the Garden - NYTimes.com