Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Piece of the Empire State Building May Be Within Reach - NYTimes.com


High Corn and Soy Prices Increase Erosion Risk in Iowa - NYTimes.com

 

Short video about a scientific glassware maker - Boing Boing

 

Fracking leaks may make gas 'dirtier' than coal

 

A single source for clean water and fuel - tech - 13 April 2011 - New Scientist

 

Short Sharp Science: Greenpeace <i>Scream</i> protests against nuclear power


NASA Satellite Photos Show Coal Mining Destroy a Mountain Range Over 25 Years : TreeHugger

 

West Virginia Mining Town Bought Up by Massey Energy - NYTimes.com

 

Invasive mussels causing massive ecological changes in Great Lakes

 

Paul Dirac: Theoretical physics | The Economist

 

In Florida, Tomatoes By the Truckload Are Stolen - NYTimes.com

 

Solar power without solar cells: A hidden magnetic effect of light could make it possible


Reprogrammable Chips Could Enable Instant Gadget Upgrades - Technology Review

 

Governments, Hungry for Money, Try Selling Ads - NYTimes.com

 

The origin of CTRL-ALT-DELETE - Hack a Day

 

Trailer for upcoming Planet of the Apes movie - Boing Boing

 

How Open Source Ecology Created a "Civilization Starter Kit" (Video) : TreeHugger

 

Short Sharp Science: James Watson menaced by hoodies shouting 'racist!'


Millions of Gallons of Hazardous Chemicals Injected Into Wells, Report Says - NYTimes.com

 

Euro vs. Invasion of the Zombie Banks - NYTimes.com

 

Ahem! Are You Talking to Me? (Or Texting?) - NYTimes.com

 

Putting a fuel cell 'in your pocket'

 

US energy use chart shows we waste more than half of our energy

 

BBC News - World Bank president: 'One shock away from crisis'


Polar animals' antifreeze has a spiky secret - life - 16 April 2011 - New Scientist

 

High-Speed Evolution Aids Drug Development - Technology Review

 

European Union Unity? Not on Debt Collection - NYTimes.com

 

The Siren Song of a Fire Station - NYTimes.com

 

Orangutans Use Simple Tools to Catch Fish | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Battling the Wheat-Threatening ‘Yellow Rust’ Fungi - NYTimes.com


China's housing bubble: ghost malls, ghost highrises, and ghost cities - Boing Boing

 

Capillary condensation technology produces drinkable water from diesel exhaust

 

From Solar Power to Human Power Across Ontario | Autopia | Wired.com

 

Sewage reveals drug habits in Paris and Adelaide - health - 20 April 2011 - New Scientist

 

Renesas in Japan Scrambles to Make a Critical Car Chip - NYTimes.com

 

Supercomputers Help Scientists Dig Deeper, See Farther, Share More - NYTimes.com


A New Generation’s Vanity, Heard Through Hit Lyrics - NYTimes.com

 

Laser Hole Punch Turns Hair Into Forensic Time Machine | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

How Goldman Sachs Created the Food Crisis - By Frederick Kaufman | Foreign Policy

 

Rooftop Urban Farm Brings Fresh Local Produce To Montreal All Year Round : TreeHugger

 

Rare Earth Prices Soar as Efforts to Increase Supplies Falter - NYTimes.com

 

The Flip Side of Tilapia, the Perfect Factory Fish - NYTimes.com


In Orange County, Fla., Homeless Children Find Refuge at School - NYTimes.com

 

Think it's easy to be macho? Psychologists show how 'precarious' manhood is

 

YouTube - "Liquid Fire" to Metal Sword in minutes! - A History of Ancient Britain - Ep4 - Preview - BBC Two

 

If These Knishes Could Talk, A Documentary on the New York Accent

 

On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns - NYTimes.com

 

Intel Reinvents Transistors Using New 3-D Structure


THREE TITLES [3] for the PRICE OF ONE.

 

Obama Approval Up After Bin Laden Killing - New York Times/CBS Poll - NYTimes.com

 

Grub Composting Turns Waste into Animal Feed in Hours (Video) : TreeHugger

 

Smart Transformers - Technology Review

 

Ukraine Looks to Texas for Path to Energy Independence - NYTimes.com

 

Sales of Home Safes Rise, Driven by the Recession and Natural Disasters - NYTimes.com


Doctor and Patient: In Search of a Better MCAT - NYTimes.com

 

Unthinking Machines - Technology Review

 

Birds in New Zealand Developing Entirely New Songs : TreeHugger

 

Arguments Against Nuclear, Oil, Coal... And Wind (Pic) : TreeHugger

 

How Three-Dimensional Transistors Went from Lab to Fab - Technology Review

 

Gravity Probe B Project Confirms Einstein Space-Time Ideas - NYTimes.com


Global Warming Hinders Crop Yields, Study Finds - NYTimes.com

 

Miniature PC packs a big punch - Hack a Day

 

Thermoelectrics generating electricity from waste heat is a step closer

 

Video: Super Cub Pilot Needs Mere Feet to Take Off | Autopia | Wired.com

 

Green Army men with PTSD - Boing Boing

 

Book Review - Founding Gardeners - By Andrea Wulf - NYTimes.com


The Big Idea: Perennial Grains - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine

 

With Plan Nord, Quebec to Spend Billions to Develop North - NYTimes.com

 

French Lean Toward Ban of a Controversial Gas Extraction Technique - NYTimes.com

 

Using Economics to Help the World's Poor - NYTimes.com

 

Russian criminal tattoo documentary on YouTube - Boing Boing