Thursday, July 21, 2011

Process: How Horseshoe Crab Blood Helps Save Lives | Magazine



Microalgae could be Texas' next big cash crop



Shakeproof



Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey by John Pilger -- Antiwar.com



Ain't No Party Like the Communist Party - An FP Photo Essay | Foreign Policy



Spectacular Time-Lapse Video of Australian Night Sky | Wired Science | Wired.com



The New Geopolitics of Food - By Lester R. Brown | Foreign Policy



Michigan Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail for Planting a Vegetable Garden : TreeHugger



Half of US social program recipients believe they "have not used a government social program" - Boing Boing



Cellular connection map of the U.S. - Boing Boing



Japan nuclear crisis: sea radiation levels reach new high - Telegraph



Chinese Inflation Jumps Again as Pork Prices Soar - NYTimes.com



The Best School $75 Million Can Buy - NYTimes.com



While you're up, print me a solar cell (w/ video)



As Government Aid Fades, So May the Recovery - NYTimes.com



Scientists Turn to the Web to Raise Research Funds - NYTimes.com



Scavenging ambient electromagnetic energy - Hack a Day



YouTube - ‪dirt spineology‬‏



You've Never Seen a Robot Drive System Like This Before - IEEE Spectrum



More Medical Schools Are Screening Applicants Closely for People Skills - NYTimes.com



Worm Drug Ivermectin Is Shown to Kill Mosquitoes - NYTimes.com



Newspapers Recycled Into Paper Timber & Furniture by Mieke Meijer / Vij5 : TreeHugger



Beehive Fences Keep African Elephants Away From Crops | Wired Science | Wired.com



Kinect Hackers Are Changing the Future of Robotics | Magazine



14 States Suffering Under Drought - NYTimes.com



FabLab helps the developing world set up long-distance wireless Ethernet - Hack a Day



JP Morgan supercomputer offers risk analysis in near real-time - ComputerworldUK.com



A Less Wasteful Way to Deal with Wastewater - Technology Review



Revolt in Egypt Dims Star Power of Zahi Hawass - NYTimes.com



Automakers Give Flywheels a Spin - Technology Review



Experts urge protected areas to save Canada caribou



Documentary about the bricks of St. Louis - Boing Boing



Inside RIM: An exclusive look at the rise and fall of the company that made smartphones smart



Pipe bending robot charms pipes into amazing shapes - Boing Boing



Search Engines Change How Memory Works | Wired Science | Wired.com



BBC News - TEDGlobal 2011: Simple tech aids developing world



An Alarming New Stimulant, Sold Legally in Many States - NYTimes.com



Cities Report Surge in Graffiti - NYTimes.com



A New "Lost Generation" Cycles Across Scandinavia To Understand North America : TreeHugger



Top Gear maakt awesome autotrein | Flabber



Energy in Poland: Fracking heaven | The Economist



[Jeri Ellsworth] builds a software radio - Hack a Day



Modelling chemical reactions using an FPGA - Hack a Day



Cutting-Edge Animation & Video, Made in Off-Grid Treehouses (Video) : TreeHugger



Making Cutting-Edge Animation On A DIY Homestead : NPR



United Automobile Workers and Carmakers Contract Talks Start Next Week - NYTimes.com



BBC News - £20m tool to be used to dismantle nuclear site



RNA-Based Cholesterol Drug Is Readied for Human Tests - Technology Review



Monsanto's Roundup Causing Evolution of "Super-Weeds" That Grow 3 Inches a Day : TreeHugger



DIY Aquaponics: Building a Vortex Filter (Video) : TreeHugger



Chance favors the concentration of wealth, study shows



To Nullify Lead, Add a Bunch of Fish Bones - NYTimes.com



Video: Tame Pikes Peak With Rhys and the Monster | Autopia | Wired.com

Monday, July 4, 2011

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What If We Don't Raise The Debt Ceiling? : NPR



Ontario Reacts to Live Asian Carp Spilled in River : TreeHugger

 

Projects Use Phone Data to Track Public Services - NYTimes.com


Ancient Assyrian Dictionary Completed by University of Chicago Scholars - NYTimes.com

 

Building an electromagnetic pendulum clock - Hack a Day

 

Roman ship carried live fish in tank

 

Waste Slime Turns Jellyfish Into Ecological Vampires | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

What, me worry? Young adults get self-esteem boost from debt

 

The rare earth conundrum - Boing Boing


Short Sharp Science: 'Shoestring' Danish rocket blasts off

 

Early Americans helped colonise Easter Island - life - 06 June 2011 - New Scientist

 

Food Supply Under Strain on a Warming Planet - NYTimes.com

 

How to Print a Bicycle | Technology and Science | SlateV

 

The German Example - Economic Scene - NYTimes.com

 

Paved surfaces can foster build-up of polluted air


In State Parks, the Sharpest Ax Is the Budget’s - NYTimes.com

 

Vertical Farms: Not Just Green Eye Candy, They Can Actually Work : TreeHugger

 

Search for Gold, Deep in Baghdad’s Sewers - NYTimes.com

 

Nigeria: The Cost of Oil - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic

 

Lifelong gap in health between rich and poor set by age 20, Canadian study finds

 

Cultural Revolution Dinner Theater: weirdest dinner in Beijing - Boing Boing


Risk, Probability and How Brains Are Easily Misled | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Raised bed Garden

 

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With 1.2 Billion People, India Still Seeks One Good Hangman - NYTimes.com

 

Plastic Bag Makers Accuse Competitors of Illegal Trash Talk - NYTimes.com

 

Small U.S. Farms Find Profit in Tourism - NYTimes.com


Many State Legislators Lack College Degrees - NYTimes.com

 

‘American Style’ at the Museum of the City of New York - NYTimes.com

 

Lead Poisoning in China - The Hidden Scourge - NYTimes.com

 

A pulse no longer necessary for life

 

What Large-Scale Shiitake Mushroom Growing Looks Like (Video) : TreeHugger

 

Libyan rebels turn toys into weapons of war - Hack a Day


Levees Save a Farmhouse, but Farming Itself Is Still a Risk - NYTimes.com

 

Carved hard-hat - Boing Boing

 

Vegas Earth-moving theme-park lets patrons operate heavy machinery - Boing Boing

 

On Iraq’s Walls, the Graffiti of War | Danger Room | Wired.com

 

Richard Dawkins: Sex selection and the shortage of women: is science to blame? - Boing Boing

 

Sick man robs bank for $1, demands jail and healthcare - Boing Boing


Open Source Architecture - Boing Boing

 

CultureLab: How did we discover the Earth wasn't round?

 

How Rock-Paper-Scissors Could Shape Bacterial Evolution | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

City Life Could Change Your Brain for the Worse | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Analog engineering legend Bob Pease killed in car crash - 2011-06-20 17:25:32 | EDN

 

Builder Blames Navy as Brand-New Warship Disintegrates | Danger Room | Wired.com


How to Make a Clock Run for 10,000 Years | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

 

Bridge Comes to San Francisco, With Made-in-China Label - NYTimes.com

 

BBC News - Who, What, Why: Does a reservoir need emptying if someone urinates in it?

 


Many Variables in a New York Math Museum - NYTimes.com

 

Greatest Threat to Caribou Herd in Alberta Is Humans - NYTimes.com


As Floodwaters Approach, Two Nuclear Plants Get Ready - NYTimes.com

 

Europe Stifles Drivers in Favor of Mass Transit and Walking - NYTimes.com

 

Artist's statement translated - Boing Boing

 

Equation: The Formula Behind Noise-Cancelling Headphones | Magazine

 

Jared Diamond Explains How Modern Civilization Can Choose Not To Collapse (Video) : TreeHugger

 

Barry Estabrook - 'Tomatoland' - How Industrial Farming 'Destroyed' The Tasty Tomato : NPR


This 45-Mile "Wi-Fi" Could Connect a Smarter Power Grid - Technology Review

 

Northwestern research team turns theory of static electricity on its head

 

A Giant, Man-Made Island Could Act as a Battery for Wind Power : TreeHugger

 

Hats For Kate Demonstrate The Best of Canada Today : TreeHugger

 

Canada seeks to breed a better honey bee

 

Assessing agroforestry's advantages


Megafires May Change the Southwest Forever | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

How Airplanes Blow Snow-Making Holes in Clouds | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Red Nostalgia Rising - Video Library - The New York Times

 

100 Years of IBM in Pictures - Technology Review

 

The Young and Entrepreneurial Move to Downtown Detroit, Pushing Its Economic Recovery - NYTimes.com

 

Oil spilled into Yellowstone River in US


Weighted ping-pong balls can fall endlessly through a granular medium (w/ video)

 

Millions of Fishes: The Ultimate Marine Library | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior III takes shape

 

BBC News - Tibetan singing bowls give up their chaotic secrets

 

The architecture lover’s manifesto - The Globe and Mail

 

BBC News - Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabed