Monday, November 14, 2011

BBC News - Oxfam warns about effects of 'land rush'


For-Profit Colleges, Vulnerable G.I.’s - NYTimes.com

 

Energy 'fracking' critics raise new concern: sand - US news - Environment - msnbc.com

 

Date volgens haar, date volgens hem | Flabber

 

How Should We Make Hard Decisions? | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

In North Dakota, Wasted Natural Gas Flickers Against the Sky - NYTimes.com

 

Scientists Discover Gene Behind Melting Zombie Caterpillars : TreeHugger


Recyclers Extract Coolant From Old Refrigerators - NYTimes.com

 

Sept. 27, 1941: First Liberty Ship Launched, More to Follow | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

 

Divers Set Sights on Sunken WWII Ship Laden With Silver - NYTimes.com

 

747s as flying Unix hosts: SCADA in the sky – Boing Boing

 

How tide predicting, analog computers won World War II – Boing Boing

 

Oddities’ Ryan Cohn’s apartment – Boing Boing


A Way to Make Motor Fuel Out of Wood? Add Water - NYTimes.com

 

MacArthur Genius Will Allen Shows Us the Future of Urban Agriculture (Video) : TreeHugger

 

Will robots steal your job? If you're highly educated, you should still be afraid. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine

 

New Battery Could Be Just What the Grid Ordered - Technology Review

 

GPS Data on Beijing Cabs Reveals the Cause of Traffic Jams - Technology Review

 

Inside Alvin: Scientists as Makers – Boing Boing


Small Fixes - Poisoned Nectar Is a Double-Edged Delicacy for Mosquitoes - NYTimes.com

 

Kongsberg NSM anti-ship missile test - YouTube

 

Engineers 'cook' promising new heat-harvesting nanomaterials in microwave oven

 

Baby Sharks Birthed in Artificial Uterus | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Canadian ice shelves halve in six years

 

Wall Street people in suits drink champagne as protests rage – Boing Boing


Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Hit $660 Billion by 2020 : TreeHugger

 

Line of clothes based on WWII Russian penal battalions – Boing Boing

 

Smartypants Occupy Wall Street protester makes Fox News interviewer look stupid, interview doesn’t air – Boing Boing

 

Strange Russian “numbers station” – Boing Boing

 

Images from Occupy Wall Street's Protest Camp : TreeHugger

 

At Chicago Board of Trade: “We are the 1 percent” signs mocking Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Chicago protests – Boing Boing


Debate Sharpens Over N.H.L. Safety Rules and Fighting - NYTimes.com

 

Protesters at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Eat Well - NYTimes.com

 

How To Store Wind Power: Pump It Into A Big Underwater Balloon : TreeHugger

 

A swell trick with a nail and a block of wood – Boing Boing

 

Art Pope: The Multimillionaire Helping Republicans Win NC : NPR

 

Premier vows to protect jobs


Is the Near-Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Bubble About to Pop? | | AlterNet

 

Wind, Water, and Solar Power for the World - IEEE Spectrum

 

Quarry on Ont. farmland was the plan, firm says - Yahoo! News

 

BBC News - Ultraviolet light shone on cold winter conundrum

 

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TransCanada in Eminent Domain Fight Over Pipeline - NYTimes.com

 

To Get Water to Cities, California Farmers Paid Not to Plant - NYTimes.com

 

Trouble for Gilded-Age Beech Trees in Newport, Rhode Island - NYTimes.com

 

Burger King billboard gets diabetes graffiti – Boing Boing

 

Ancient cooking pots reveal gradual transition to agriculture

 

Mastodon - Cut you up with a Linoleum Knife - YouTube


Solar Still Makes Water Purification Easy, Works Like an Upside-Down Coffee Maker : TreeHugger

 

Smart Kitchen Space-Saver: Dish Drying Closet Above The Sink : TreeHugger

 

High-Living Spiders Make Skyscraper "Like a Haunted House" : TreeHugger

 

Another Reason To Move To Buffalo: The Architecture Is Amazing : TreeHugger

 

Modern-Day Johnny Appleseed Has Planted 13,849 Trees : TreeHugger

 

Can Software Patch the Ailing Power Grid? - Technology Review


Growing something out of nothing

 

's Werelds eerste kogelvormige vliegrobot | Flabber

 

It Has Begun: Suburbs Are Turning Into Slums : TreeHugger

 

16 Year Old Builds Tiny House for a Mortgage-Free Future (Video) : TreeHugger

 

China Takes Loss to Get Ahead in Desalination Industry - NYTimes.com

 

The Importance of Mind-Wandering | Wired Science | Wired.com


BBC News - Chinese buy their favourite Bordeaux by the vineyard

 

BBC News - Catch-22: Is the novel still relevant to modern soldiers?

 

Crony Capitalism Comes Home - NYTimes.com

 

America’s Exploding Pipe Dream - NYTimes.com

 

BBC News - Icelandic rocks could have steered Vikings

 

BBC News - Hewlett Packard to build servers using ARM-based chips


Use of Supercritical Water Could Cut Costs for Ethanol - Technology Review

 

Coal Ash Spill in Lake Michigan Occurs Within Days of New EPA Data on Hazardous Coal Ash Ponds : TreeHugger

 

Coffee and Power Site Aims to Get Jobs Done, Bit by Bit - NYTimes.com

 

Plastic bottles solve Nigeria's housing problem

 

Review: Urbanized Dissects the Modern Metropolis | Underwire | Wired.com

 

Linux Foundation memo: how to make a computer that doesn't lock out GNU/Linux - Boing Boing


Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard) - NYTimes.com

 

Sheep Lawn Mowers, and Other Go-Getters - NYTimes.com

 

What happens when you flush a toilet in the world's tallest building - Boing Boing

 

World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns | Environment | The Guardian

 

How Reclaimed Hand Tools Can Revive the Local Economy (Video) : TreeHugger

 

Adobe to Kill Mobile Flash, Focus on HTML5 - NYTimes.com


Birds help keep vineyards pest-free

 

Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’ - NYTimes.com

 

U.S. and China on Brink of Trade War Over Solar Power Industry - NYTimes.com

 

20 kilovolts replaces push pins on this bulletin board - Hack a Day

 

BBC News - Amazon fire season 'linked to ocean temperature'

 

BBC News - Realising the high-speed wire-free dream


DIY Gas Mask

 

Renovation and Repair Creates Way More Jobs, Uses Far Less Material Than New Construction : TreeHugger