Friday, February 11, 2011

Cholera killing thousands of ducks in the Arctic

 

Georgia Pushes English in Place of Russian - NYTimes.com

 

Low-power FM Radio Stations to Increase in Number - NYTimes.com


Contest Seeks to Avert Collisions With Animals on I-70 in Colorado - NYTimes.com

 

Split-cycle engine now more efficient than traditional combustion engine (w/ Video)

 

Legally poisoned: Professor outlines risks of daily exposure to toxicants

 

Wheat resistance genes failing, new approach needed to stop flies

 

Engineer designs his own heart implant - Boing Boing

 

Maurice Franklin, Wood Turner | Spitalfields Life


Can Factories and Smokestacks Be Beautiful? Japan's 'Kojo Moe' Tourists Think So : TreeHugger

 

Why the Entire Internet Is about to Become 'Slower and Flakier' - Technology Review

 

The Price of Everything - Boing Boing

 

BBC News - Egypt protests: Three killed in 'day of revolt'

 

YouTube - Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think (Lyrics)

 

Indonesian crop failures add to food fears – The quest for lasting and sustainable solutions


How Chrysler's Hydraulic Hybrid Works: Energy From Pressure - Green Car Reports

 

A special report on global leaders: The rise and rise of the cognitive elite | The Economist

 

Utah’s Gun Appreciation Day - NYTimes.com

 

Financial Crisis Panel Says Disaster Was Avoidable : It's All Politics : NPR

 

Compact 'eyeball' camera stretches to zoom - tech - 27 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

BBC News - EU studies Kosovo 'organ traffic' allegations


Making-of de Inception hotel-scène | Flabber

 

Looters smash treasures and mummies in Egyptian Museum | Reuters

 

YouTube - Wolfgang Gartner - Illmerica (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

 

For Many Companies, Low Taxes Are Key To Profits : NPR

 

Southern Sudan Votes For Secession By 99 Percent : NPR

 

The Dark Lord of Coal Country | Rolling Stone Politics


Companies used diesel to drill in AR | Arkansas Blog

 

Why Astrophysicists Need a Lightbulb in Orbit - Technology Review

 

Smart Meters Draw Fire From Left and Right in California - NYTimes.com

 

Combatting antibiotic resistant bacteria

 

Math versus pirates - Boing Boing

 

Could Cows Make Biofuels Better? - Technology Review


Fantastic 2.5 minute documentary about motorcycle maker Shinya Kimura - Boing Boing

 

BBC News - Germany investigates alleged Gorch Fock mutiny

 

Google Takes Street View Into Art Museums - NYTimes.com

 

Unknown, Uncontacted Tribe Photographed in Brazilian Jungle | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Diesel Use in Gas Drilling Cited as Violation of Safe-Water Law - NYTimes.com

 

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Vikings could have steered by polarized light

 

'Death by GPS' in desert - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

 

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Cubans Savor Chance to Become Entrepreneurs - NYTimes.com

 

Woodpecker's head inspires shock absorbers - tech - 04 February 2011 - New Scientist

 

Can complexity theory explain Egypt's crisis? - science-in-society - 03 February 2011 - New Scientist


A Broadband Boom in the Boondocks - Technology Review

 

An Engine that Harnesses Sound Waves - Technology Review

 

Wheelchair for the developing world: cheap, rugged and easy to maintain - Boing Boing

 

BBC News - Greek oil supertanker Irene hijacked off Oman

 

Thomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch | Video on TED.com

 

A Lack Of Rigor Leaves Students 'Adrift' In College : NPR


YouTube - Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists

 

What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Immortal Micro-Organisms | Popular Science

 

HOWTO quick-fix a stripped screw-hole - Boing Boing

 

American Medical Device Makers Look Overseas for Quicker Approval - NYTimes.com

 

Clues About Pollution Hidden in Pages of Old Books : TreeHugger

 

Communicable Diseases Make Their Way to N.Y.C. - NYTimes.com


Report: Hackers in China hit Western oil companies

 

Noam Chomsky on Why America Can't Tackle Climate Change (Video) : TreeHugger

 

Large dams can affect local climates, says new study

 

Video: How to Install a 2,400-Ton Bridge | Autopia | Wired.com

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Atlantic currents have seen 'drastic' changes: study

 

TNT Degradation within the Sheep Rumen

 

Lightweight Thermal Energy Recovery (LighTER) Systems

 

Wave Disk Engine


 Fetuses may have a womb with a view - life - 09 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

How the vaccine crisis was meant to make money -- Deer 342 -- bmj.com

 

China and Intellectual Property Theft - NYTimes.com

 

Tired Of Waiting, Haitians Build Their Own Homes : NPR

 

Short Sharp Science: The touchdown that shook the Earth

 

Thunderstorms caught making antimatter - physics-math - 11 January 2011 - New Scientist


CO2 Levels at Leaking Canadian Carbon Storage Project Could Asphyxiate You In One Place : TreeHugger

 

Scare Flies Away With Water With This Chic Version Of The Popular Latin American Bug Repellent : TreeHugger

 

Honey laundering: The sour side of nature’s golden sweetener - The Globe and Mail

 

A Battery-Ultracapacitor Hybrid - Technology Review

 

Move Over, WALL-E: A Power-Line Putterer - NYTimes.com

 

Virus killer gets supercharged


A Walled Wide Web for Nervous Autocrats - WSJ.com

 

Tunisian Rioters Overwhelm Police Near Capital - NYTimes.com

 

Vaccine fridge keeps its cool during 10-day power cut - tech - 13 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

Fall of Roman Empire linked to wild shifts in climate - environment - 13 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

'96 Jeep Cherokee: Need Opinions - JeepForum.com

 

BBC News - A Caribbean cruise with former CIA chiefs


Prion disease can spread through air - health - 13 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

Crystal sieves could make oil sands greener - tech - 14 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

Engineered chickens can't pass on flu - health - 14 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

When Will the Food Bubble Burst? : TreeHugger

 

On the Size of China's Economy, a Dissenter - NYTimes.com

 

For the Arab World, a Potent Lesson - NYTimes.com


Arizona Shootings Trigger Surge in Glock Sales Amid Fear of Ban - Bloomberg

 

Computer History Museum Unveils Its Makeover - NYTimes.com

 

No McMansions for Millennials - Developments - WSJ

 

Thieves make BMW hottest car in Detroit - Business - Autos - msnbc.com

 

Lori Nix's haunting, sorrowful photographed dioramae - Boing Boing

 

BBC News - BP and Russia in Arctic oil deal


Stuxnet Worm Used Against Iran Was Tested in Israel - NYTimes.com

 

Tubercle Technology blades - Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Design Portal: biomimetics, architecture, biology, innovation inspired by nature, industrial design

 

BBC News - Sudanese diaspora in Europe vote for secession

 

New Influx of Haitians, but Not Who Was Expected - NYTimes.com

 

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Tunisia copycat burnings in 3 North African countries | Reuters


Swiss whistleblower hands bank data to WikiLeaks | Reuters

 

The genetic basis of friendship networks - life - 17 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

BBC News - China banks lend more than World Bank - report

 

BBC News - Dutch scientist advocates bugs as a green superfood

 

Lenore Skenazy: Eek! A Male! - WSJ.com

 

BBC News - Mansion unlocked after 100 years


Breakthrough in converting heat waste to electricity

 

In Paul Clemens’s ‘Punching Out,’ Part of Detroit Disappears - NYTimes.com

 

Video: Alaskan Surfers Ride Epic 5-Mile Wave | Playbook

 

New Magnets Could Solve Our Rare-Earth Problems - Technology Review

 

In China, Traffic Jam Is Windfall for Enterprising Villagers - NYTimes.com

 

YouTube - Sarah Palin Battle Hymn


The economic jungle: How ecologists could save banking - physics-math - 19 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

Black market steals half a million pollution permits - environment - 20 January 2011 - New Scientist

 

Blackwater Founder Is Said to Back African Mercenaries - NYTimes.com

 

BBC News - FBI charges 127 alleged mobsters in north-east US

 

New Scientist TV: Mini robot helicopters build towers, pyramids or walls

 

Slime Molds Are Earth’s Smallest, Oldest Farmers | Wired Science | Wired.com


Mark Visser surfs massive waves on moonlit night with LED vest and surfboard - Boing Boing

 

Mark Landis, Prolific Art Forger - NYTimes.com

 

In India, a Right-to-Know Law Comes With Risks - NYTimes.com

 

Tunisia’s Inner Workings Emerge on Twitter - NYTimes.com

 

One Per Cent: Green machine: Bringing a forest to the desert

 

BBC News - Are strict Chinese mothers the best?


One Per Cent: Boeing invention lets planes spot dangerous turbulence

 

Ex-Spy, Duane R. Clarridge, Runs His Own Private C.I.A. - NYTimes.com

 

Maybe Japan Was Just a Warm-Up to the Rivalry With China - NYTimes.com

Saturday, January 8, 2011

The MacGyver Approach to Winter Biking (Zip Ties!) : TreeHugger

 

Recycling, Just to Get By - Neediest Cases - NYTimes.com

 

How Green Is Your Real (or Fake) Christmas Tree? - NYTimes.com


New Advice for Nuclear Strike - Don’t Flee, Get Inside - NYTimes.com

 

Musk Oxen (Ovibos moschatus) Tell a Tale of Survivors - NYTimes.com

 

Dataviz: 200 years' worth of economic and health data from 200 countries - Boing Boing

 

Madoff Trustee Recovers $7.2 Billion for Victims of Scheme - NYTimes.com

 

BBC News - Kevin Connolly's guide to American culture

 

Bones Found On Island Could Be Amelia Earhart's : NPR


Zimbabwe’s Poor Barter Goods for Health Care - NYTimes.com

 

A Strong Crop of Documentaries, but Barely Seen - NYTimes.com

 

George Soros: Economics needs fixing - opinion - 22 December 2010 - New Scientist

 

Christmas trees could make a great green fuel - tech - 27 December 2010 - New Scientist

 

BBC News - Hackers crack open mobile network

 

BBC News - Antarctic plumber: Frozen pipes... again


'Impulsivity gene' found in violent offenders - science-in-society - 23 December 2010 - New Scientist

 

Shell Pushes Forward To Drill Well In Arctic : NPR

 

Israeli Settlement-Building Booms in West Bank - NYTimes.com

 

For These Young Nuns, Habits Are The New Radical : NPR

 

The ecosystem engineer: research looks at beavers' role in river restoration

 

Kenya Grants Environmental Rights in New Constitution : TreeHugger


Polar Bears Full of More Toxins Than Any Other Creature : TreeHugger

 

"SMS of Death" Could Crash Many Mobile Phones - Technology Review

 

Bullerjan Stove "Designed By Canadian Lumberjacks" : TreeHugger

 

The Rich Lack Empathy, Study Says - NYTimes.com

 

Midnight Snack 264 - Bijen zijn awesome | Flabber

 

Study Suggests We’ve Hit ‘Peak Travel’ | Autopia | Wired.com


Decline of an Empire Seen in Zapotec Thighbones | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Cellphones, Though Banned, Thrive in U.S. Prisons - NYTimes.com

 

Gasoline from water, CO2 and sunlight

 

BBC News - Fireworks may have caused Arkansas bird deaths

 

What Makes Birds Such Fabulous Flying Machines - NYTimes.com

 

Christmas Trees Become Lake Habitats for Fish - NYTimes.com


Nanoparticles in Sewage Sludge May End Up in the Food Chain | Wired Science | Wired.com

 

Donuts, genocide, and the American dream - Boing Boing

 

World food prices enter 'danger territory' to reach record high | Business | The Guardian

 

CBC News - Technology & Science - Bumblebee species 'in trouble': U.S. study

 

BBC News - China law to make children visit parents


Son of the Bayou, Torn Over the Shrimping Life - NYTimes.com

 

Chemical Signals in Women’s Tears Dampen Arousal, Scientists Say - NYTimes.com

 

Isaac Asimov Explained Climate Change in 1977 (Video) : TreeHugger

 

Four Flipped Social Paradigms For 2011 : TreeHugger

 

U.S. Sends Warning to People Named in Cable Leaks - NYTimes.com

 

Tree-like giant is largest molecule ever made - physics-math - 07 January 2011 - New Scientist


Intensive logging created New England's rich wetlands - environment - 07 January 2011 - New Scientist