May 2013
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New Milestone for CO2 Levels: Mauna Loa... →
April 2013
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Today's Army marches on its batteries while... →
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March 2013
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Steve Mann: My “Augmediated” Life →
February 2013
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U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Eighteen-Year Low →
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January 2013
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November 2012
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October 2012
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Solar manufacturing hits the skids in China, too →
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Fact Checking Governor Romney’s Debate Numbers on... →
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The Best Way to Find Aliens: Look for Their Solar... →
August 2012
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CO2 emissions in US drop to 20-year low; some... →
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July 2012
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June 2012
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http://moschus.livejournal.com/157249.html →
I found this thought-provoking
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May 2012
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A small step for man....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304840904577426042171703270.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
“Space Exploration Technologies Corp. made history Friday by docking the first private spacecraft with the international space station, a move that ultimately could change the economics and politics of U.S. space exploration.”
Exciting times...
April 2012
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"Innovation Trumps Conservation on Earth Day" →
“…turn off the water as you brush your teeth. Why not? But without seriously investing in our spirit of innovation to put solutions in place that directly solve the sustainability problems we face, I believe the long-term future of our planet is bleak at best.”
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March 2012
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February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
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The MPG of a human →
Okay, the “miles” part is straightforward. And we can handle the “per.” But what’s up with the gallon? A gallon of what? Here we have all kinds of options, as humans are flex-fuel machines. But food energy is not much different from fossil fuel energy in terms of energy density.
http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-mpg-of-a-human/
November 2011
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I've seen the future →
“One Google engineer familiar with Google X said it was run as mysteriously as the C.I.A. - with two offices, a nondescript one for logistics, on the company’s Mountain View campus, and one for robots, in a secret location…”
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“I’m definitely an optimist. I just think that it’s getting harder and harder for...”
– Jason Lytle speaking on The Sophtware Slump
via Line of Best Fit
(via yewknee)
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October 2011
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Be Still, My Heart
“When the heart is not quiet, one may not concentrate. Lifting the hands, moving forward, backward, left, and right, will lack focused direction. Therefore, the heart must be quiet. From the moment one initiates motion, it is not determined by the self. You must quiet the heart and understand with your body.”
—Li Yi Yu, (1833-1892)
Oct 31 is Halloween...
… but it’s also “7 Billion People Day”: http://www.7billionactions.org/data
i kinda want to dress up as 6.93 billion people, and tell people that i’m the 99%
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First spaceport opens in New Mexico →
oh, this happened:
“The world’s first commercial spaceship terminal was inaugurated on Monday in the uninhabited desert town of Upham in New Mexico…”
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Malaria vaccine may have potential to save... →
The experimental vaccine, still in the testing phase, only protects about 50% of children who receive it, but even that could “potentially translate into tens of millions of cases of malaria in children averted annually,” says Tsiri Agbenyega, the principal investigator for the vaccine trials at Agogo Presbyterian Hospital in Agogo, Ghana. “This is remarkable when you consider...
