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Earthship Trooper
September's Miller-McCune magazine features Michael Reynolds and his brand of low-consumption, off-the-grid…
Putting Corporations on the Carbon Scale
Mike Wallace helps climate-savvy investors determine whether companies will prosper or shrivel as carbon dioxide…
Take This Theory — Please!
Evolutionary theorist suggests humor played a key role in our development as a species.
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Making Hay From Woody Waste
Written by: Emily Badger, Monday 30 June 2008 - 13:04 PM 
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Biomass, for those areas with a reliable supply of woody waste, could be a dream source of renewable energy and the ideal enemy of carbon release. If only someone would try it …
Solar Grand Plans Start Answering Basic Questions
Written by: Joan Melcher, Sunday 29 June 2008 - 05:02 AM 1 Comments
Solar is a great theoretical answer to climate concerns and energy independence. Although some nettlesome questions keep it from becoming a practical solution, skyrocketing oil makes some answers more palatable.
Tapping Solar for Places Where the Sun Don’t Shine
Written by: Joan Melcher, Friday 27 June 2008 - 05:00 AM 1 Comments
Part I of a two-part series: We've got deserts with no people and people with no power. So, like an electrical Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, we've got thinkers with an idea ...
Caffeine Adds Life (to Yeast)
Written by: Lisa Conti, Monday 23 June 2008 - 17:01 PM 0 Comments
Scientists are getting a better idea of how coffee might extend human life spans. Hint: It might follow the same path to immortality as eating less.
Britain’s UFOs (Uncovered Factual Objects) Sighted
Written by: Sara Barbour, Friday 20 June 2008 - 05:00 AM 0 Comments
The U.K.'s Freedom of Information Act used to pry the lid off a festering document horde from Britain's own version of Project Blue Book.
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- 1 Environment Becomes Heredity
- 2 Did Archimedes Solve Our Energy…
- 3 See It — and Believe It or Not
- 4 The Next Market Crunch: Water
- 5 The Musician's Brain
- 6 The Doubt Makers
- 7 The ‘Big One’ Might Not Be…
- 8 Ecologist Dismisses ‘Ethanol…
- 9 Photovoltaics: A Bright Idea
- 10 Solar Building a Wise, and Ancient,…