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| 8 hours ago | 8 of the Most Toxic Energy Projects on the Planet | Fast Company | | BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico served as a wake-up call for many of us who never before paid attention to the destructive energy projects happening all around the world. But while Deepwater Horizon may have attracted the lion's share of media attention this past Spring and Summer, there are a number of other toxic projects still going on. Below, we look at some of the worst. |
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| 17 hours ago | Study: Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters | | A recent study due out in the Journal of Consumer Research titled "Demythologizing Consumption Practices: How Consumers Protect Their Field-Dependent Identity Investments from Devaluing Marketplace Myths" proves once and for all that the category of consumer referred to as "hipster" often rejects and hates the term "hipster." |
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| 20 hours ago | Aw, Feelings Hurt? Take A Tylenol | | Tylenol may cure your emotional pain. Scientists have shown that acetaminophen may indeed relieve emotional hurt associated with social rejection. |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | New Research Challenges Marijuana Gateway Theory | | The widespread belief that marijuana users will eventually and inevitably move on to harder drugs has yet more evidence against it with the release of a new study. Whether teenagers who smoked pot will use other illegal drugs as young adults has a lot more to do with factors such as employment status and stress, according to the new research. |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | Historic NASA Photos [PICS From the Archive] | | NASA has partnered with The Commons on Flickr and the Internet Archive to make a collection of 180 historic photos available for public viewing. The photos are arranged into three sections – Building NASA, Launch/Takeoff and NASA Center Namesakes. We’ve compiled some of the photos below but head on over to the NASA Flickr stream for the whole collection. The photos are also available, along with thousands more, on the NASA Images website. |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | House Built From Hemp Is Full Of Green Surprises | | All images from Push House
In much of the world, hemp is thought of as a useful building material; Warren recently showed us an interesting house from Australia and it is common in the UK. But in America, it is still the butt of hippie jokes; Matt Hickman of the Mother Nature Networks describes a new house in Asheville, North Carolina with references to Tommy Chong and describes the interior: "there's not a blacklight poster, hanging spider plant, or crumpled up Cheetos bag in sight." Discovery News says "Put aside old visions of burlap-like shirts that belong with hacky sacks." Even the owner tells CNN ""We heard that we could have a really great neighborhood party if it ever caught on fire."
It's a shame that everyone is focusing on that, because it is just one interesting product in a fascinating house that is full of surprises.... Read the full story on TreeHugger |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | 25 Pictures of Rockets Being Launched | | The title is a little deceptive in that there are certainly other weapons being fired in some of these images. Nonetheless, I found these images stunning, and |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | The Motion In The Ocean: How Waves Are Formed (Graphic) | | There's motion in the ocean, but where does it coming from? Waves are a beloved part of nature, but few know how they're actually formed. Some are big some are small, some are short, some are tall. So, if you've been wondering how the waves at your local beach are formed, look no further |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | Painted Hills, Oregon Sunrise | | Sunrise on the Painted Hills at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills, Oregon. I had to travel three hours on very rural winding country roads in the dark, with steep drop-offs to get there for this opening shot of the day!
(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
Oregon - United States - Rural area - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Shopping |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | Making phosphorus safer | R&D Mag | | A MIT team has developed a new way to attach phosphorus to organic compounds by first splitting the phosphorus with ultraviolet light. Their method eliminates the need for chlorine, which is usually required for such reactions and poses health risks to workers handling the chemicals. |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | New Fabric-Dyeing Technique Uses Fluid-State CO2, Not Water | | A Dutch company has unveiled what it believes to be the first commercial dyeing machine to replace water with supercritical carbon dioxide—a pressurized form of the gas with unusual liquid-like properties. Heated up to 31 degrees Celsius (88 degrees Fahrenheit) and pressurized to 74 bar, CO2 takes on the characteristics of both a liquid and a gas, allowing for the dissolution of compounds such as dyes. |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | Thousands Of Returning Soldiers Face A New Enemy | | The legacy of one of America's longest combat missions will continue to affect the thousands of troops who came home suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries. |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | First-Ever Baby Seahorse Spotted in British Waters | | The Dorset waters are Britain's largest known breeding colony for seahorses, according to the Telegraph, which writes that adult, pregnant male, and juvenile spiny seahorses have been spotted there since surveys of the area began in 1994. But this was the first time a baby has been spotted. |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | Giant Metal Transmission Towers Designed to Look Like Humans | | Boston-based architecture firm Choi + Shine designs giant electric transmission towers with lifelike features! Nothing spoils a peaceful drive or bike ride through nature more than passing by a series of ugly manmade transmission towers... |
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| Sep 7, 2010 | Everything you need to know about recycling your cell phone | | How many old mobile phones do you have lying around? One, two, three? A recent consumer survey found that 44% of the world’s phones are lying unused in drawers, yet only 3% of people recycle them. Want to make some extra cash and help save the planet? Here's how. |
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| Sep 3, 2010 | Human-Like Brain Found in Worm | | For the first time, a structure comparable to our cerebral cortex has been found in an invertebrate -- a humble marine ragworm. |
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