 Innovating our way to energy abundance and climate change
In 1980, the biologist Paul Ehrlich and the economist Julian Simon made a simple wager. Ehrlich bet that price of five common metals would rise over t... |
Saturday, 14 September 2013 |
 In a breathtaking first, NASA’s Voyager 1 exits the Solar System
PASADENA, Calif. (The New York Times) -- By today’s standards, the spacecraft’s technology is laughable: it carries an 8-track tape record... |
Saturday, 14 September 2013 |
 Bermuda triangle earthquake triggered 1817 tsunami.
A model predicted the tsunami wave height from a January 8, 1817, earthquake offshore South Carolina. A tidal wave violently tossed ships docked ... |
Saturday, 14 September 2013 |
.jpg) Arctic ice grows again in August after record 2012 melt
The area of Arctic sea ice was nearly 30% greater in August than a year ago, according to recent satellite data, though projections based on longer-te... |
Saturday, 14 September 2013 |
 PayPal debuts its newest hardware, Beacon
One of David Marcus’s biggest challenges when taking on the role of President of PayPal was extending the platform into point of sale, and makin... |
Tuesday, 10 September 2013 |
 Scientists help farmers create greener dairies
PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. (AP) -- Cows stand patiently in a tent-like chamber at a research farm in western Wisconsin, waiting for their breath to be teste... |
Tuesday, 10 September 2013 |
 How is the mobile-security business doing? Don't ask
While as much as 70 percent of PCs in use around the world have security tools installed on them, that's the case for just 5 percent of smartphone... |
Monday, 09 September 2013 |
.jpg) Sandy’s ‘freaky’ path may be less likely in future
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Man-made global warming may further lessen the likelihood of the freak atmospheric steering currents that last year shoved Supersto... |
Monday, 09 September 2013 |
 Incredible technology: How to fight wildfires
Wildfires, like the Rim Fire raging in Yosemite, Calif., are some of nature's most awesome, and devastating, spectacles, devouring large swaths of... |
Sunday, 08 September 2013 |
 Climate change: Warm words and cool waters
A report that the current pause in global warming could be linked to cyclic cooling in the Pacific will be interpreted by climate skeptics as eviden... |
Sunday, 08 September 2013 |
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