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Pollution into Fuel? Is Algae Ethanol the Solution?Mass. - Oddly, the easiest and cheapest way to make ethanol is from blue-green pond scum. Algae can be converted into ethanol with just sunlight and CO2. And it can grow very quickly—double in size in a few hours. Even better, algae sucks up greenhouse gases as it grows. |
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Giant Wave Experiment Reveals Poorly Understood Behavior Of TsunamisPrinceton University - With the goal of saving lives and preventing environmental and structural damage during real tsunamis, Princeton Engineering researchers created experimental mini-tsunamis in Oregon this summer. |
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Ecologists Discover City Is ‘Uber-forest’ For Big OwlsCharlotte, NC - Charlotte has a spooky secret: the North Carolina city is home to a robust population of very large barred owls -- a species long-believed by ornithologists to require old growth forest for survival. According to ecologists doing the most extensive field study ever done on the species, the owls see urban life as an upgrade on the old woods, and Charlotteans are not at all creeped out by the big birds that share their yards. |
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Arctic muds reveal sea ice recordUniversity of Plymouth, UK - A new technique to track changes in the extent of Arctic sea ice over the past 1,000 years is being developed by a UK team from the University of Plymouth. |
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Mini pigs are big success on farmDevon, UK - A Devon fun farm is reaping the rewards of a nine-year breeding programme for miniature pigs. |
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‘More sex needed’ to boost spermSydney University, Australia - Some men should have sex every day to maximise the chances of getting their partner pregnant, researchers say. |
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Explorers’ quest for key ice dataAlaska - It was a feat many thought was utterly impossible. To trek alone, without re-supply, from Canada to the North Pole was deemed so difficult experts felt it was an endurance act too far. |
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Revealed: The Man Behind Court Attack on Gore FilmScotland/US - Fuel and mining magnate backed UK challenge to An Inconvenient Truth. |
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Smart Bra to Detect Breast Cancer RapidlyUniversity of Bolton, UK - Anyone who devotes their life's work to ensuring the well-being of breasts and to fighting the honorable fight against cancer, in our opinion, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize over environmental activists that have a household energy consumption 20 times the national average. |
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Aptera Electric Three Wheeler Available for Pre-OrderUS - We heard rumblings of the electric three-wheeled Aptera over a year ago but now the company has opened up an annoying and overwrought website soliciting "reservations," meaning you can plunk down $500 and get the right to buy either the all-electric or plug-in diesel hybrid model. The good news is, there's a working prototype with specs that are jaw-dropping. |
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NZ behind UN resolution to abolish death penaltyNew Zealand - Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced that New Zealand is working with other countries to put a resolution to the United Nations seeking the abolition of the death penalty world wide. |
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Don’t steamroll bats for bitumen say GreensNew Zealand - The Green Party has spoken out in support of a community campaign to stop the construction of an asphalt plant in Riverlea, Hamilton. |
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