If successful, the process could prove instrumental in the vexing environmental challenge of dealing with landfill-hogging tires. In Europe alone, 325,000 tons of tires are buried in landfills each year. Continue Reading →
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Researchers on track to prevent train wrecks
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A team of European and Israeli scientists is devising an electromagnetic sensing system that could serve as an early-warning mechanism for natural disasters that currently cause trains to derail. Continue Reading →
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A damming effect on giant catfish
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The Giant Southeast Asian catfish is in danger of extinction, a recent report concluded. Continue Reading →
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The world of food … on a chart
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Graphic artists at ShiftN.com. have attempted to visualize the human food system, creating a chart—or map—of the myriad factors that make up the whole process. Continue Reading →
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Poop Power: Electricity generated from raw sewage
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Raw sewage may become a new source of energy for the world. That’s right—electricity from poop. Continue Reading →
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Big whales appear in great numbers in Northern California
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An influx of huge krill swarms has drawn an unprecedented number of blue whales to the Monterey, Calif. coast, delighting boatloads of whale watchers. Continue Reading →
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Algae could combat hunger
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Heralded by scientists as a near-miracle food, a protein-rich algae has potential to abolish malnutrition. Continue Reading →
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Saudis raise the ante in mobile desalination
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Saudi Arabia has pushed forward in its efforts to turn seawater into drinkable water, re-launching the world's largest floating desalination plant. Continue Reading →
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Team embarks on simulated mission to Mars
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Humanity has long sought to put a person on Mars, but it might only be possibly if astronauts can stand each other long enough to make the journey there and back. Continue Reading →
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Way up north, another kind of oil controversy
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Not many people have heard of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, nor the Athabaskan Tar Sands. Not these days, anyway, with the Deepwater Horizon disaster spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But in Fort Chipewyan, the ongoing effects of bitumen oil extraction continue as the top news of the day. Continue Reading →