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San Francisco’s Superfund struggle

By Staff Report | January 25, 2011

A legacy of toxic pollution lingers in San Francisco’s Hunters Point Shipyard, which was once a booming hub for wartime construction efforts, but now is largely shuttered and represents a constant threat to the health of marginalized communities that live nearby. The U.S. Navy and diverse community groups are at odds over the best way to address the problem.

Voter’s quick reference to San Francisco’s mayoral candidates

A succinct listing of candidate positions and quotes on more than two-dozen key policy issues and ballot initiatives.

Office bullies target the educated: Report

Bullies aren’t just kids in the playground anymore – they are also adults in the workplace, according to a recent survey.

Pipeline foes decry Canada oil-sands boom

Environmental and indigenous groups stepped up their attacks against Canadian oil sands development as two U.S. representatives met with Canadian officials in Ottawa to discuss energy policy.

Science

Engineer paints it blacker than black

By Natalie Orenstein | August 30, 2010

This Purdue University electrical and computer engineering professor is undoubtedly running in the black, due to his creation of a blacker-than-black metamaterial that absorbs virtually all light.

Science

Official: ‘We have failed the wild tiger’

By Newsdesk.org Staff | August 25, 2010

The head of an international wildlife organization says it has “failed miserably” to halt the precipitous population decline of tigers in the wild. “How have we let this happen?”

Culture

Shear beams, engineering and the science of the new Bay Bridge

By Newsdesk.org Staff | August 23, 2010

Putting aside mind-blowing cost overruns, along with delays at a Chinese steel fabrication plant, engineers and scientists are following the equally mind-blowing construction feats in the eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.

Culture

“The Last Supper” gets supersized

By Newsdesk.org Staff | August 19, 2010

Over the years, artists’ depictions of Jesus’ last supper have upped the ante on the portions—by a whopper-sized 69 percent.

Culture

Blame Haiti’s deaths on shoddy construction

By Newsdesk.org Staff | August 18, 2010

The blame for Haiti’s staggering death toll from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12—the toll is expected to rise to over 200,000— lies at the feet of that country’s c0nstruction industry, says a Berkeley, Calif. engineer.

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