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Flapping Wind Turbine Inspired By Bumble Bee Wings
Science & Tech  (tags: Science, technology, world, tech, Alternative energy, wind power )

Katie
- 4 days ago - treehugger.com
Biomimicry is everywhere these days. It seems increasingly clear that design inspired by nature will play a great big role in our energy future. Case in point: Green Wavelength, an up-and-coming California engineering biz.......
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Multiyear Arctic Ice Is Effectively Gone
Science & Tech  (tags: ClimateChange, environment, ecosystems, oceans, science, environment, science, world )

David
- 5 days ago - reuters.com
The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished. David Barber, Canada's Research Chair in Arctic System Science at the University of Manitoba, said the ice was melting at an extraordinarily fast rate.
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Don't Let the Real Monsanto Bill Get Through Congress.- Take Action !
Science & Tech  (tags: monsanto, congress, GeneticEngineering, world, environment, health )

Tierney
- 7 days ago - food.change.org
An effort to fight global poverty and hunger may become a Trojan Horse to force genetically engineered crops on countries and farmers that do not want them.
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Massive Pool of Magma May Feed Three Washington Volcanoes
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, science, research, geology, environment, world, interesting, study )

Cal
- 10 days ago - enn.com
A new study suggests there's a vast pool of magma beneath southwestern Washington State that supplies Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier and Mount Adams
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Algal Blooms Impact Sealions
Science & Tech  (tags: world, Algal, sealions )

Nancy
- 10 days ago - wdcs.org
New Scientist this week report that algal red tides are affecting marine creatures in ways that we could not have contemplated.
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Helix-Shaped Wind Turbines Could Power Nigerian Cell Towers
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, tech, world, Alternative Energy, wind turbines, wind power )

Katie
- 10 days ago - treehugger.com
Vertical axis wind turbines are an intriguing technology that most people still know little about. The turbines we are accustomed to use blades to turn a horizontal axis (which is often housed in the little cupola on the top of the turbine's tall stem).
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As Corals Kick the Bucket, It's Time to Freeze Them for Posterity
Science & Tech  (tags: world, technology, scientists, science, research, humans, interesting, environment, climate )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - treehugger.com
Coral reefs are dying, and despite our best efforts at conservation, many scientists think there's no stopping their decline. In a move on par with the creation of seed banks, scientists think it's time to start freezing species specimens in case we need
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Universal Phone Charger Approved, Could Save 13.6 Million Tons of CO2 : TreeHugger
Science & Tech  (tags: business, computer, energy, environment, humans, interesting, tech, technology, world, science )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - treehugger.com
Earlier this year we caught word that the EU might force universal cell phone chargers onto manufacturers. "Force" is a little rough...more like "require them to be environmentally responsible and simply logical and quit manufacturing planned obsolescence
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Mexican Church Devoured By Lava
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, design, environment, humans, interesting, investigation, world, habitat, history )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
When the people of the small Mexican town of Parícutin heard rumbling and felt the earth shake on February 20, 1943, they thought of an earthquake. When they witnessed a mountain growing out of their cornfields, plus fissures in the earth that emitted su
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New EU Funds for Non-Animal Testing
Science & Tech  (tags: animal testing, cosmetics, EU, Europe, alternatives, ethics, GoodNews, government, politics, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, cruelty, death, dogs, cats, killed, law, society, world, research, science, NewTechnology, medicine, business )

Rebecca
- 14 days ago - universityworldnews.com
A substantial fund of EUR50 million (US$74 million) is being offered to European research teams to develop alternatives to animal testing for cosmetics and related industries. Seems the EU is once again way ahead of the US in humane practices! Wise up US!
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Moby Dick Was a Carbon Sink, Who Knew?!
Science & Tech  (tags: world, research, scientists, investigation, interesting, discovery, environment, habitat )

Daphna
- 16 days ago - treehugger.com
What an interesting intersection of biology and geo-engineering: Our colleagues over at Discovery News are pointing out that because the amount of extra iron sperm whales bring up from the ocean depth when the feed they stimulate enough carbon-trapping pl
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Tiny Dinosaur, Fruitadens Haagarorum, Believed to Be North America's Smallest
Science & Tech  (tags: dinosaur, smallest, world, two pounds, discovery, ancient, archaeology, history, interesting )

Lone
- 17 days ago - nydailynews.com
It weighed less than two pounds, but lived along with the most powerful beasts on the planet.
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UK Looks to Tropics for Help Reducing Rain Storm Flood Risk
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, world, environment, climate, tech )

Cal
- 23 days ago - independent.co.uk
Open drainage ditches may have to be installed in Britain's towns and cities to help cope with future rainstorms. Flood engineers warn that the existing drainage network of underground pipes is unlikely to be able to deal with the intensity of downpours e
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Hunting Asteriods By Hovercraft
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, energy, environment, GoodNews, habitat, humans, nature, oceans, protection, environment, humans, interesting, investigation, news, NewTechnology, performance, research, scientists, study, technology, world )

Wolfweeps
- 24 days ago - alaskadispatch.com
According to Wired, two scientists now have the ability to chase down a mystery<a href= "http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/arctich overcraft/">More info: Click here</a>
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Earthquake Hits Aleutian Islands in US: US Geological Survey
Science & Tech  (tags: conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, habitat, nature, oceans, research, science, weather, world, environment, science, study, technology, safety )

Wolfweeps
- 24 days ago - newsminer.com
SAN FRANCISCO - The US Geological Survey (USGS) has said that an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the Aleutian Islands of the US state of Alaska late Tuesday, Xinhua reported. The quake struck the Fox Islands region at 12.21 pm local tim
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