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Two-pronged path to sustainable world with 7 billion+ humans
How to make a sustainable world: Women empowered to make child-bearing decisions + humans overall using less energy and fewer resources. Read more.
October 25, 2011
Stone Age Viste Boy reconstructed
A forensic student reconstructs the head of a Stone Age youth known as Viste Boy. Archaeologists believe he lived in the Vistehola cave near Stavanger, Norway.
October 22, 2011
Science this week – October 21, 2011
This week's science news from EarthSky: the most complete digital topographic map of Earth, a “record-breaking” photo of a brown dwarf and more.
October 22, 2011
Offshore aquaculture project underway in Hawaii
An aquaculture company experiments with unanchored fish-farm cages set adrift on eddies near Hawaii.
October 19, 2011
Word patterns of psychopaths from text analysis
Scientists use automated tools to detect the distinct word patterns of psychopaths. Read more about the automated tools to detect the word choices.
October 17, 2011
Feeding the world while protecting the planet
An international team of researchers has created a plan to double the world’s food production while reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture.
October 16, 2011
World Food Day on October 16 targets volatile food costs
The World Food Day theme for 2011 concerns volatile food prices and how this affects the poorest populations. Read more about this day here.
October 16, 2011
Science this week – October 14, 2011
Some of the week's top science news from EarthSky
October 15, 2011
Tim Otto Roth on using Hubble data as art
German artist Tim Otto Roth uses green laser light to project Hubble spectra onto a surface. The exhibit is currently on display in Baltimore, Maryland.
October 10, 2011
Christopher Small on the pattern of cities on Earth’s surface
"Networks of cities connected by rural areas form a pattern that we see all over the world," said Christopher Small. "It’s a spatial pattern, but it’s not a simple geometric pattern."
October 8, 2011
