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Bioengineered brick wins 2010 Next Generation design contest
Bricks are responsible for 13 billion pounds of carbon dioxide every year. An American architect invented a bioengineered brick. It's grown rather than baked.
May 17, 2010
Andrew Revkin on new U.S. climate bill
Andrew Revkin spoke on the new U.S. climate bill that aims to lower planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
May 17, 2010
Gary Yohe on risk of climate change, rising seas
Economist Gary Yohe says that climate change means new risks for coasts, like rising sea level and higher storm surges.
May 17, 2010
Andrew Revkin: Scientists and skeptics oversold climate claims
Climate scientists and climate skeptics have one thing in common, says Andrew Revkin of the New York Times: They’re both guilty of overstating their claims
May 17, 2010
Cold: how much can we tolerate?
A polar explorer and a student push their bodies to the limit in bitter cold. Their willingness to perform has intriguing scientific ramifications.
May 11, 2010
Green Exchange website shares sustainable technologies
The idea of the Green Exchange is for companies to make their eco-friendly discoveries and inventions available to other companies.
May 10, 2010
Machine vision: Robot eyes used in fishing industry
Machine vision or robot eyes are so fine-tuned that they can find individual damaged fish eggs in several thousand healthy eggs.
May 6, 2010
Can dog hair help clean up the Gulf Coast oil spill?
People who are concerned about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are being encouraged to donate their dog hair to be made into oil-absorbent mats.
May 5, 2010
Therapy dogs: Why people respond to them
Being with your dog makes you feel good. Dr. Barker is trying to find out why. She studies what happens inside our bodies when we interact with therapy dogs.
May 3, 2010
World-class robosnakes from Scandinavia
Their brains of these robots are still no more advanced than that of a one-year-old, but scientists want to bring them up to the level of a teenager. At least.
April 28, 2010
