AIR - Indonesia to Singapore: Life-threatening pollution isn't a big deal, so shut up
Indonesia yesterday accused Singapore of acting "like a child" over choking smog from forest fires in Sumatra that has triggered the city-state's worst environmental crisis in more than a decade ...
ANIMALS - FYI: Snakes can open doors
Think that a snake can't follow you into the next room because you've shut the door? Think again. Julius, an albino Burmese python, figured out how to work her body onto door handles and get those suckers open.Julius' owner, Jenner, explains that the snake made a bit of a habit of opening doors:Bored of being in a dark room, she flips on the light, opens the door and bails.This particular episode takes place at 1am. We were startled out of bed b ...
http://io9.com/fyi-snakes-can-open-doors-53660673
ANIMALS - Incredible bug photos: Portraits of insects up close
Photographer Francis Prior puts insects under the microscope and snaps portraits with amazing detail ...
ANIMALS - The guinea pig that proved we have an internal combustion engine
Technically, it was Antoine Lavoisier that proved we have an internal combustion engine, but let's give the guinea pig credit. It nearly froze in Lavoisier's special calorimeter to prove something new about biophysics.In 1774, Joseph Priestley managed to get a hold of a pure sample of the gas we now call oxygen. At last, people understood what exactly it was about the air that kept people alive, and what it was about the material produced by fi ...
ART - Dreamlike Concept Images of Cities that Float High Above the Clouds
Have you ever dreamed of life aboard an aerial city, a place that hovers well above the ground? Take a gander at these imaginary cities, from artists who imagined a future that's anything but grounded.The picture above is a work of ~aksu at DeviantArt.Ten Thousand Years From Now, illustration by Louis Biedermann (Odgen Standard-Examiner, Odgen, UT, February 12, 1922)"Our illustration depicts one of the future cities floating high in the air, ...
ECONOMICS - CHART OF THE DAY: Interest Rates Are Exploding Again
US equities are headed for a big fall today. And Chinese stocks cratered last night on People's Bank of China tightness. But the big story is, once again, the relentless move higher in US interest rates. Just in the middle of last week, you had investors predicting that rates on the US 10-year wouldn't surpass 2.5% in all of 2013. Today, 10-year rates have blown past 2.6% They're currently at 2.64%. Join the conversation about this story  .. ...
ECONOMICS - The US Has The Least Ugly Stock Market In The World
Stock markets are getting pummeled around the world, possibly over fears of a Chinese credit crisis and deceleration of Federal Reserve monetary stimulus. But Americans can take solace in one fact. Their stock market is in better shape than the rest of the world. This chart, via BTIG's Dan Greenhaus, shows global equity returns from their 2013 highs. The U.S. is still the top performer. Relatively speaking, at least, things could be worse. Join t ...
ECONOMICS - Top Bank Execs Took Their First Pay Cut In Three Years In 2012
Executive pay for top bank chiefs dropped 10% last year, according to a report from the Financial Times. The heads of 15 banks netted $11.5 million on average in 2012, the first pay cut for the masters of the universe in three years. From the FT: Last year's fall in pay coincides with an average drop in net income by more than a fifth across those 15 lenders. But it also comes amid a share price recovery in the sector, with all but two of the ban ...
ECONOMICS - YARDENI: The Interest Rate Spike Is Forcing A Correction In Stock Market Valuation Multiples
That's quite a worry list that piled up last week. It's remarkable that the S&P 500 didn't fall more than 2.1% last week. And so far, it is down just 4.6% from its May 21 record high. This decline is attributable to the drop in the S&P 500's forward P/E from 14.4 on May 21 to 13.6 on Friday. S&P 500 forward earnings is actually at a record high. How much more downside might there be in the valuation multiple? It depends on how much h ...
EDUCATION - Physical education should be 'core academic subject'
Daily exercise for school children is so important that physical education should be made a "core academic subject," says a new report from the Institute of Medicine ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-physical-core-academic
ENERGY - Coal Industry Must Wake Up - Renewables Are The Future
This article first appeared on RenewEconomyIt is staggering to observe that even in modern sophisticated economies such as the US, Australia and UK - which are supposed to have modern, sophisticated political systems (no really, don't laugh) - that the role of renewables in the world's future energy systems is constantly underplayed.This has probably got something to do with the way that mainstream media handles the issue. In its pursuit of .. ...
ENERGY - EnergySage In Detail
There are a number of sites these days that will help you find a solar installer. It's great to see that area of the industry getting plugged by more and more companies. But I'm not sure if any compare with the comparison solar shopping system offered by EnergySage. I recently got to walk through EnergySage's system in pretty good detail. The Solar Love repost below is the result. Hope it's interesting and helpful to you!In February, EnergyS .. ...
ENERGY - The Energy Efficiency Gap & The Research Myth
Every time energy policy is being discussed, you'll usually find a call for more R&D spending at the top of the list of ways to solve problems. While I agree that research is great, it's obviously not enough and, if anything, only the first step. Unfortunately, calls for more R&D spending can sometimes be nothing more than a distraction - a way to give policy makers an excuse for postponing meaningful action. Nobody dislikes investig .. ...
HOMES - HGTV's David Bromstad Shares 5 Tips to Maximize Your Tiny Apartment
Looking for ways to give your small space big style? Inhabitat recently got a chance to tap HGTV Design Star David Bromstad for some of his top tips for making the most of tiny apartments. From playing with color to reducing clutter, read on to see the advice he shared with us.READ MORE >Permalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: apartment help, david bromstad, design tips for apartments, eco design, green design, hgtv, interior design tip ...
MOVIES - Math goes surreal in the trailer for Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem
Christoph Waltz searches for the mathematical meaning of life in the trailer for Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem. It's filled with Gilliam's trademark gorgeous, absurd visuals with a healthy dose of corporate dystopia. Update: Video removed from YouTube.This isn't the official trailer for The Zero Theorem (as you can see from the watermark), but is likely meant to entice distributors. Still, it's nice to see a return to Gilliam's brain and his ...
http://io9.com/math-gets-surreal-in-the-trailer-for-terry-gi
PEOPLE - The limits of collaborative consumption: Would people really share their belongings?
An unofficial Google news blog Google Operating System has reported that the search giant is playing around with a potential new service called "Google Mine" - a Google+ feature that would allow users to share their real-life possessions with their social network."Google Mine lets you share your belongings with your friends and keep up to date with what your friends are sharing," the blogpost says. "It enables you to control which of your Google+ ...
PEOPLE - This Weekend's New York Times' Weddings Section Featured An Epic Love Story
This week's Vows column in The New York Times' Weddings/ Celebrations section is one of the best love stories we've read in a long time. The plot, in which a professional juggler and an artist who sets things on fire fall in love, could be right out of a romantic comedy. Lindsay Benner is a juggler who makes her living performing in films, commercials, and even on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. Dan Das Mann is a sculptor from San Fran ...
SCIENCE - Scientists Track The Evolution Of Historic Pathogens
Because the genomes of pathogens, disease-causing microorganisms, are a thousand times smaller than the human genome, they have been a lot harder for scientists to sequence--until recently ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2013/06/24/scientist
SPACE - Gorgeous Pictures Of Supermoon 2013
On Sunday, June 23, a supermoon lit up the night sky. A supermoon occurs when a full moon gets closest to the Earth during its orbit. There are several supermoons each year, but the latest supermoon is the biggest and brightest of 2013. It marks the closest encounter between the Earth and moon until August 2014. The June supermoon was 14% larger and 30% brighter than a typical full moon is, says NASA. Here's what the giant, glowing moon lo ...
SUSTAINABILITY - 8 Funky Backyard Tiny Sheds Shortlisted for the UK's 2013 Shed of the Year Competition
Read the rest of 8 Funky Backyard Tiny Sheds Shortlisted for the UK's 2013 Shed of the Year CompetitionPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: backyard offices, Design Competition, eco design, eco-shed, garden shed, green design, green roof, planted roof, Recycled Materials, Shed of the Year, Sheddies, sustainable design, united kingdo .. ...
URBAN - Andrew Maynard's HOUSE House wins renovation award
Our favourite young Australian architect does it again with an addition to a historic Melbourne home ...
URBAN - Architects' offices is built out of shipping containers
A temporary office that can be moved when the lease is up ...
URBAN - Blu Homes Unveils Southern California Breezehouse Prefab at Dwell on Design 2013
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URBAN - Generous cities: biomimicry and urban design
Biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus argues that generosity and not competition is the building block of nature ...
URBAN - Mid-Century Church Transformed into a Fun, Daylit Kindergarten in Münster
Read the rest of Mid-Century Church Transformed into a Fun, Daylit Kindergarten in MünsterPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: adaptive reuse, bolles and wilson, bolles wilson, bolles+wilson, church renovation, church transformation, Daylighting, eco design, germany, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green renovation, green school, kindergarten, munster, st sebastian church, st. sebastian kindergarten, Sustainable Buildi ...
URBAN - Norwegian Mountain Cottage Stands on Stilts to Preserve Native Reindeer Moss
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