ART - Thousands of silkworms and one robot made this intricate sculpture
Working under the assumption that silkworms are nature's original 3D printers, researchers at MIT Media Lab's Mediated Matter group have created a domed sculpture from silk fibres woven by a robotic arm - which was then completed by over 6,500 silkworms.The finished project is called the Silk Pavilion, an effort to explore "the relationship between digital and biological fabrication in design." The researchers hope to leverage their findings into ...
BIRDS - The Science Behind De-Extinction
In the not-too-distant future, scientists expect that technological breakthroughs-and availability of genetic data from specimens of extinct species-will provide ways to revive vanished species. In this video, Museum Curator Ross MacPhee discusses the science and ethical considerations of "de-extinction." ...
CLIMATE - Severe Storms Bring More 'Weather Whiplash' to U.S.
A weekend of violent weather left at least 18 people dead in Oklahoma and Arkansas from flash flooding and a string of tornadoes that ripped through the Oklahoma City metro area, which was still recovering from the devastating EF-5 twister that struck on May 20, killing 24. The extreme weather vaulted several locations into record territory for spring rainfall, after enduring two years of intense and costly drought conditions. The latest round o ...
CLIMATE - The Worst U.S. Storms Of All Time
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EARTH - Google Earth: Wendy Schmidt's Planet-Forward Philanthropy
Well-connected, and with some of husband Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's fortune, Wendy Schmidt has embarked on a mission to save the planet from ourselves ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2013/06/04/google-ea
EARTH - These stunning maps were made entirely from geotagged tweets
Twitter has compiled a series of maps showing geo-located Tweet volumes since 2009. The resulting maps are intricate, gorgeous - and even a bit revealing. According to Miguel Rios, Twitter's Visual Insights Manager, billions of tweets were used to put these maps together. Every dot is a tweet, and the colors represent tweet volume. What's particularly fascinating is how the coastlines and transportation conduits - including those on the ocean - a ...
ECONOMICS - 2013's Top 20 Billionaires
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ECONOMICS - Alternative Energy Mutual Funds And ETFs Show Solid Gains
This post first appeared on the Roen Financial Reportby Harris RoenThe Roen Financial Report closely covers the universe of almost 30 alternative energy Mutual Funds (MFs) and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). We use a proprietary ranking method to pick the best funds, looking at measures that include fees, risk, tax liability, and the financial health of individual holdings within each fund. To download your complimentary sample MF and ETF repo .. ...
ECONOMICS - As You (Or Your Kids) Look For That Perfect Place To Rent, Identity Thieves Are Looking At The Perfect Opportunity
It's that time of the year again. People are (desperately, in some cases) searching for rentals. Some have just started looking for that perfect August retreat, since they didn't get their act together in time to snag a place in June or July. University graduates are looking for an affordable place to rent as they leave the ivory tower for the office tower. Families who waited for their kids to finish up school before searching for their next hom ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamlevin/2013/06/05/as-you-or-y
EDUCATION - More fresh air in classrooms means fewer absences
(Medical Xpress)-If you suspect that opening windows to let in fresh air might be good for you, a new study by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has confirmed your hunch. Analyzing extensive data on ventilation rates collected from more than 150 classrooms in California over two years, the researchers found that bringing classroom ventilation rates up to the state-mandated standard may reduce student absences due ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-fresh-air-classrooms-a
ENERGY - 70 MW Geothermal Plant Approved For Nevada
The 70-megawatt New York Canyon Geothermal Project has been approved recently as reported on the Dept. of the Interior website. (Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel made the announcement.) 'Today's approvals will help bolster rural economies by generating good jobs and reliable power and advance our national energy security,' she explained. Since 2009, the DOI has approved 11 geothermal plants.Image Credit: FamartinThe site for the new geo .. ...
ENERGY - Apple Plucks Former EPA Chief
Former US Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson will be joining tech-giant Apple as vice president of environmental initiatives. Apple CEO Tim Cook made the announcement speaking at the D: All Things Digital conference last Tuesday with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher."I'm incredibly impressed with Apple's commitment to the environment and I'm thrilled to be joining the team," Jackson said in a statement released by Apple. "Apple .. ...
ENERGY - California's "Anti-Fracking Legislation" To Wait Another Year
This post first appeared on San Diego Loves Green Image above taken from the Power point presentation Peg Mitchell, of SanDiego350.org, delivered in front of a San Diego audience on April 15, 2015The California Assembly will not pass "Anti-Fracking" legislation this year. One of the most promising bills meant to curtail it, AB-1323, went down to defeat (24-37, with 18 votes not cast) and two others (AB-1301 and AB-649) have been held back i .. ...
ENERGY - Electric Power Politics: Net-Metering Gets Nasty
Electric utilities may as well have declared war on distributed generation today. "Distributed generation" is one of a half dozen or so terms used to describe technologies that produce electric power at or close to the point of consumption. Unlike traditional utility-scale power plants, DG technologies, which include rooftop solar photovoltaics ...
ENERGY - Feed-in Tariff: A Policy Tool Encouraging Deployment Of Renewable Electricity Technologies
This post first appeared on the US Energy Information Administration SiteRecent developments in Virginia put a spotlight on feed-in tariffs (FITs), which are a policy mechanism used to encourage deployment of renewable electricity technologies. FITs are used to a limited extent around the United States, but they are more common internationally. A FIT program typically guarantees that customers who own a FIT-eligible renewable electricity gen .. ...
ENERGY - Nukes In My Backyard - No Big Deal
It's final - nuclear power plants do not have any effect on cancer rates for those living near them. Period. So, do we have to keep proving this over and over ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2013/06/01/nukes-in-m
ENERGY - Product Review: Portable Solar Charger By WAKA WAKA POWER
A company called Off-Grid Solutions has committed itself to eradicating energy poverty for 1.5 billion people worldwide by leveraging sales of its signature product, the WakaWaka Power portable solar charger that combines a mobile phone charger and lamp. On that account we agreed to take a WakaWaka Power out on a test run, and boy are we glad that we did, because that gave us a first hand opportunity to compare Off-Grid's strategy for addres .. ...
ENERGY - Why Natural Gas Traders Don't Fret Hurricane Season Anymore
Even before the official start of hurricane season on June 1, weather buffs were treated late last week to Hurricane Barbara smashing into southern Mexico with surprising strength. But despite the remnants of Barbara still churning in the southern Gulf of Mexico and likely to hit Florida later in the week, natural gas traders just can't get excited about hurricane threats the way they used to ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/06/03/why
FASHION - Hi-Tech Clothing
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MOVIES - Destroy or Save Metropolis in the new Superman game Hero's Flight
Save or ravage Metropolis - the choice is yours. Warner Bros. has just released a new online video game titled Man of Steel: Hero's Flight which gives you the power to control Superman. Which means you can spend hours flying into innocent buildings, rocks or asteroids (if you suck at controlling him). Overall the game is really a race where you collect boosts and use Superman's many powers to blasts rocks. We've grabbed a bunch of screenshots, b ...
MOVIES - Spaceship concept art that will blow your post-apocalyptic mind
Check out some sleek, beautiful spaceships from our distant interplanetary future. Concept artist Colie Wertz developed some incredible ship designs for After Earth, for the near future "abandoning the Earth" sequences as well as the far-future space wars. Even if you didn't like the movie, Wertz's designs are really sweet.Here are some of Wertz's spaceship and hardware designs, along with some of his commentary on them. Accordi ...
MOVIES - What We Want From Doctor Who's Next Doctor
This will be the saddest Christmas: Matt Smith has announced that he's stepping down as the star of Doctor Who at the end of the Christmas special. Smith is irreplaceable, but already people are speculating on names to replace him. We have no idea who will take the role, but here's what we'd like to see from the Twelfth Doctor.Top image: Vampiric Time Lord on Deviant ArtThere are plenty of names being bandied about as the next incarnation of the ...
PEOPLE - Famous Scifi And Fantasy Authors In Their Workspaces
It can be a revelation to see an author in the place where he or she invented your favorite fantasy worlds. Out of these humble machines and cluttered studies come alternate realities.Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) with an IBM Selectric(via Isaac Asimov's Universe and io9) Neil Gaiman (1960-) in his garden office at his home in western Wisconsin, 2010(via Craig Lassig/Associated Press and Shedworking)Ursula Le Guin (1929-) (via Universe) HG Wells (186 ...
SPACE - NOAA To Revive Essential Weather Satellite on Thursday
An important weather satellite that went out of service on May 22 is expected to be brought back online Thursday, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The satellite shut itself down after suffering from an unknown, sudden disturbance that caused it to change its orientation relative to the Earth, and engineers have worked to troubleshoot the source of the error and restart the spacecraft. ...
SPACE - Our intergalactic neighbourhood is more prominent than we thought
Good news, everyone! We're not intergalactic hicks after all! Turns out that our solar system is located in a large spiral branch called the Local Arm, a prominent feature of the Milky Way galaxy.Top image: The left side shows what we used to think the Milky Way looked like, the right side shows the recently updated version. Image credit: Robert Hurt, IPAC; Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF.Astronomers have speculated that our solar system is situated i ...
SPACE - Stunning Photos Of The International Space Station
For more than twelve years, the orbiting research laboratory has flown 230 miles above our heads ...
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SPACE - This incredible image reveals two galaxies that orbit the Milky Way
Just as planets orbit Suns, galaxies can orbit each other. Now, NASA has created some unprecedented images of two such galaxies in the Milky Way's orbit, known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC). Here, you have an incredible view of these galaxies beneath the plane of the Milky Way.According to NASA:Astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, P ...
SPACE - Want to go to space? First, you must live in this dome for 2 years.
In 1991, four men and four women sealed the hatch on a 3.15-acre ecological ark located an hour north of Tucson, Arizona. They called the structure Biosphere 2 (Biosphere 1 being planet Earth, itself). Their scientific mission: to live inside their artificial ecosystem, removed from the rest of the world, for 24 months. "I don't think anything could have really prepared us for those two years inside Biosphere 2," says Sally Silvers ...
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SPACE - Why does this bizarro asteroid have a million-kilometer-long tail?
Three years ago, something rather cataclysmic happened to this asteroid. Whatever it was - and it was probably a collision with a smaller asteroid - has now resulted in an exceptionally long debris tail that just keeps getting longer.Asteroids aren't supposed to have tails. That's comet territory. But this object, called P/2010 A2 (LINEAR), is leaking a dust trail of a kind never seen before by astronomers.Just to put this length into perspective ...
TREES - Forest activists gear up to fight burning trees for electricity
"Our forests are not fuel" says The Dogwood Alliance. But can they get energy companies to listen ...
URBAN - Abandoned Warehouse to Be Transformed into Lush Zero-Energy Office Space in Amsterdam
Worldwide sustainability cooperative Except has renovated an abandoned shipyard in Amsterdam, transforming it into an energy-neutral office space filled with lush vegetation. The jungle-like space features food producing modules based on hydroponic and aquaponic systems and can be customized to spaces of various sizes.Read the rest of Abandoned Warehouse to Be Transformed into Lush Zero-Energy Office Space in AmsterdamPermalink |Add todel.icio.us ...
URBAN - BIG Unveils Plans for Denmark's New LEGO House Museum
Read the rest of BIG Unveils Plans for Denmark's New LEGO House MuseumPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", big, billund, Bjarke Ingels Group, Denmark, eco design, eco museum, green architecture, Green Building, green design, lego experience centre, lego museum, LEGOs, Museum, RAA, ralph appelbaum associates, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, the lego group, the lego hous .. ...
URBAN - Green Buildings Turn the Table on Natural Disasters
The vast majority of modern-day apocalyptic movies feature at least one scene of a mass urban exodus. Whether aliens have invaded or zombies have risen from the dead, the conventional wisdom seems to be that cities are among the least likely places a person will survive an existential crisis ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/06/02/green
URBAN - Micro Urban Prefab Project Wins Micro Housing Ideas Competition in Denver
Read the rest of Micro Urban Prefab Project Wins Micro Housing Ideas Competition in DenverPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", Denver, denver architecture, eco design, green architecture, Green Building, green design, league, micro house, micro housing, micro housing ideas competition, micro urban, modular housing, Prefab, Prefab Housing, studio de arquitectura y ciudad, Sustainable Building, sustainable desig ...
URBAN - Sou Fujimoto's Nebulous 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Opens to the Public in London
Read the rest of Sou Fujimoto's Nebulous 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Opens to the Public in LondonPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", 2013 serpentine gallery pavilion, 2013 serpentine pavilion, Art, cloud-like, Daylighting, eco design, eco-art, geometric installation, green architecture, Green Building, green design, inspired by nature, Installation, London, neblous, pavilion, serpentine gallery, serpent ...
WATER - First US floating wind turbine launches in Maine
It went onto the water in Brewer, Maine, and is on its way to being connected to the grid ...
WIND - Google To Buy Wind Power For Its Data Center In Finland
Google said Tuesday it has signed its first renewable energy power purchase agreement in Europe that will have its data center in Finland run on wind energy ...
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WIND - Maine Makes Waves with America's 'First' Offshore Floating Wind Turbine
The first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine in the United States is now afloat, according to the U.S. Department of Energy ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/06/03/maine
WORK - Centre for Social Innovation is a different kind of coworking space
It's not just about the space, it's about the mission. We visit the just-opened New York office ...
WRITE - A New Science Fiction Anthology About Exoplanets That Really Exist
People keep writing science fiction stories about their own made-up planets - but there are plenty of real exoplanets out there to obsess about now. And two scientists from the Kepler Spacecraft decided to gather some sort fiction about them.Steve Howell is a lead scientist on Kepler, an astronomer at Kitt Peak, and the lead guitar and harmonica player in the AKA Blues Band - and now, to those accomplishments, he can add co-editing a science fict ...
WRITE - DIY Digital Publisher Glossi Wants to Monetize Your Magazines
Glossi, the do-it-yourself digital magazines publisher, released several new features on Wednesday as it prepares to leave private beta and hit the masses.Right now, the Los Angeles-based startup allows users to create their own 'zines by assembling text, GIFs, images and videos onto pages that are navigable by swiping tablet and e-reader screens.SEE ALSO: How Hearst Nabbed 1 Million Tablet SubscribersGlossi only employs 14 people, but already in ...
WRITE - Famous Scifi And Fantasy Authors In Their Workspaces
It can be a revelation to see an author in the place where he or she invented your favorite fantasy worlds. Out of these humble machines and cluttered studies come alternate realities.Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) with an IBM Selectric(via Isaac Asimov's Universe and io9) Neil Gaiman (1960-) in his garden office at his home in western Wisconsin, 2010(via Craig Lassig/Associated Press and Shedworking)Ursula Le Guin (1929-) (via Universe) HG Wells (186 ...
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