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Will the U.S. be a desert in 50 years
What happens when climate variations and human actions such as land clearing, urbanization and unsustainable agricultural habits mix?
Gulf Oil Spill
Massive open online course
A massive open online course ( MOOC ) is an online course aiming at large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web . In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for the students, professors, and TAs. MOOCs are a recent development in distance education and often use open educational resources .
It's the Rheo Thing: Fantasy Images of the Great Garbage Patch
When people hear of the Great Garbage Patch(es), the mental image they have is something like this:Scientists have long been studying the presence of plastic debris in the world's oceans, but when they searched the Great Lakes for the first time, the findings were alarming.
The Next 'Great Garbage Patch' Growing in Great Lakes
Bangladesh Kicks Our Butt on Agriculture
A John Deere combine harvests corn. USDA /Wikimedia Commons
The last half of this interview is really good: http://discovermagazine.com/2012/oct/21-geoffrey-west-finds-physical-laws-in-cities Q: Can your insights about the scaling laws of cities help us understand the impact of population growth and urban migration?
After extensive mathematical modeling, scientist declares "Earth is F**ked"
8 Bugs You Don't Know You're Eating
I'm a big proponent of protein. Eggs for breakfast, grilled chicken for lunch, lightly seared filet of salmon for dinner—I can't get enough. But even I have a limit, and that limit generally begins about the time I see exoskeletons, tentacles, pinchers, or stingers sticking out of my food. I realize that in some parts of the world, bugs are considered a reliable source of protein. But the people who eat those bugs do so willingly. It's a normal part of their diet.
White Paper: The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value
This White Paper is a version of the one on the BrightPlanet site.<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-26945" title="Edison2-auto-x-prize" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2010/09/Edison2-auto-x-prize.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="442" /> It may look odd, but the ultralight Edison2 Very Light Car gets 102.5 mpg, it does so with good old-fashioned internal combustion and it’s just won the Progressive Automotive X Prize. The Very Light Car was among three innovative, if unusual, automobiles that shared the $10 million pot the X Prize promised to whomever built a production-ready vehicle capable of getting 100 mpg or its equivalent.
Automotive X Prize Winner Gets 102.5 MPG | Autopia
Why China Could Get America's Most Fuel-Efficient Car Before Us | Autopia
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-39884" title="Edison2-Very-Light-Car-02" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2011/11/Edison2-Very-Light-Car-02.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="442" /> CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — Oliver Kuttner is tired. He’s tired of your attitude. He’s tired of your conclusions. Mostly, he’s tired because he just returned from Germany and is so jet-lagged he’s almost drunk.Close your eyes and imagine it’s 1979. A first-term Democratic president struggles with unemployment, malaise, high energy prices, and embassy trouble. The landscape of today looks like the landscape of then, but there’s one important thing missing: The compact pickup.
How CAFE Killed Compact Trucks And Station Wagons
Energy Technology Company w/ 110mpg Hybrid V8 Engine.
By HEATHER BAUGHMAN, Cresent-News EditorHere is the article BTW
How Many People Died in the Great Depression?
How U.S. Americans are Broken « Dharma Addicts
The U.S. government-corporate partnership has used its share of guns and terror to break Native Americans, labor union organizers, and other dissidents and activists. But today, most U.S.SOPA