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• Meet Doron Aurbach, Israel’s Energizer

  
  Green Prophet — Authority: 502
  Care about alternative energy and an oil-free future? Then you might want to meet Prof. Doron Aurbach who is working to “green” the battery industry , making better, long-lasting batteries to store clean power. He’s now collaborating with LG on a new magnesium battery. He developed the first rechargeable ...
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• The Death Throes of A Colossal Star, That Could Spawn New Life in the Universe

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 598
  Jonathan Amos, BBC News The death throes of one of the biggest stars known to science have been spied by Europe’s Herschel space telescope. The observatory, launched in May, has subjected VY Canis Majoris, to a detailed spectroscopic analysis. It has allowed Herschel to identify the different types of ...
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• The Return of Systems Loss

  
  Filipino Voices — Authority: 495
  The last we heard of systems loss was during the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) board controversy when a multiple-arena attack was waged against the utility, curiously, from a state pension fund and a gaggle of politicians. In the midst of controversy, in a patch reserved for professional and learned regulators, a ...
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• Flashback: Greenpeace Leader Admits Arctic Ice Exaggeration

  
  Infowars — Authority: 724
  BBC December 1, 2009 Gerd Leipold, the outgoing leader of Greenpeace, admitted that his organization’s recent claim that the Arctic Ice will disappear by 2030 was “a mistake.” Greenpeace said in a July 15 press release that there will be an ice-free Arctic by 2030 because of global warming. BBC reporter ...
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• Flashback: Greenpeace Leader Admits Arctic Ice Exaggeration

  
  Truth is Contagious — Authority: 560
  BBC December 1, 2009 Gerd Leipold, the outgoing leader of Greenpeace, admitted that his organization’s recent claim that the Arctic Ice will disappear by 2030 was “a mistake.” Greenpeace said in a July 15 press release that there will be an ice-free Arctic by 2030 because of global warming. BBC reporter ...
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• Nimoy & Orci Comment On President Obama’s Similarities to Spock

  
  TrekMovie.com — Authority: 644
  There has been much written connecting President Barack Obama to Star Trek, spurred on by Obama’s own references to the franchise. In a new feature article today, the AP draws a specific comparison between the President and Star Trek’s Mr. Spock. The article also has comments from the original Spock, Leonard ...
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• Teams Compete for $500K Prize in ‘Smarter, Safer, Greener House’ Competition

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 552
  Global teams will compete for $500k prize inthe ultimate home makeover contestOn Monday, Colorado-based DaVinci Quest announced a global competition that would invite teams to design and renovate environmentally friendly smart homes in Longmont, Colorado, and win a cash prize of up to $500,000. Team competition ...
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• Cargo-Screening Flaws Put Fliers at Risk, U.S. Report Finds

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 524
  Cargo-Screening Flaws Put Fliers at Risk, U.S. Report Finds - Bloomberg.comAir passengers may be at risk of terrorist attacks because of air-cargo screening flaws, including a lack of required background checks on freight handlers, according to a U.S. government report.
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• Nissan Working on New Battery to Double the Leafs Range by 2015

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 694
  Photo: Nissan The Key is a Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide Cathode Im starting to think that electric car buyers will suffer from the same problem as buyers of consumer electronics: It seems like something better is always around the corner, so why buy now? The Nissan Leaf EV isnt even on the market yet that ...
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• Data Center Housed Under Cathedral Heats Homes in Finland

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 694
  Photo via Wikimedia Using waste heat from data centers to provide heating for facilities and nearby homes has been gaining traction. For instance, IBM has been looking into how to heat nearby homes with waste heat from its data centers. Now one data center in Finland to be housed underneath Uspenski Cathedral - a ...
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• Monbiot: Canadas Image in Tatters

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 694
  Since the Viet Nam war, Canadians (and some Americans) have been sewing Canadian flag patches on their backpacks when they travel to distinguish themselves from their neighbours. But they will be ripping them off soon, as the country becomes an international pariah for its behaviour on the climate change issue. ...
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• Climategate: Imminent Demise of Glaciers Due to … a Typo!

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 814
  The IPCC has been claiming Himalayan glaciers could be gone by 2035. The research paper they used concluded 2350.
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• Scientists Hope New Test Will Help Fight Cancer

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 180
  Australian scientists say a new blood test to detect certain types of cancer is offering hope that new forms of treatment will soon be available. (Dec. 1)
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• Afghanistan: Emerging US-India-Australia Alliance

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 715
  The US administration is all set for a decisive action in Afghanistan. President Barack Obama’s new strategy being set in motion “for the long haul” has the active support of India and Australia. The sending of additional US troops seems part of a long-term plan, which is likely to witness strategic involvement ...
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• German Physicists Debunk the CO2 Greenhouse Model?

  
  Doctor Bulldog & Ronin — Authority: 443
  I’ve been sitting on this article for awhile in order to have a chance to digest the paper published by Dr. Gerhard Gerlich and Ralf D. Tscheuschner.   If, like me, you get all excited when describing the physics of particle decays, then I suggest you take a look at their paper.  Now, it must be pointed out that ...
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• The Symphony of Science

  
  ForumGarden — Authority: 156
  This website RULES! Its an MTV video that they made using real scientists like Stephen hawking to teach science to people who think they dont like science, check it out! (And you can download the songs fro free!) The Symphony of Science - Spreading scientific knowledge and philosophy through music
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• Climategate fallout

  
  CosmicConservative — Authority: 434
  I’m not going to be linking anything here. This is just my observations after three or four days of surfing from one link to another on the climate-gate “scandal.” It’s almost two weeks now since the “hacker” first posted the email messages. Email messages that provide absolute proof of the following ...
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• Amphibians Dethroned as Environmental Canaries

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 694
  Image credit: kuribo /Flickr It seems obvious that amphibians, with their permeable skin and proclivity for aquatic environments, would be among the first to be effected by chemical pollution and environmental degradation. Indeed, they have long been considered "canaries," or species that indicate alarming ...
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• Bacteria ‘Invest’ Wisely to Survive Uncertain Times, Scientists Report

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 552
  Drs. Gürol Süel (left), Tolga Cagatay.Like savvy Wall Street money managers, bacteria hedge their bets to increase their chances of survival in uncertain times, strategically investing their biological resources to weather unpredictable environments.In a new study available online and featured on the cover of Cell, ...
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• Amphibians as Environmental Omen Disputed

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 552
  Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, according to a meta-analysis to be published in Ecology Letters.Amphibians, for years considered a leading indicator of environmental degradation, are not uniquely susceptible to pollution, ...
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