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• Is it time to kill the Antarctic Treaty?

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  Image via Wikipedia Fifty years ago, 12 nations—Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Britain, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union and the U.S.—agreed to cede their claims to Antarctica. The continent would belong to no nation and become a nature preserve and scientific ...
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• SciAm - Political Science: The Psychological Differences in the U.S.s Red-Blue Divide

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 439
  The fact that this approach has been replicated across cultures makes it more reliable, but it still feels like a generalization to me, and not a hard reality. Political Science: The Psychological Differences in the U.S.s Red-Blue Divide Psychological research reveals how and why liberals and ...
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• Can We Feed and Save the Planet?

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  Image by IronRodArt via Flickr Challenges of population control and food production need to be tackled in tandem We are eating ourselves out of house and home. Recently, in the September 24 issue of Nature , Johan Rockström and his colleagues proposed 10 “planetary boundaries” to define safe limits of ...
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• Scientific American Welcomes First-Ever Female Editor-In-Chief [Sex And Science]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 809
  Scientific American has named Mariette DiChristina as its first-ever female editor-in-chief , leading us to wonder about the fate of a certain lady-bashing writer . DiChristina, who has been serving as acting editor-in-chief since June, says , I have two young daughters; one of them wants to be a ...
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• Scientific American Magazine Names First Female Editor-in-Chief

  
  Blog Magazine — Authority: 127
  Today, Scientific American magazine announced that it has named Mariette DiChristina as its new editor-in-Chief. DiChristina is the first woman to assume this role in the magazines 164 year history; and the eighth overall. DiChristina, who joined the magazine in 2001 as executive editor, has been serving as acting ...
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• Conquering cancer with implants? Bioengineered vaccines and magnetic nanodiscs show promise

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  Rather than surgically removing tumors , what if doctors could simply implant new tools in our bodies to do the work internally? One team of researchers has been able to vanquish tumors in mice by implanting bioengineered disks filled with tumor-specific antigens, and another has developed magnetized nanodiscs to ...
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• New compound provides a better cage for carbon dioxide

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  Image via Wikipedia Capturing carbon dioxide is simple chemistry. In fact, you may have seen it in your high school chem lab. Remember that tightly sealed bottle of sodium hydroxide, aka lye ? Simply popping the top off that strong base and exposing it to air resulted in a chemical reaction in which the ambient ...
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• Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, December 1

  
  Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy — Authority: 500
  Would a smiley face on your energy bill inspire you to save energy? You may say “no,” but a real-world example found that smiley faces and frowny faces actually make a big difference in energy use . It’s all good, cheerful news in today’s Cool Green Morning, so what’s stopping you? Read on. ...
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• 100 Percent Renewables by 2030?

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 720
  In Scientific American, two California academics outline a path to a world entirely powered by wind, solar and water by 2030.
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• How Can Humanity Avoid or Reverse the Dangers Posed by a Warming Climate?

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  Image via Wikipedia With greenhouse gas emissions continuing to rise, strong efforts will be required to reverse global warming Wetlands from Bangladesh to Florida submerged. Drought and devastating heat in important granaries such as the Yangtze floodplain in China or Ukraine. Rains that come too often or ...
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• Seven Answers to Climate Contrarian Nonsense

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  Image by oxfam international via Flickr Evidence for human interference with Earth’s climate continues to accumulate On November 18, with the United Nations Global Warming Conference in Copenhagen fast approaching, U.S. Senator James R. Inhofe (R-Okla.) took the floor of the Senate and proclaimed 2009 to ...
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• Climate change cover-up? You better believe it

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  Image via Wikipedia Was Sen. James Inhofe right when he declared 2009 the year of the climate contrarian ? A slew of emails stolen from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit highlight definite character flaws among some climate scientists—including an embarrassing attempt to delete ...
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• Can we stop relying on fossil fuels by 2030 ?

  
  Sustainable development and much more — Authority: 127
  Scientific American published in this month’s issue an article on how the world could completely stop relying on fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear) by 2030 and use only solar, wind and water energies. To make a long story short and after reading the various critics this is completely impossible . ...
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• Links for 11.23.09: “Goodnight bottles and cans all strewn…”

  
  the listenerd — Authority: 425
  * Stories : Goodnight Keith Moon is not safe for children due to alcohol, drug use, and adult situations. [ coudal ] * Marketing : If you sit near me at work, you may know that I am working on something called KEEP IT AWESOME. This is somewhat related. SOMEWHAT. “The Swedish rock band Bob Hund released their ...
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• Homes That Use Thermal Inertia to Maintain Comfortable Temperatures

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  By harnessing the ability of materials to store heat and give it off slowly, “Enertia” houses maintain a relatively fixed and comfortable temperature Enertia is a brand name for homes designed and sold in kits by North Carolina-based Enertia Building Systems (EBS). The idea essentially marries the concepts of ...
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• Think different for a successful business

  
  True Business- real life for small businesses — Authority: 107
  This week, one of my more amusing reads has been “Complete and utter Zebu” by Simon Rose and Steve Caplin (to find out what Zebu is, you’ll have to buy the book). It’s a catalogue of the sometimes scary lies told by businesses, politicians and publicity gurus to part us from our money, our morals, or our ...
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• Green tech: At the beauty salon, be the girl with green hair

  
  The Mobile Fun Blog — Authority: 147
  You can be the eco-conscious girl with green hair if you patronize beauty salons that use green hair-care products. Hair dyes, shampoos, and other such products have traditionally contained synthetic chemicals that can harm the user and the environment. But an increasing number of hair care salons are saying ...
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• Growing Skyscrapers: The Rise of Vertical Farms

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  Image by swisscan via Flickr Growing crops in city skyscrapers would use less water and fossil fuel than outdoor farming, eliminate agricultural runoff, and provide fresh food Key Concepts Farming is ruining the environment, and not enough arable land remains to feed a projected 9.5 billion people by 2050. ...
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• Will solar thermal heat up again?

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 143
  Image via Wikipedia It used to be that the term “solar panel” connoted a solar thermal panel, which uses sunlight to heat your house or tap water, as opposed to a photovoltaic (PV) panel, which produces electric power. These days, though, attention (not to mention sunlight) focuses on PV. Many people assume ...
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• Evolution’s Narrow View

  
  A Christian Worldview of Fiction — Authority: 123
  Last night I watched part of a PBS program hosted by Alan Alda. Yes, the Alan Alda of Mash fame. The program, Scientific American Frontiers , has some really interesting material, but all from an evolutionary point of view. So, too, last night’s show. This one discussed researcher Jane Goodall and her work ...
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