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Seems the many efforts by school boards in Texas to get creationism taught in schools is paying off… (via) Every single thing about this world is moving towards a society in which, to be successful, you need to well...

A team of scientists at MIT have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon that can cause powerful waves of energy to shoot through minuscule wires known as carbon nanotubes...

The most amazing fact from this is that we could feel the world three times over by just the food that the USA and the EU waste…

This could actually be pretty bad…A section of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the powerful greenhouse gas, according to the...

Only to be sued by the city for having an ugly yard… Some Southern California cities fine residents for watering their lawns too much during droughts...

From the white house. I am pretty excited about this as I feel it will be a great one two punch, produce a tonn of jobs in an industry that was hit hard by the recession (construction) while dramatically reducing energy usage...

Using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption...

science doesn’t have anything to do with your religious beliefs, or your political beliefs…you are going to just have to deal with that.

For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists and 92 support staff and crew on board the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) were at work investigating...

No not the one with Kevin Costner as a weird mer-man, astronomers have announced that they have discovered a “super-Earth” orbiting a red dwarf star only 40 light-years from Earth...

The Hawaiian Islands are one of the outstanding volcanic features on Earth, but their origins have been shrouded in mystery. Still in debate has been a theory proposed 40 years ago, which states that mid-tectonic plate hotspots...

White Roofs May Successfully Cool Cities. Painting the roofs of buildings white has the potential to significantly cool off cities and mitigate some impacts of global warming, results of a new study indicate. The research,...

Amazing I can only hope that some day I would be able to do as much for so many, even if by accident.

The AWEA Year End 2009 Market Report is out and it is looking great! The U.S. wind industry broke all previous records by installing close to 10,000 megawatts of new generating capacity in 2009 thanks to Recovery Act incentives....