NPR and the normally brilliant, Andrei Codrescu have created an idea for helping the economy even more brilliant than the idea of saving the environment by banning black cars and limiting Menorahs to only 8 candles. They propose a new holiday, "Don't Steal Day" picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

The claymation animators that brought us Wallace and Grommit are developing a series of 10 short films/public services announcements for Animal Planet highlighting environmental issues. picked by badbud 2 years ago

Umm... too late, I thought they meant the US Congress risked brain damage... Scientists on Thursday warned US legislators of the risks of brain cancer from cell phone use, highlighting the potential risk for children who use mobile phones. "We urgently need more research," said David Carpenter, director of the Institute of Health and Environment at the University of Albany, in testim... read full post picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

Remember the astronaut who recently tested whether boomerangs return to their throwers in the absence of gravity? Well, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released video of astronaut Takao Doi showing that the objects do, in fact, come back - even in the microgravity environment of the space station. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Despite tough economic conditions, large office complexes continue to be built in major cities throughout the world. ‘Green’ campaigners argue that such developments are inherently bad for the environment, and skeptics point out that by making sustainability central to their new office designs, many companies are simply attempting to offset their environmentally degrading activities el... read full post picked by iamamaniac 7 months ago

A new study using results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides one of the best pieces of evidence yet that many supermassive black holes are spinning extremely rapidly. The whirling of these giant black holes drives powerful jets that pump huge amounts of energy into their environment and affects galaxy growth. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Video Games are an influential aspect of pop-culture and entertainment whose impact goes beyond the digital arts to influence perspectives in art, cinematography, and even fashion. Behind every game character and dynamic environment are artists whose talents birthed the image seen in the 3-D world. picked by cactushair 1 year ago

Jeffrey P. Rosato, an aide to Boxer and a senior policy adviser on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, was arrested last Friday, the same day he was fired from Boxer's office, and charged with one count each of receipt and distribution of child pornography. picked by shuallyo 1 year ago

Conventional wisdom says that the meteoric rise in obesity and related health conditions – the early stages of which are now called metabolic syndrome – is due to the West having a bad case of “couch potato syndrome.” That is, over the past few decades, we have been eating too much and not exercising enough. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Blackle----searching google AND saving the environment at the same time

update on this picked by acemak 2 years ago

Allowing teens to work too many hours in the wrong environment can be dangerous for their sexual health by fostering conditions that lead them to older sex partners, a new study shows. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

The Rosetta Stone of bacterial communication may have been found. Although they have no sensory organs, bacteria can get a good idea about what's going on in their neighborhood and communicate with each other, mainly by secreting and taking in chemicals from their surrounding environment. Even though there are millions of different kinds of bacteria with their own ways of sensing the world around ... read full post picked by kakana 5 months ago

The project will test how people respond to extreme social situations - particularly the ‘bystander effect’ - using an immersive virtual environment like Second Life where real people interact with each other socially through lifelike animated characters. picked by Blankspace73 2 years ago

The house was built with maximum regard for the environment and by reciprocation gives us a unique opportunity to live close to nature. Building from natural materials does away with producer profits and the cocktail of carcinogenic poisons that fill most modern buildings. picked by urkeee 2 years ago

This is a video demonstrating an interactive drawing interface that creates objects that respond to their environment in real time. Definitely not the Crayola type. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

Taking your bathroom into the 21st century by functionality
Spoiling your self without compromising the environment picked by buddha 2 years ago

An art installation where the user's touch and the temperature of the environment makes two giant testicles retract and descend. picked by MissWinkle 2 years ago

China is moving to clean up its northern side of the mountain and protect its fragile Himalayan environment, announcing a trash collection campaign that could limit the number of climbers and other visitors in 2009. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Anna Sundström at erotic store Afrodites Apotek in Stockholm believes that it will be a big hit. "Many of our customers are environmentally conscious and often say 'no' to a plastic bag. It saves the environment when you don't use batteries," she said to Expressen. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Kolmanskuppe is a ghost town buried in the sands of southern Namibia. Developed after the discovery of diamonds in the area in 1908, to provide shelter for workers from the harsh environment of the Namib Desert. The town declined after World War I as diamond prices crashed picked by wildminou 2 years ago