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Brain will become the battlefield of the future
21 Aug, 2008 | CATEGORY: BiotechnologyFuture Studies | Comments
Rapid advances in neuroscience could have a dramatic impact on national security and the way in which future wars are fought, US intelligence officials have been told.
Alternatve Energy Mega Projects
19 Aug, 2008 | CATEGORY: Alternative EnergySustainable Culture | SOURCE: Dark Roasted Blend | Comments
An inspiring listing (with amazing photos) of some huge sustainable energy projects.
Zero Waste is the new Green
04 Aug, 2008 | CATEGORY: Eco DesignSustainable Culture | SOURCE: BBC | Comments
Zero waste isn't term we hear bandied about much at the moment. If we recycle, we are where it's at, it seems. However, until we are able to produce zero waste, that is, all of our waste being perfectly recyclable, we have not reached an ecologically sane and sustainable stage of culture in regards to waste management.
Here are links to two articles about zero waste:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7502071.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7205623.stm
Does the UK have an overall Zero Waste target/plan? What other countries/states?
No New Generation of Nuclear Weapons - Maybe
10 Jul, 2008 | CATEGORY: Nuclear Armaments | SOURCE: New Scientist | Comments
Last week the US House of representative voted against funding an entirely new generation of nuclear weapons. Instead the proposed funds will used to maintain the existing stockpile of over 4000 warheads. the bill goes on the US senate where the decision may be overturned in favour of the bill.
Caribbean monk seal is extinct
09 Jul, 2008 | CATEGORY: Species Extinction | SOURCE: MSNBC | Comments
After many years without sightings, the Caribbean monk seal has been declared extinct. The only seal species to be driven to extinction through Human impact.
Bahrain World Trade Center has wind turbines
15 Apr, 2008 | CATEGORY: Alternative Energy | SOURCE: Inhabitat | Comments
Check out these stunning images of the newly activated wind turbines on the Bahrain World trade Centre.
Cheaper, more efficient lighting for Africans with LED's
13 Apr, 2008 | CATEGORY: AfricaScience and Technology | SOURCE: Popular Mechanics | Comments
LED's can provide an affordable and swift means of developing the living standards of many Africans and populations in other Third world countries.
From the article:
"The number of people without adequate light is greater than the entire world population when Edison invented the light bulb."
"There are 1.7 billion impoverished people worldwide who burn kerosene for light. Fuel for this purpose costs $40 billion and emits 200 million tons of greenhouse gases per yearԗequivalent to the emissions from 30 million cars. While Americans spend a fraction of their income on light, people in the developing world devote 10 to 15 percent of theirs to itfor little return. Fuel lamps account for 17 percent of global lighting costs but provide less than one-tenth of one percent of global light output."
First Commercial Algae Biodiesel Plant Begins
01 Apr, 2008 | CATEGORY: Alternative Energy | SOURCE: Gas 2 | Comments
PetroSun has announced it will begin operation of its commercial algae-to-biofuels facility. The facility, located in Rio Hondo Texas, will produce an estimated 4.4 million gallons of algal oil and 110 million lbs. of biomass per year off a series of saltwater ponds spanning 1,100 acres. Twenty of those acres will be reserved for the experimental production of a renewable JP8 jet-fuel.
Australia Plans Carbon Storage Under Ocean
31 Mar, 2008 | CATEGORY: Climate change | SOURCE: REUTERS | Comments
Australia is planning to store greenhouse gas emissions under the ocean at a number of sites around the continent.
This kind of action is a direct result of Australia's Labor government, elected in November 2007, ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, reversing an 11-year policy by the previous conservative government.
Scientists get sued in advance for the end of the world
30 Mar, 2008 | CATEGORY: Science and Technology | SOURCE: Cosmiclog | Comments
You may have heard about the the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, that is being constructed underneath about half of Europe (er..OK, France and Switzerland). When it is finished it will be the world's biggest particle collider and be able to do all sorts of interesting new things. For example - it will be able to create mini black holes. For a long time now there has been real concern amongst some physicists, futurists and members of the public that this machine could literally create a runaway black hole that would swallow the entire planet amongst other unimaginable accidents.
Last week a lawsuit was filed in Hawaii's U.S. District Court. The suit calls on the U.S. Department of Energy, Fermilab, the National Science Foundation and CERN to ease up on their LHC preparations for several months while the collider's safety was reassessed. Representatives at Fermilab in Illinois and at Europe's CERN laboratory, two of the defendants in the case, say there's no chance that the Large Hadron Collider would cause such cosmic catastrophes.
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