The Salp: Nature’s Near-Perfect Little Engine Just Got Better
What if trains, planes, and automobiles all were powered simply by the air through which they move? Moreover, what if their exhaust and byproducts helped the environment? (more…)
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The Looming World Food Catastrophe
For several years, the World Bank has been announcing its plans to find solutions to solve the world food crisis, whereby vast swathes of the world’s population find it increasingly difficult to put food on the family table, while the banks bail each other out and fat cat bankers get fatter. The morality of the issue is staggeringly incomprehensible.
Moscow Literally Burnt by the Sun
Moscow is suffocating. Thick toxic smog has been covering the sky above the city for days. The sun in Moscow looks like the moon during the day: it’s not that bright and yellow, but pale and orange with misty outlines against the smoky sky. Muscovites have to experience both the smog and sweltering heat at once. Today, August 9, the temperature is expected to hit the level of 37-39 degrees above zero Centigrade.
UM Advanced Bio-Filtration System Promises Less Chesapeake Pollution
COLLEGE PARK – Technological advances developed by University of Maryland researchers promise significant reductions in urban runoff polluting the Anacostia watershed and the Chesapeake Bay. The researchers say their work represents the next generation of “low impact development” technologies.
The Horrific Derivatives Bubble That Could One Day Destroy The Entire World Financial System
Today there is a horrific derivatives bubble that threatens to destroy not only the U.S. economy but the entire world financial system as well, but unfortunately the vast majority of people do not understand it. When you say the word “derivatives” to most Americans, they have no idea what you are talking about. In fact, even most members of the U.S. Congress don’t really seem to understand them. But you don’t have to get into all the technicalities to understand the bigger picture.
Monster.com’s New Book Available Exclusively in the Kindle Store
“Six Fundamentals to Building a Lifelong Career” is Available Exclusively as an E-Book in the Kindle Store for Download in Under 60 Seconds
SEATTLE, Aug 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that Monster.com has released the book “Six Fundamentals to Building a Lifelong Career” exclusively in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). (more…)