Ocean Acidification: One Tiny Good Sign
There’s not much good to report on these days and truth be told this story isn’t all that good, but …
Category Archives: Science & Technology
Solar Classes
The venerable Solar Living Institute in Hopland, CA is a cool place to visit, in person or on-line. They also …
Climate Prediction and You
Climate Prediction Net Wants You! Or more precisely, it wants your computer’s cycles when you aren’t using them. If you’re …
Power and Politicking
I’ve long wanted a year to ruminate and write about my notion that the bottom line for human behavior, to …
Aviation Fuel and CO2
“The European Union voted Tuesday to impose quotas on the emission of carbon dioxide by airlines, setting up a fight …
Oily Mushroom Hair
Interesting small scale technology to help clean up the oil mess in San Francisco. Using mats made of hair, volunteers …
Water: H2O=Life
The American Museum of Natural History in New York has a fabulous new exhibition. Water: H2O=Life Read Edward Rothstein in …
Solar Decathlon Winners
The very interesting Solar Decathlon — ten requirements each contestant had to satisfy — announced the winners today. Overall First …
Electronic Recycling
Heard an ad on the radio this morning for ewastedropoff.com [e-waste drop-off] This is a service of A.S.L. a large …
Solar Cars
Caught a squib in the papers about the Wired (a magazine) NextFest in Los Angeles this weekend. It’s a geek …
Left Brain Right
“Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how …
Cooperate to Live
It will surprise no one that this article in the NY Science Tuesday pages caught my eye. cooperation is one …