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 discovery could lead to a new way of producing electricity, the researchers say. This is pretty rare, human beings really enjoy using electricity and have [...]

Do you really need another plastic go-gaw? How about using the same go-gaw you have again, or how about using a go-gaw that will last many years so you only have to buy one?

CreatureCast – Footage From The Deep from Casey Dunn on Vimeo.

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…

I hope that this sort of video inspires people to fight hard to protect the amazing places and creatures and plants of this world. Don’t just assume that nature is something that happens “elsewhere.” We are all connected and the health of the planet is directly related to your health.

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 findings of an international research team led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov.The research results, [...]

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.But in Orange, officials are locked in a legal battle with a couple accused of violating city ordinances for removing their lawn in an attempt to save water.…But city officials determined [...]

Every year at the place where I work, the cost of health care (and the portion I pay) goes up MORE than the amount of my yearly raise. Which means in a nutshell that I take a pay cut every year to continue working at my job because of the cost of health care. [...]

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 (can’t get the big money unless you reduce over 20% in the program.)—————Fact Sheet: [...]

Awesome. Looks pretty sweet too.

Just because you don’t like the message doesn’t mean you should kill the messenger. Science gives you so many good things in your life, in fact if you are reading this at all you have science to thank for that computer you are using. If you have ever used antibiotics, ever got a surgery, [...]

Van Jones is an amazing man, and the idea that some sniveling actor (cause lets be real Glenn Beck is an actor) could do anything to take away from his awesomeness would be a foolish thought.

I am convinced that one day everyone will have some sort of “enhancement” be it better knee joints, sharper vision, better hearing, or like this awesome guy new legs that let you do things your old legs never could. I see these sort of stories as some of the best proof out there that [...]

Seems that the good law makers of South Dakota now believe that global warming could be caused by astrology…By a 36-30 vote, the legislators passed House Concurrent Resolution 1009, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the Eighty-fifth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate [...]

Imagine if this sort of thing was used for health, or carbon emissions, or whatever…this video is kind of blowing my mind…(note: not all in good ways, this also sort of made me dread the future)