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Post-Apocalyptic Britain And Other Amazing Images From This Week

Plus a theater for pirated movies, a teardown of Google Glass, and more
By Colin Lecher Posted 06.14.2013 at 12:30 pm 1 Comment
Apocalypse Now


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The Energy Fix: Engineering Triumphs Over Wave And Tidal Forces

How water could be harnessed for roughly a third of U.S. annual electricity usage
By Erik Sofge Posted 06.12.2013 at 4:55 pm 18 Comments
Energy: Water Teaser

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The Energy Fix: How Geography Drives Energy Development

The importance of global landscapes
By Katie Peek Posted 06.12.2013 at 9:00 am 1 Comment
Global Landscapes Teaser

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Science

The Energy Fix: Reinventing The Solar Array

Reinventing the array could usher in a new age for solar.
By Erik Sofge Posted 06.11.2013 at 4:58 pm 6 Comments

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Using Wood As Biofuel May Be Worse For The Planet Than We Thought

New data suggests logging could release large amounts of previously ignored carbon into the atmosphere.
By Rose Pastore Posted 06.11.2013 at 1:00 pm 4 Comments
Sequoia sempervirens, Muir Woods National Monument, California, U.S., 2004

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Science

Could A Volcano Power America?

An ambitious experiment is underway to harness the heat of a volcano in central Oregon. The process is green, efficient... and causes earthquakes.
By Colin Lecher Posted 06.07.2013 at 10:00 am 7 Comments
Obsidian Flow At Newberry Volcano

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Science

The Energy Fix: When Will The U.S. Reach Energy Independence? [Infographic]

What government forecasts suggest about U.S. energy independence
By Susan E. Matthews Posted 06.03.2013 at 11:06 am 4 Comments
The Energy Gap

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Inside The World's Most Ambitious Eco-City

Why would a petro-state erect a solar-powered eco-metropolis in the middle of the Arabian desert? To change the world.
By Dan Baum Posted 05.21.2013 at 10:04 am 9 Comments
Taming The Desert

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Technology

America's Road To Energy Independence, Part 1

A four-part series on the clean technologies that will set us free
Posted 05.17.2013 at 2:30 pm 13 Comments
American Energy Independence

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Now Live: The June 2013 Issue Of Popular Science Magazine

Editor-in-Chief Jacob Ward on how the Kardashev Scale is an elegant way of describing our dreams
By Jacob Ward Posted 05.15.2013 at 11:30 am 1 Comment
Energy: Water Teaser

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Scientists Engineer Extreme Microorganisms To Make Fuel From Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

A University of Georgia team tinkered with the genes of Pyrococcus furiosus, and the new breed is hungry for the smoggy stuff.
By Colin Lecher Posted 03.27.2013 at 2:06 pm 25 Comments
P. furiosus Bacterium

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NASA Resumes Production Of Plutonium-238 Space Fuel After 25 Years

Our dangerously depleted supply of spacecraft fuel just got a little bump from the Department of Energy.
By Shaunacy Ferro Posted 03.14.2013 at 12:33 pm 12 Comments
Looks Like Jello, Tastes Like Space Fuel

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Technology

15 Incredible Images Of Futuristic Skyscrapers

Architects design buildings for rebuilding after the apocalypse, terraforming Mars, and more.
By Colin Lecher Posted 03.13.2013 at 3:00 pm 4 Comments
Light Park Floating Skyscraper


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Technology

Japan Has Won The Race To Extract Gas From Offshore Methane Ice

This is the first successful production of natural gas from off-shore supplies of methane hydrate, a huge untapped energy resource.
By Shaunacy Ferro Posted 03.12.2013 at 5:45 pm 6 Comments
Methane Hydrate

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Technology

Combination Ski Slope-Trash Incinerator Breaks Ground In Copenhagen

But not without taking some criticism.
By Colin Lecher Posted 03.05.2013 at 2:00 pm 5 Comments
Waste-to-Energy Plant

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June 2013: American Energy Independence

Five amazing, clean technologies that will set us free, in this month's energy-focused issue. Also: how to build a better bomb detector, the robotic toys that are raising your children, a human catapult, the world's smallest arcade, and much more.


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