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Future of the Environment

Google Releases its Energy Consumption Numbers, Revealing a 260 Million Watt Continuous Suck
How the Greenest Skyscraper Complex Ever Is Rising Out of the Rubble of the World Trade Center
To Fight Warming, Brits Plan to Launch a Huge Balloon and Really Long Pipe

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Gallery: Amid Floods, Dwellers Turn Homes Into Islands
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Gallery: Elements for Clean Energy
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Six Ways Bio-Inspired Design is Reshaping the Future
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Gallery: Mapmaker Satellite TanDEM-X's First Images
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Concepts: Physalia, a Floating Ecosystem
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Gallery: Nine of the World's Most Promising Carbon-Neutral Communities
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Sponsored Post: How Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Works
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Archive Gallery: The Birth of Environmentalism
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Gallery: Earth From Above
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Gallery: The Department of Energy's Fourth Solar Decathlon
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10 Science Milestones from the First 100 Days
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Planet Earth Photo Gallery
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High School Students Devise More Accurate Climate Modeling Method

By studying the way leaves shrink when they fossilize, a team of more than 100 high school students could build more accurate models of climate change.

By Clay Dillow Posted 05.17.2013 at 1:01 pm 1 Comment

Fossilized leaves can tell us a lot about out climate history

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Technology

Concept Skyscraper Generates Its Own Energy, Looks Like A Toilet Brush

The, erm, splashy future of skyscrapers

By Clay Dillow Posted 05.16.2013 at 2:30 pm 0 Comments

Belatchew's STRAWSCRAPER vision for Södermalm’s South Tower in Stockholm, Sweden

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Science

Untouched For The Last Billion Years, Water In Canadian Mine Holds Ingredients For Life

Scientists may have discovered the oldest free-flowing source of isolated water ever known.

By Clay Dillow Posted 05.15.2013 at 5:00 pm 15 Comments

Water found deep in an Ontario mine could have been isolated and untouched for the last billion years.

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Science

Geophysical Coalition Testing High-Tech Tools To Unearth Hidden Graves

Atrocities often lead to unmarked graves. A team of scientists is creating better tools to help find them.

By Clay Dillow Posted 05.13.2013 at 2:28 pm 0 Comments

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Science

How Popular Tourist Destinations Will Look Submerged In 25 Feet Of Water

Bring a bathing suit, kids, we're going to the Jefferson Memorial.

By Shaunacy Ferro Posted 04.09.2013 at 3:00 pm 23 Comments

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Science

Obama's Finally Serious About Climate Change

In his State of the Union Address, Obama promised executive action to reduce pollution and fund alternative fuel research. Got questions? We'll be at the White House later today to get answers for you. UPDATE: The Q&A is over now. Thanks for your great questions!

By Shaunacy Ferro Posted 02.13.2013 at 12:30 pm 28 Comments

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Science

Chinese Entrepreneur Offers Canned Designer Air To Citizens Suffering From Smog

It's a publicity stunt, but a good one. Chen Guangbiao wants to bring attention to China's air quality problem before it's too late.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.30.2013 at 6:00 pm 12 Comments

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Science

Watch Liquid Bounce Off Amazing New Superomniphobic Material

This is a whole new kind of waterproof.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.17.2013 at 2:00 pm 15 Comments

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Science

Superomniphobic Material Repels Any Liquid You Can Think Of

A new kind of liquid-repelling coating sends any liquid bouncing, rolling, or wicking away.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.16.2013 at 2:11 pm 3 Comments

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Science

Mississippi River May Soon Be Unnavigable, Despite Army Geoengineers' Best Efforts

The Army Corps of Engineers is nearly out of options for keeping a section of the upper Mississippi River flowing.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.14.2013 at 3:59 pm 5 Comments

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Science

Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population Has Dropped By 96 Percent

The dark side of sushi's surge in popularity.

By Shaunacy Ferro Posted 01.14.2013 at 1:01 pm 8 Comments

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Technology

The 7 Most Amazing Robots Of 2012

Okay, we know we're a little late on this, but that's because there was so much amazing stuff to sift through!

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.11.2013 at 12:30 pm 1 Comment

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Science

Kinect Will Save The Indigenous Rock Art Of A Paraguayan Tribe

A documentary team is using the 3-D imager to quickly digitize generations-old rock carvings before they are lost.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.10.2013 at 10:01 am 4 Comments

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Science

Up Close With The 2012 Olympus Bioscapes Microscopic Photography Challenge

The year's best microscope-assisted science photo wasn't actually a photograph at all, but a video.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.08.2013 at 10:00 am 2 Comments

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Science

FDA Says Giant, Genetically Modified Salmon Is Environmentally Safe

AquAdvantage salmon--otherwise known as the "FrankenFish"--has been approved for consumption already. But now the FDA has ruled on its environmental impact, and not everyone agrees with the ruling.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.26.2012 at 6:00 pm 12 Comments