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11.22.09

Video Artist Takes Over Every HDTV in Best Buy For Art Installation

By John Mahoney Posted 10.09.2009 at 8:30 am 2 Comments

Best Buy As Gallery: John Mahoney

As an electronics mega-retailer, Best Buy isn't normally interested in anything but moving huge quantities of TVs, computers and appliances out of its gaping doors. But the Houston St. location in Manhattan did something unexpected last night: it approvingly looked the other way while video artist Borna Sammak took over every single HDTV in the store for to display his latest work.

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Happy Earth Day! Videos, a Gallery, and Our Biggest Giveaway Yet

The BBC's Planet Earth and PopSci team up for an Earth Day extravaganza

Posted 04.22.2009 at 11:41 am 55 Comments

Earth Day is a big deal here at PopSci. It's a time for admiring our incredible planet, and for giving back-- to the Earth, and to our readers (that means you). We've teamed up with the BBC to bring you a gallery of stunning images from the popular Planet Earth series, video clips (so you can appreciate the full affect), and our most extravagant giveaway yet.

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Polar Bear Population to Continue Dropping

By Gregory Mone Posted 09.10.2007 at 3:06 pm 1 Comment

Enjoy the amazing Planet Earth footage of polar bears, since the incredible animals might be even harder to find in the coming decades. The U.S. Geological Survey announced on Friday that by the year 2050, thinning sea ice in the Arctic will cut the polar population by two-thirds.

The problem is that the bears will lose 42 percent of the territory they roam in the summer, which is when they hunt and breed. Only 16,000 bears remain today, and there won't be any left in Alaska by the century's midpoint.—Gregory Mone

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