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Solar Users Are Freeloaders, Says Xcel Energy

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Thu Jul 30, 2009 at 3:43 PM

While countries throughout Europe (and some U.S. states) are actively trying to encourage the use of rooftop solar panels with feed-in tariffs, Colorado utility Xcel Energy has decided to punish residents who want to go solar. The ...READ»

INNOVATION | 1 comment

This is Your Brain on Creativity

Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Apr 25, 2005 at 10:43 AM

I was reading the great blog Noise Between Stations this morning and came across a link to what looks like an interesting article in Scientific American Mind. After reading Alan Deutschman's May cover story, "Change or Die," I'm ...READ»

FOUR-DAY WEEK | Comment

Solution to Your State's Budget Shortfall: The Four-Day Workweek

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 98
Wed Jul 29, 2009 at 9:25 AM

Some states are thinking of slashing budgets by instituting four-day workweeks--thus saving money, and carbon. Does it work?READ»

POLLUTION SENSORS | 1 comment

Pocket-Sized Pollution Sensor Begins Testing

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 93
Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 11:36 AM

It's no secret that residents of carcinogen-thick cities have above average incidences of asthma. Now a new generation of pocket-sized pollution detectors, developed by scientists at Columbia University and the Pacific Northwest ...READ»

CARBON COUNTER | 1 comment

Deutsche Bank Unveils Scary 50-Foot Carbon Counter, But Will It Make a Difference?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 93
Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 3:14 PM

As if New York City's national debt clock wasn't depressing enough, the city is now the proud bearer of a 50-foot high sign with a digital display tracking the greenhouse gases entering our atmosphere. In addition to scaring the ...READ»

RENEWABLE ENERGY | Comment

Infographic of the Day: How Renewables Could Power Us, by 2020

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 76
Tue Oct 27, 2009 at 11:02 AM

Sun and wind vary throughout the day, and that means they'll have to be cleverly pieced together if we're going to get renewable energy, 24/7.READ»

ELECTRO-HYDRODYNAMIC COOLING | 1 comment

The Silent, Fan-Free Future of Laptop Cooling?

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 75
Fri May 29, 2009 at 3:52 PM

As laptops get smaller and faster, the problem of keeping them cool grows more difficult. But researchers are racing to the next generation in cooling technology, called electro-hydrodynamic cooling. The idea is to first use an ...READ»

ABANDONED MINES | Comment

Abandoned Mines: The New Algae-Harvesting Powerhouses?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 75
Fri Nov 6, 2009 at 5:06 PM

Algae is one of the hottest new biofuel materials, with over a dozen companies attempting to make the slimy stuff a viable feedstock. Most of them rely on the natural simplicity of the organism--sun and water turn CO2 from algae ...READ»

CLASSROOMS | Comment

I-slate: An Electronic Chalkboard for Developing Nations

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 54
Fri Mar 13, 2009 at 2:02 PM

The smell of chalk may bring back fond (or not-so-fond) memories of doing math problems in front of the class, but many children in developing nations only have access to small, erasable black slate tablets for all of their ...READ»

WIND POWER | 1 comment

Pumping Green Power from Fake Plastic Trees

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 51
Wed May 20, 2009 at 1:40 PM

With all the potential good wind power could do for the carbon economy, one of the objections hindering its implementation is aesthetic; people simply don't want massive turbines dotting the landscape and marring their views. The ...READ»

BIOFUEL | 21 comments

Moral Question of the Day: Should We Burn Bunnies for Biofuel?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 46
Thu Oct 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM

Biofuel comes from some strange sources--watermelon, coffee grounds, and poop, to name a few. But when does the weirdness cross over into immorality? Perhaps when we start burning bunnies for biofuel. As unbelievable as it may ...READ»

POROUS PAVEMENT | Comment

EPA's Porous Pavement Cuts Down on Parking Lot Pollution

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 36
Fri Oct 30, 2009 at 1:00 PM

Parking lots have a nasty tendency to harbor all the oil, grease, and antifreeze that leak from vehicles. And after a heavy rain, all those substances mix together and take a trip to the closest porous surface--no matter whether ...READ»

MICHAEL CANNELL | 13 comments

This Is Your Brain on Architecture

BY Michael Cannell
Relevancy Score: 29
Thu May 7, 2009 at 10:45 AM

Neuroscientists are uncovering how the design of your home or office can make you smarter, faster, happier. Is brain science the next big design trend?READ»

VERY SHORT LIST | Comment

Day of the Dolphin, Imperfect Harmony, The Iceman Cometh

BY Very Short List
Relevancy Score: 29
Wed Apr 1, 2009 at 12:30 PM

Very Short List delivers one excellent item to your inbox, daily: Books, films, music, web-things, and dispatches on science and technology. Today, check out a 5,000-year-old iceman, hear a unique collaboration between man and machine, and see how you can swim faster than Michael Phelps.READ»

NASA | 8 comments

NASA Coaxes Biofuel From Bags of Sewage

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 29
Tue May 12, 2009 at 4:53 PM

There are lots of creative ways to produce biofuel from algae, but NASA's takes the cake. The space agency is growing biofuel in plastic bags of sewage floating in the sea. The Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae (OMEGA) ...READ»

SEVEN THINGS | 3 comments

Seven Fascinating Stories About Human Nature

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 28
Fri May 29, 2009 at 4:40 PM

Harvard's shocking fiscal incompetence, a cave of hobos in L.A., murderous robots, and innate female aggression: it's been a fun week in human nature, if you trust the stories that have gone viral on the social news ...READ»

INNOVATION | 1 comment

Leaders Thrive on Information

BY Kate Sweetman
Relevancy Score: 27
Fri Nov 21, 2008 at 12:06 PM

Leaders need to be both broad and deep, and it helps if they can figure out what is coming. Where do they look for the right sorts of information?READ»

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Designing a Classroom That Works

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 24
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:39 AM

Adrian Caddy Adrian Caddy is the creative director of Imagination, a multidisciplinary design company with offices in London, New York, and Hong Kong. Wrote about: Designing a Classroom That Works Is learning: Caddy is building a ...READ»

DESERTIFICATION | 1 comment

Can a Wall Made of Solidifed Sand Dunes Stop Desertification?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 20
Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 2:37 PM

At the TED Global conference this week, a visionary architect shares his clever solution to stop the highly disruptive effects of encroaching desert on the lives of billions of Africans.READ»

CAREER PLANNING | Comment

Training to Work

BY Jill Rosenfeld
Relevancy Score: 13
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:16 AM

Unit of OneREAD»

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