TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| World's Craziest Geoengineering Scheme [Below is the original script. But a few changes may have been made during the recording of this audio podcast.] A manmade volcano erupting continuously to shade the Earth until greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are brought down. Thousands of mirrors boosted into geosynchronous orbit to block sunlight. Crewless ships wander the oceans spewing saltwater into the air to increase cloud cover. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Searching for Greener Gadgets: How to Size Up Energy Efficiency in Household Appliances Dear EarthTalk: I am considering upgrading some older appliances in my home. Where can I find information on which models are the most energy efficient? --Jonathan Duda, Olivebridge, NY [More] rss.sciam.com |
Genetically Modified Forest Planned for U.S. Southeast Genetic engineering is coming to the forests.While the practice of splicing foreign DNA into food crops has become common in corn and soy, few companies or researchers have dared to apply genetic engineering to plants that provide an essential strut of the U.S. economy, trees. [More] rss.sciam.com |
In the Wild, With Tent and Tablecloth A number of outfitters are offering a kind of “cooking school goes wild” for those with interests both active and gourmet. travel.nytimes.com |
Automotive X PRIZE winners take a victory lap through New York City and ponder the future Perhaps the biggest winner of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition is the X PRIZE Foundation itself. The organization, formed in 1996 with the Ansari X PRIZE competition to stimulate private spaceflight, not only issued a challenge to seen if automakers could build a vehicle that could get 100 miles per gallon (or the electric equivalent, measured as mpge), it found three teams capable of meeting the challenge. [More] X Prize Foundation - Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize - New York City - Automotive industry - Competition rss.sciam.com |