Green Everett Sustainable Energy Fair
If you live in or around Everett, Washington; you might consider stopping by the Green Everett Sustainable Energy Fair, this Saturday.
Read more →America's Most Toxic Cities
The metropolitan areas with the highest number of contaminated sites per capita in the nation. Slide show. The BusinessWeek article can be found here.
Read more →Capitol (RIAA) v. Thomas
Ars technica has pretty good coverage of Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas; the first RIAA file-sharing suit to actually go in front of a jury.
Read more →Erlang: the verdict
Ever since I finished reading Joe Armstrong's "Programming Erlang", several details have been nagging me but I haven't been able to put my finger on them……
Read more →One Molecule Could Cure Our Addiction to Oil
On a blackboard, it looks so simple: Take a plant and extract the cellulose. Add some enzymes and convert the cellulose molecules into sugars. Ferment the su…
Read more →Scientists Invent 30 Year Continuous Power Laptop Battery
Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge thanks to work being funded by the U.S. Air Force Re…
Read more →National Geographic: Green Dreams
Producing fuel from corn and other crops could be good for the planet—if only the process didn't take a significant environmental toll. New breakthroughs cou…
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