Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Earth, the movie, is hitting theaters on Earth Day , April 22, and Disneynature has announced that anyone who attends the movie during that week will have a tree planted for them. A great marketing idea, but not without questions. ... Here is the original post: Disneynature's Tree-Planting Marketing Ploy Good, But Not Perfect
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Photo credit: Contxts Stop patting your pockets for business cards made out of pulped and bleached dead trees—analog contact info is so 2007, according to Contxts , a free new service that allows you to text your deets to your latest acquaintance. Similarly, your new colleague/associate/soul mate/BFF can retrieve your profile via SMS simply by texting your username on ...
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Photo: Monogrammed ecstasy pills seized from a lab in Indonesia ( Microgram Bulletin ) What could ravers and other all-night clubbers of the world possibly have to do with the increasingly rare Mreah Prew Phnom trees ( Cinnamomum parathenoxylon ), found in Cambodia’s rainforests? Well, a lot - according to the authorities of the Cambodian ministry of environment and ...
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A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
How to grow tastier tomatoes and how to make food taste sweeter without sugar: just two amazing discoveries from a study of the chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences Read the rest here: The Secrets of Tasty Tomatoes Discovered - Can ...
