Blasting Garbage Into Gas
technology
Plasma gasification, a technology turns trash into a fuel without producing emissions.
—WIRED
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The Reason for Recess
science
Physical activity does the body good, and there's growing evidence that it helps the brain too.
—TIME
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Biggest Plane in World
technology
The people who built the first private aircraft to fly into space are teaming up once again to construct the largest aircraft ever flown.
—PopSci
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Laughter Improves Health
health
Researchers have found that laughter can de-stress our bodies and improve heath.
—ksdk.com
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Green Transport Technology
urban
For years, bus systems across the country have been going green by switching over to vehicles powered by natural gas.
—GOOD Environment
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Smartphone Knows Your Thoughts
technology
Context-aware computing has been around for decades, but it’s been gaining steam as costs fall.
—The Globe & Mail
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100 Years From Now?
culture
Readers of BBC News Magazine give their predictions for how life will be 100 years from now.
—BBC News
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Robots Inspire Learning
technology
Children fall in love with robots because of the bots’ ambiguous nature and relative autonomy.
—Latitude
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This Is Generation Flux
business
The future of business is pure chaos. Here's how you can survive--and perhaps even thrive.
—Fast Company
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Tiny USB A Computer
technology
Norwegian developers have created one of the world's smallest computers on a USB-like stick.
—Syndey Morning Herald
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Synthetic Windpipe Breakthrough
science
Surgeons in Sweden replaced cancerous windpipe of man with one made in laboratory
—New York Times
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Rethinking Innovation
technology
What led Darwin to the theory of natural selection is grist for his mill, but so too is what led Willis Carrier to invent the air conditioner.
—BQO
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Smartphone App Rewards Exercise
technology
New phone tracking technology to reward walking and biking.
—Co.Exist
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Project Spurs Urban Renewal
urban
Efforts helped create a local arts charity, the Heidelberg Project, and helped tame crime in the neighborhood.
—Philanthropy
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Urban-Development Legends
urban
The history of local economic development is a story of academic fads.
—City Journal
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Social Media Power Influencer
art & design
Chris Brogan has an astonishing 122,000 identifiable followers on Twitter (up from 115,000 last week)
—Forbes
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Jobs Rise 15th Consecutive Month
business
■December capped a solid year of job growth as the economy generated positive hiring every month in the year for the first time since 2005.
—Marcus & Millichap Blog
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Blogging Moby-Dick
art & design
Kish carved out time for the Moby-Dick project around his full-time job as a librarian and the long commute that bracketed his work day on both ends.
—Common-Place
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Stocks Soar On Upbeat Data
art & design
The Dow rises 179 points after reports show that the manufacturing industry grew in December and that construction spending rose in November.
—LA Times
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The Rise of Local Mfg.
business
The appreciation for local goods has begun to fuel a resurgence in local manufacturing.
—GOOD News
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Google+ Gains Traction
technology
Google’s mission to compete with Facebook in social networking may be gaining speed.
—New York Times
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The Joy of Quiet
culture
In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them.
—New York Times
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Rare species discovered
science
A brainless and faceless fish was one of 15 rare species discovered during a series of marine surveys this year.
—The Independent
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Ecommerce Way Up
business
IBM Coremetric Benchmark’s snapshot of online shopping on Christmas Day revealed 16.4 percent growth over Christmas Day 2010
—Portfolio.com
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Freakonomics: What Went Wrong?
business
The word “freakonomics” has come to stand for a light-hearted and contrarian, yet rigorous and quantitative, way of looking at the world.
—AMERICAN Scientist
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Music On Their Deathbeds
art & design
There is usually something revealing about the music of a composer who feels death at his shoulder.
—slate.com
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How Smart Is This Bird?
science
Pigeons have now shown that they can learn abstract rules about numbers
—New York Times
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7 Christmas Songs That Don't Suck
culture
With the possible exception of Otis Redding, Ike & Tina Turner cranked out the best rendition of Merry Christmas Baby.
—Mother Jones
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People Are Awesome
culture
Movement growing around the country that finds wealthy donors secretly paying off people's layaway accounts at Kmart.
—GOOD News
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Cities Are Making Us More Human
urban
Harvard economist Edward Glaeser believes urbanization to be a solution to many unanswered problems.
—The European
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Attention Spans, After All
culture
Our preference for time-consuming entertainment options might also be seen as a reaction against sound bite culture
—National Post
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Visitors Changed Our Museum
art & design
The Oakland Museum published “How Visitors Changed Our Museum: Transforming the Gallery of California Art"
—ArtFWD
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Window Wonderland
art & design
The term “window shopping” takes on new meaning as boutiques put their creative might into an unspoken competition for the most imaginative displays.
—Financial Times
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America's Most Generous Cities
culture
Overall, more than half (56 percent) of adult Americans live in a household that donated money to a charity of some kind.
—The Atlantic
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How Does the Brain Perceive Art?
art & design
Our response to art is conditioned by all sorts of variables that have nothing to do with oil paint.
—Wired
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Quintillions of Possibilities
culture
The Polish teenager recently won his title in Thailand, lining up all six colors on all six sides of the cube-shaped toy in an average time of 8.65 seconds.
—Wall Street Journal
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Thermostat for the iPhone generation
technology
The Nest thermostat is designed to learn homeowners' schedules and surroundings.
—Chicago Tribune
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Creating Artificial Intelligence
technology
In designing chips that bear some structural resemblance to the brain, so-called neuromorphic chips, neuroscience was a guiding principle as well
—New York Times
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Happiest (And Saddest) Countries
culture
Whatever happiness is to you, there’s some conditions under which it most readily blossoms.
—FORBES
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'Super Earth' exists
science
French astronomers earlier this year confirmed the first rocky exoplanet to meet key requirements for sustaining life.
—NZ Herald
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Chinese Stone Carvers
art & design
The town of Dangcheng once drew buyers from around the world for its ornate carvings and statues.
—The Globe and Mail
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Size Up Economic Indicators
global
More than an examination of macroeconomics, though, Worldshapin is a fun, informative toy. Make fun shapes!
—co.exist
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Concept Is Half Car, All Driver
technology
The car that just might foreshadow next-generation personal mobility in crowded cities.
—Wired
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Fluorescent Spray Identifies Cancer
health
A group led by the National Cancer Institute has developed a fluorescent spray that can label cancer cells within a minute.
—Technology Review
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Organic Can Feed World
science
The current food production system, a 75-year-old experiment, leaves nearly 1B of the world's 7B humans seriously undernourished today.
—The Atlantic
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Become a British Spy?
technology
The GCHQ — Britain’s secretive agency of intelligence experts — wants to find new spies.
—Wired
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Hotel From Shipping Crates
architecture
Each room comes with a trunk that hinges open to reveal a desk stocked with drinks, a logbook, information packs and electrical sockets.
—Dezeen magazine
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WWII Bunker To Energy Hub
technology
A disconcerting reminder of the past is transformed into a constructive symbol of clean-energy.
—Green Source
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Skyscraper With A Forest Inside
architecture
Architects are starting to craft biological buildings in cities that blur the line between green space and living space.
—co.exist
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Africa Unleashed
global
A new Africa that bears little resemblance to the caricature of a "dark continent" that still rears its head in the media.
—Foreign Affairs
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Cyber Monday Biggest Ever In U.S.
business
Monday was the highest-grossing online shopping day in U.S. history, with spending reaching $1.25 billion.
—CNN
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A Better Life In Sight
science
For Dr Khatun, 54, it is just another operation – but one that should spare a child from a lifetime of blindness.
—Financial Times
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Retailers See Record Numbers
business
American consumers opened their wallets over the holiday weekend in a way they had not since before the recession.
—New York Times
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Engineering the 10 000-Year Clock
technology
Parallel computing pioneer Danny Hillis dreamed up the 10 000-Year Clock as a way to encourage long-range thinking.
—IEEE Spectrum
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Are We Getting Nicer?
culture
The pace of moral progress has accelerated in the last few decades.
—New York Times
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An Underground Park In NYC
architecture
The proposed “low line” park would take up three blocks underneath the Lower East Side, Manhattan.
—CBS-New York
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World’s Cheapest Plastic Lightbulb
global
No electric grid but a simple solution - a plastic bottle.
—Co.Exist
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Crowdfunded Public Art Projects
urban
Crowdfunding has taken off among artists and entrepreneurs as an easier way to raise money.
—The Atlantic
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The Box Is the Thing
business
The growing focus on sustainability means that luxury providers are increasingly looking at containers through green-tinted glasses.
—New York Times
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Food As Art
art & design
A cutaway image of a pot roast from Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine. Photo: The Cooking Lab, LLC
—New Statesman
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The Tweaker
technology
His gift lay in taking what was in front of him and ruthlessly refining it.
—The New Yorker
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Stem-Cells & Heart Regeneration
science
Research demonstrated a 30-percent increase in healthy heart-muscle cells.
—University of Buffalo
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Keyed to Detail
art & design
It’s a big challenge for a designer to come up with intelligent objects, which will last…
—New York Times
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The World's Longest Floating Bridge
architecture
What does it take to get 230 tons of concrete to float?
—Popular Mechanics
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Car Steered By Thought
technology
German scientists develop new technology able to read the driver's brain waves.
—Mother Nature Network
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The Ground Bot
art & design
The GroundBot system by Swedish firm Rotundus is a remote-controlled, all-weather polycarbonate sphere.
—BLDGBLOG
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Google As A Visionary
culture
Space elevators, driverless cars and Internet-enabled household devices being produced in secret Google lab.
—Fox News
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A Life Saving Bag
health
2.6 billion people don't access to toilets and millions die from diseases caused by poor sanitation, Anders Wihelmson created a bag to change that.
—PopularScience
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EyeWriter
technology
The eyewriter project is a collaborate research effort that allows graffiti writers and artist with paralysis to draw using only their eyes.
—Graffiti Research Lab
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Man Made Tornado
technology
The Mercedes-Benz Museum can repurpose its internal ventilation system to form an artificial tornado.
—BLDGBLOG
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Ball Of Energy
technology
Four Harvard students develop a soccer ball that covert the energy used during play to electricity for lighting.
—Discovery.com
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Pebble Breaks Sound Barrier
science
A pebble that is dropped into water ejects an air-filled cavity at supersonic speeds.
—NewScientist
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Playing With Fire
architecture
An outdoor fire place designed for children.
—Contemporist
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Revolutionary Wheel
culture
MIT researchers have re-created the wheel to help change behavior.
—PSFK
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Bottom Up Diplomacy
global
A movement started by Cuban artist, scholars hopes to change the United States policy toward Cuba.
—The New York Times
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Curing The Incurable
health
Inspirations from unexpected sources is helping scientist discover new cures.
—PopularScience
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Alabama's Homeboys
culture
Former gang members travel to rural Alabama to speak to kids about gang life and poverty.
—LA Times
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Freefall From Space
science
A 'space diver' attempts to become first person to go supersonic in free-fall.
—NewScientist
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New Piano Man
art & design
He goes by the Napkin Holder and he doesn't need sheet music.
—Youtube
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Its All In The Mind
science
Researchers use video games to determine the differences in learning rates.
—BBC News
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Free Money
culture
Bank gives money for others to give away
—Springwise
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Sesame Street's 40th
culture
Sesame Street celebrates 40 years on the air
—New York Times
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Next-Gen Costume
art & design
A different type of Halloween costume
—booooooom.com
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Keith Schofield
art & design
Keith Schofield hits the pause, rewind and fast-forward in his new music video
—keithschofield.com
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Immeasurable Intelligence
science
What does your IQ really mean?
—newscientist.com
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2010 Olympic Medals
technology
Each medal at Vancouver Games to have unique design
—reuters.com
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Open Calories
health
Coca-Cola has announced global plans to include caloric information on the front of nearly all product packages
—Designtaxi.com
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Musical Hope
culture
Musician Changes Tone of Impoverished Village
—New York Times
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Color Blind Primates
science
Possible cure for color blindness
—nature.com
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Beauty Evolution
science
Women Are Getting More Beautiful
—timesonline.co.uk
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Human Glow
science
Imaging of Ultraweak Spontaneous Photon Emission from Human Body Displaying Diurnal Rhythm
—plosone.org
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Anti-Aging from Easter Island
science
Easter Island Compound Extends Lifespan of Old mice, Scientists Report in Nature
—San Antonio UT Health Science Center
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Life Support Coke
health
ColaLife
—mrmattspangler.com
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The Purple Bus Lady
health
Ground shifting on Rx debate
—Atlanta Journal Constitution (ajc.com)
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This Couple, 40 Years Later
culture
Woodstock Concert's Undercover Lovers, Nick and Bobbi Ercoline, 40 Years After Summer of Love
—nydailynews.com (photo by Burk Uzzle/Courtesy
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Saving Languages
culture
Linguist's Preservation Kit Has New Digital Tools
—nytimes.com, July 27, 2009
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Billboard Planters
environment
Green Sleeves
—torontoist.com, July 22, 2009
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Haiti: Decreased HIV Infection Rate
health
From Haiti, a Surprise: Good News about AIDS
—MSNBC, July 6, 2009
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A Moving Facade
art & design
Mind-blowing 3D Projection on German building Created by UrbanScreen
—freshome.com
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The Dutch Master
art & design
The Dutch Master by Core77
—core77.com, July 8, 2009
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10-30% Longer Life
science
Antibiotic Delayed Aging in Experiments With Mice
—July 08, 2009 - The New York Times
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Tooth-growing Cells
health
4 Next-Generation Medical Procedures
—July, 2009 - Popular Mechanics
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The Benefits of Catastrophe
global
How Global Catastrophe Could Make Us Smarter
—July 07, 2009 - Live Science
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Eco-Friendly Houseplants
environment
Top 10 Natural, Eco-Friendly and Anti-Pollutant Houseplants
—July 07, 2009 - The New Ecologist
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Civilization
art & design
Marco Brambilla: Civilization
—motionographer, June 28, 2009
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Hydropolis
architecture
Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
—design-buildnetwork.com
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Computable Civilisation
technology
An Invention That Could Change the Internet Forever
—The Independent, May 3, 2009
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How We Remember
science
Sleep Helps Build Long-Term Memories
—MIT News, June 24, 2009
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SXSW Music Clips
culture
Tune Yards - Dig For Fire's SXSW '09
—Babelgum
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Hunting Dark Matter
science
Work begins on world's deepest underground lab
—June 22nd, 2009 By DIRK LAMMERS , Associated
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35,000 Year-old Flutes
culture
'Oldest musical instrument' found
—BBC News
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Solar Shingles v.2
technology
Flexible Solar Cell Roof Shingles Unveiled
—archiCentral.com
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Breakdancing Robot Manoi
urban
MANOI GO
—Youtube
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Swedish Wisdom
art & design
Malmö win for topless Swedish bathers
—The Local: Swedish News In English
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Curiouser and Curiouser
art & design
First Photos: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland - What Do You Think?
—SlashFilm.com
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African Sunlight
technology
Holy Solar Funding: Project Desertec to Get $500 Billion Cash Infusion?
—solveclimate.com, June 18, 2009
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Annecy 2009
art & design
Gobelins - Annecy 2009
—YouTube.com, June 12, 2009
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Empathy in the Middle East
global
Palestinians Assist Injured Settlers
—The Jerusalem Post, June 10, 2009
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The High Line
urban
High Line Open!
—thehighline.org, June 09, 2009
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Beautiful Information
art & design
GOOD Magazine's Transparencies Archive
—Flick, June 11, 2009
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Virtual Twins
science
Virtual Twins Could Bring the End of Animal Research
—NewScientist.com, June, 03, 2009
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Art Rafts
art & design
'Swimming Cities' Art Rafts Arrive in Venice
—AnimalNewYork.com, June 3, 2009
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Spontaneity
culture
Sasquatch Music Festival 2009
—YouTube.com, May 26, 2009
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Hyalinobatrachium Pellucidum
science
South America's Wildlife Wonders
—BBC News, June, 16, 2009
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Bananas Replacing Firewood
environment
Going Bananas for Energy in Africa
—BBC, May 12, 2009
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Quantum Entanglement
science
Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another Person?
—National Public Radio, May 21, 2009
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Breathing Gin
culture
Bar Serving Alcoholic Mist Gets You Drunk as You Breathe
—Fast Company, April 20, 2009
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Starchitect Shoes
culture
Zaha Hadid + Lacoste Footwear
—HighSnobiety, May 11, 2009
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Collaboration in Bb Major
art & design
Bb 2.0
—YouTube.com, May 15th, 2009
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Super Slo-Mo Surf
technology
Super Slow-Motion Camera Catches a Wave
—Wired, May 7, 2009
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Social Stock Exchanges
business
Markets with a Social Mission
—Ode, May Issue, 2009
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Building Blocks with Integrity
architecture
The First Green Replacement for the Concrete Block
—GAB Report, April 26, 2009
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Farthest Object Ever Detected
science
Exploding star is oldest object seen in universe
—CNN.com, April 29, 2009
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Wrinkle Remover
science
Is a scientist's face proof that a £20 skin cream really gets rid of wrinkles?
—The Independent, April 29, 2009
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Exploration is Alive and Well
global
British explorers discover the light at the end of the tunnel... in the world's largest cave
—DailyMail.com, April 30, 2009
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Chemical "Caterpillar"
science
Chemical 'caterpillar' points to electronics-free robots
—New Scientist, April 28, 2009
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Space-Based Energy
technology
Sci-Fi Meets Cleantech: Space Based Solar Energy Becomes a Reality
—Consumer Energy Report, April 30, 2009
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The Lost Tribes of New York CIty
culture
Urban Anthropologists, Andy and Carolyn London interview some of New York City's more overlooked citizens.
—Vimeo
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Shared Propulsion Car
art & design
Shared Propulsion Car
—YouTube
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Ten Jews, One Piece of Wood
culture
The Minyan Board
—CNN
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3d Printer
technology
Jay Leno's Garage
—NBC.com
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Cardboard Box Oven
environment
Inventor Turns Cardboard Boxes Into Eco-friendly Oven
—CNN
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Peter Zumthor, Pritzker Winner
architecture
Reclusive Swiss Architect Peter Zumthor Wins Pritzker Prize
—Curbed.com
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Cul-de-sac Communes
environment
A Social Experiment: Communes In Cul-De-Sacs
—NPR
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Trees To The Rescue
environment
Trees are growing faster and could buy time to halt global warming
—Telegraph.co.uk, April 6, 2009
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Segway, Again
art & design
GM, Segway team up on 200-mpg 2-seater
—USA Today, April 76, 2009
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U.S. Trade Deficit Plummets
business
U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows as Imports Fall Sharply
—The New York Times, April 9, 2009
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Good Fat
health
Calorie-Burning Fat? Studies Say You Have It
—New York Times, April 8, 2009
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Friendlier Concrete
environment
Concrete Is Remixed With Environment in Mind
—The New York Times, March 30, 2009
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Nick Cave's Soundsuits
architecture
Nick Cave Soundsuits
—YouTube
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The Sexiest Electric Car To Date
technology
Tesla Model S: $50,000 Electric Car that Seats Seven
—EcoModder, March 26, 2009
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"It Could Happen Anytime Now"
science
Are We On the Brink of Finding a Second Earth? NASA/Harvard Teams Say "It Could Happen Anytime Now"
—The Daily Galaxy, March 31, 2009
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Nuclear Spring Cleaning
environment
DOE to Spend $6B in Stimulus Funds Cleaning Former Nuclear Weapons Sites
—GreenBiz, March 31, 2009
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What Slow Down?
global
Global box office hits record $28.1 billion in '08
—Reuters, March 31, 2009
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Free Pie
culture
A Pie for a Pi: Belfast Hosts 'Irrationally Good Time'
—Bangor Daily News, March 16, 2009
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Transcendental Meditation for Kids
health
The David Lynch Foundation
—DLF.tv, March 12, 2009
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We Saved the Ozone Layer!
science
What Would Have Happened to the Ozone Layer if Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) Had Not Been Regulated?
—Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 2113-2128, 2009
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Downtown Pittsburgh
urban
Despite Recession, Pittsburgh in a Building Boom
—The New York Times, March 26, 2009
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Artists Investing in Detroit
urban
In Detroit, Artists Look For Renewal In Foreclosures
—NPR, March 18, 2009
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You Have to Feel It to Decide It
science
Feeling our way to decision
—The Sydney Morning Herald, Feb. 28, 2009
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Return of the Wild Rumpus
culture
Where The Wild Things Are Trailer (HD)
—YouTube.com, March 25, 2009
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A Self-Healing Polymer
science
Self-Repairing Oxetane-Substituted Chitosan Polyurethane Networks
—Science, March 13, 2009
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3D Movies Without the Headache
art & design
The Next Dimension
—Time, March 19, 2009
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Russian Environmentalism
architecture
Slaughter of the seals in Russia is stopped by Vladimir Putin
—The Times Online, March 20,2009
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A Cleaner Corporate Fleet
environment
AT&T to Deploy More Than 15,000 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles
—att.com, March 11, 2009
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Skateistan
global
Afghan Skate School
—skateistan.org
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SAME Cafe
business
SAME Cafe: The restaurant Where You Pay What You Can
—Westword Denver News, Feb. 25, 2009
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Working for Free
business
People of the Week: School District Employees' Good Deeds
—ABC News, Feb. 13, 2009
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Crazy, But It Could Work
science
Amateur Dreams Up Way to Curb Warming of Planet
—The Seattle Times
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Prada Transformer
architecture
Prada Transformer
—prada-transformer.com
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Money for High-Speed Rail
environment
What the Stimulus Bill Means for High-Speed Rail
—Wired, Feb. 25, 2009
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Neutralized Plutonium
science
Israeli Scientists Suggest 'Peaceful' Nuclear Fuel
—Israeli National News, March 6, '09
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You-thru Mash Ups
art & design
Kutiman
—youtube.com, March 4, 2009
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The People's Garden Project
environment
Vilsack Establishes the People's Garden Project on Bicentennial of Lincoln's Birth
—United States Dept. of Agriculture, March, 3,
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Gates on Polio, AIDS and Malaria
health
2009 Annual Letter from Bill Gates
—Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Sushi in Hokkaido
culture
Kaiten (conveyor) Sushi Time in Real Japan
—youtube.com, Feb. 28, 2009
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Soft-hearted Ironworkers
architecture
Steeling their Courage
—The Boston Globe, Feb. 21, 2009
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Homeless Shelter by Max
art & design
Design Squad "Trash to Treasure" Contest
—YouTube.com, Feb. 19, 2009
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Jonathan Harris
art & design
I Want You To Want Me
—iwantyoutowantme.org
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A Generous Banker
business
Miami Banker Gives $60 Million of His Own to Employees
—Miami Herald, Feb. 14, 2009
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Urban Farms
architecture
Bloom Towns: Urban Farms are Taking Over America's Asphalt Jungles
—I.D. Magazine, April Issue, 2009
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When Great Companies Were Born
architecture
6 Companies Born During Downturns
—CNNMoney.com, Feb. 5, 2009
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Stuff Isn't What Makes Us Happy
health
Study: Experiences Make Us Happier Than Possessions
—CNN.com, Feb. 10, 2009
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Cheaper Drugs for Poorest Countries
health
Report says drug maker GlaxoSmithKline to cut prices for poor countries, invest in clinics
—Star Tribune, Feb. 14, 2009
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Hilary Berseth
art & design
The Hive Mind: How Hilary Berseth Makes his Buzzworthy Sculptures
—New York Magazine
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Copenhagen's Green Wave
architecture
Green Wave
—wikipedia.org
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Malaria Vaccine Progress
science
Positive Study Results for World's Most Clinically Advanced Malaria Vaccine Candidate
—malariavaccine.org
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The Return of Short (Visual) Stories
art & design
Return of the Short (Visual) Story
—The New York TImes
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More Microfinance
business
World Bank, Germany to Aid Global Microfinance
—The Economic Times, Feb. 6, 2009
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Fewer People on the Golf Course
global
Deals Amid the Distress
—The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 14, 2009
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Practical Wisdom
culture
Barry Schwartz: The real crisis? We stopped being wise
—TEDTalks, Feb. 2009
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Teddy Cruz
architecture
Learning From Tijuana: Hudson, N.Y., Considers Different Housing Model
—The New York Times
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The Global Seed Vault
environment
Global Seed Vault Opens in Norway
—Herald Tribune, Feb. 2, 2009
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Post-Olympics Bird's Nest
architecture
Letter From China: Olympic Retirement
—The New Yorker, Jan. 27, 2009
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Iraqi Citizen Journalists
global
New Iraq Emerges from Tyranny and War
—iraqthemodel.blogspot.com, Jan. 9, 2009
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L.A.'s Billboard Ban
architecture
U.S. Court Upholds L.A. Ban on Billboards
—L.A. Times, Jan. 7, 2009
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John Updike's 42 Novels
art & design
John Updike Interview
—Charlie Rose, March 30, 1999
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