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Experimental Japanese Winter Cabin Blends Traditional Methods with Modern Materials

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 7:00am
This translucent, winter-proofed dwelling is built using ideas adapted from the traditional houses of the Ainu, Japan's indigenous peoples.
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Aether Store Is a Standout in Temporary Container City

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 5:12pm
Popup clothing store fits right in to a neighborhood in transition.
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2013 Ford Focus Electric Gets Huge Price Cut

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 5:08pm
Ford is reducing the cost of leasing and buying the Ford Focus Electric to move more units after a relatively disappointing year in 2012.
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The Onion: There's No Such Thing As Happy Meat

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 12:34pm
"We Raise All Our Beef Humanely On Open Pasture And Then We Hang Them Upside Down And Slash Their Throats"
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New Study Finds Link Between LED Billboards and Likelihood of Highway Crashes

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 12:04pm
Swedish researchers find that drivers look at them more often and for longer times.
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Using Darwin to Develop More Efficient Solar Panels

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 11:52am
Use of "artificial" natural selection can be used to trap light (photons) longer so that energy can be harvested more efficiently in organic solar cells.
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The Dark Money Behind The Latest LEED-Bashing

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 10:40am
The Taxpayers Protection Alliance appears to be a front for two of the biggest right wing dark money organizations in the country, and they don't much like LEED.
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Make a Battery with Spare Change

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 9:00am
This instructable shows you how to make a battery out of a few pennies that can power a small calculator or a couple of LEDs.
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Newly Discovered Spider Builds Lifelike Decoys

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 5:35pm
For one tiny spider recently discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, creating an incredibly convincing decoy of itself seems to come naturally.
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ABC News and Daily Show Miss Point on Beijing Air Crisis

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 5:17pm
While The Daily Show and ABC News report on China's toxic air pollution, their framing misses an opportunity to connect dots to climate crisis.
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The Prius was California's Best-Selling Car in 2012

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 4:54pm
Not something that many would have believed a decade ago, but hybrids are now truly mainstream and the next frontier lies with plug-in vehicles.
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Nicholas Stern: Climate Situation 'Far Worse' Than Previously Thought

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 4:31pm
Nicholas Stern, the British economist who made a big splash worldwide with his government-commissioned Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change in 2006, is now saying that things are even worse than he let on in his famous report.
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Housing Recovery: Be Careful What You Wish For

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 4:11pm
Everybody is so happy that the housing industry is recovering, but is it real, and is it a good thing?
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