Cyclists Paint 5 km of Guerilla Bike Lanes Outside Congress in Mexico City
The citizens of Mexico City have been demanding bike lanes for years now, and despite promises made in legislation passed nearly four years ago, they’ve barely seen any. So, since the government has...
View ArticleNASA Could Get High Tech Tool-Lending Library
As one might imagine, NASA employees utilize some serious high tech gadgetry. And as it stands right now, every time an engineer needs a microprocessor-controlled power tool or space-proof...
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Naleds, Giant Ice Shields, Could Trap Cities’ Winter Cold Until Summer
This is a new one: The capital of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, will soon undergo one of the largest feats of ice-making ever attempted. The city will essentially cultivate a giant block of ice over the...
View ArticleDavid Parker’s “Light”: The Scariest 2-Minute Film About Energy Waste You’ll...
“Light”, an ethereal video short from David Parker, presents a dark new visual context for wasted energy. What if, it supposes, we perceived the amount of energy wasted by leaving lights on around the...
View ArticleAmerica’s Religious Right Could be the Key to Fighting Climate Change
Proponents of fighting climate change have undertaken a long and winding quest to pinpoint why, exactly, Americans just don’t seem to give a crap about the issue. Poll after poll reveals an alarming...
View ArticleGas Actually Costs $15 a Gallon Right Now (Video)
Last week’s news cycles were dominated in part by rising gas prices, and the political parties’ response to costs at the pump inching closer to $4 per gallon. The GOP is outraged, rather, is feigning...
View Article#Occupy Wall Street, Tea Party Join Forces to Fight the Keystone XL
Since its inception, the #Occupy Wall Street movement has garnered incessant comparisons to the Tea Party movement, which sprouted a couple years earlier. Was OWS the left’s version of the Tea Party?,...
View ArticleThe Planet Doesn’t Care if You Recycle: Interview with Gernot Wagner (Video)
Gernot Wagner, an Austrian economist at the Environmental Defense Fund, is a staunch advocate for living green. He takes public transit, recycles, and totes a reusable shopping bag to Whole Foods. But...
View ArticleBrad Pitt: Cars are Ridiculous (Video)
As part of an extended interview with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, Brad Pitt let loose this little gem—a brief, mostly accidental one-off critique of how ridiculous cars are. He made the remark in...
View ArticleThe Marvel Universe hosts the first superhero gay marriage
Pretty interesting milestone for the Marvel Universe here. They’ve had a gay superhero for years, but never a marriage; and they’re making this an Event, to boot. Mother Jones’ Adam Swerver writes: In...
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