Archive for August, 2010
Australian Musician Kristin Rule coins herself “The Unconventional Cellist,” a fitting title considering the way she’ll tour her most recent album. Instead of making the 400k route by bus, as many musicians do, she’ll tour by bike, pedaling herself, and everything she needs on tour–cello included–the entire trip. As she… Read the rest
Thanks to the brains of French engineers, such a contraption as a pedal-powered submarine now exists. Scubster is more of a mini-sub, to be exact, but it can go 20 feet below the surface, and can be propelled at speeds up to 5 miles per hour. It may not sound… Read the rest
Most of us consider miles per gallon to be a pretty good measure of a car’s environmental impact. We call SUVs “gas-guzzlers,” and praise a Prius for being eco-friendly. But, as quick as many of us are to judge a vehicle on wheels by its fuel consumption, we’re a bit… Read the rest
A compact electric vehicle called “The Kestrel” is being developed as we speak in Canada. Later this August, the prototype will be fully developed and tested by Motive Industries, Inc., a Calgary-based firm “focused on advanced materials and technologies.”
The body of the car will be made up of impact-resistant… Read the rest
For many, Grand Canyon National Park stands as a sanctuary of sorts–a place where one can evade the hustle and bustle of modern city life, and enjoy the peace and quiet of the natural world in its untainted glory. But, as the Grand Canyon has become a site for tourists… Read the rest
This is a mere music video created for Hermanos Inglesos for the song “Wanderland,” but it’s also a pretty awesome serious of illustrations across a trippy landscape seen through the eyes of the bird who eats the purple berry…
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As most of us know by now, 350 is the number (in parts per million) that scientists say is the safe upper limit for CO2 in the atmosphere. Of course, right now, the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is 390. So, can we ever get it back to the safe limit?… Read the rest
At Trackways National Monument, experts have excavated the best examples of Paleozoic era plants and animals on the planet.
“These different types of fossils are the best preserved and the most significant of their kind in the world,” said Jerry MacDonald of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.
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Have you heard the most recent news about Sun Chips’ compostable bags? Probably not… if you’ve been munching from one of those bags. The new 100 percent biodegradable bags are so… Read the rest loud that people are starting to make a fuss. If you haven’t grabbed one yet, consider the crunchy sound
