I always thought that forests were huge and covered large swaths of the planet…guess not. Makes sense then why climatologists say each one is so important. Pulled from a fascinating interactive – Changing Forests – from the N.Y. Times.
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Men can wear shorts (and dress shorts with blazers, dress shirts, & brogues)
A fun article from the N.Y. Times, asking should men wear shorts? “No, no. I’m a grown-up.” It’s a sentiment echoed by many style arbiters: men of a certain age and distinction, the thinking goes, cannot wear shorts and be taken seriously. This applies not only to the workplace, but also in social settings. I …
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23 alternate covers for Philip K. Dick’s – ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’
30 free sci-fi classics on the web in text, audiobook, live-readings and more
An amazing collection fo sci-fi books on the web: Free Science Fiction Classics on the Web: Huxley, Orwell, Asimov, Gaiman & Beyond Today we’re bringing you a roundup of some of the great Science Fiction, Fantasy and Dystopian classics available on the web. And what better way to get started than with Aldous Huxley reading …
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Archaeologist uncover hidden Mayan temple, deep in the jungle, to find terrifying giant masks
Does this sound like an Indiana Jones adventure or what! Two archaeologists deep in the jungles of Guatemala are searching the lost empire of El Zotz, an ancient Maya city-state. First, they discover Diablo’s Pyramid, a 45-foot tall royal palace that is 1600 years old. Then, they spot another building but it’s buried deep in …
The United States continues to go green – CO2 emissions near 1990 levels
CO2 emissions in US drop to 20-year low In a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the U.S. has fallen dramatically to its lowest level in 20 years, and government officials say the biggest reason is that cheap and plentiful natural gas has led many power plant operators …
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Web stats for the London 2012 Olympic Games
Just a small slice of the 70-page, London 2012 Olympic Games – Digital Report Web stats: 431 million visits 109 million unique visits (on average, each person visited four times) 15 million app downloads 4.73 billion pageviews (on average 11 page views/visit) 4.7 million followers on social networks Data: 1.3 petabytes of data served 117 billion …
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Astronomers discover a star-creating galaxy that sheds light on the galactic cooling problem
Massive galaxy cluster spawns more than 700 stars a year A newly discovered cluster of galaxies, more than 5 billion light years from Earth…is among the most massive clusters of galaxies in the universe, and produces X-rays at a rate faster than any other known cluster. It also creates new stars at an “unmatched” pace of more …
Get ready for the Maser-Beam, older than a laser and more powerful
Move Over Lasers, It’s Maser Time No, masers are not just a word that we came up with just now. They’ve actually been around since the 1950s, before lasers were invented. The problem is that they’ve always been impractical–that is, until the team of researchers came up with a device that could let masers over take …
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Celebrating 40 years of Title IX with 40 amazing female athletes
Celebrating 40 years of Title IX It simply reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” When it became law on June 23, 1972, Title …
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