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- BlackBerry Q10 ReviewBlackBerry continues the introduction of its BlackBerry 10 platform with the Q10, a device that will look familiar to lovers of the Canadian firm’s older devices. In contrast to the full touchscreen Z10 , the Q10 features a small display … Continue reading →
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- A breakthrough new method for 3D-printing living tissuesScientists at the University of Oxford have developed a radical new method of 3D-printing laboratory-grown cells that can form complex living tissues and cartilage to potentially support, repair, or augment diseased and damaged areas of the body. Printing high-resolution living tissues is currently difficult because the cells often move within printed struct […]
- KurzweilAI special project August 7–18Dear reader, The KurzweilAI editorial/research team will be working on a special 10-day project starting Monday August 7, so we will be suspending newsletter publication until Monday August 21. Our website will remain up and we will continue to welcome your emails. We hope you’re enjoying your summer vacation. Thanks for your always-interesting participation […]
- How to turn a crystal into an erasable electrical circuitWashington State University (WSU) physicists have found a way to write an electrical circuit into a crystal, opening up the possibility of transparent, three-dimensional electronics that, like an Etch A Sketch, can be erased and reconfigured. Ordinarily, a crystal does not conduct electricity. But when the researchers heated up crystal strontium titanate und […]
- Ray Kurzweil reveals plans for ‘linguistically fluent’ Google softwareRay Kuzweil, a director of engineering at Google, reveals plans for a future version of Google’s “Smart Reply” machine-learning email software (and more) in a Wired article by Tom Simonite published Wednesday (Aug. 2, 2017). Running on mobile Gmail and Google Inbox, Smart Reply suggests up to three replies to an email message, saving typing [...]
- Saturn moon Titan has chemical that could form bio-like ‘membranes’ says NASANASA researchers have found large quantities (2.8 parts per billion) of acrylonitrile* (vinyl cyanide, C2H3CN) in Titan’s atmosphere that could self-assemble as a sheet of material similar to a cell membrane. Consider these findings, presented July 28, 2017 in the open-access journal Science Advances, based on data from the ALMA telescope in Chile (and confi […]
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- Akamai: How batteries could cut datacenter power billsAn approach being researched by the content delivery network provider helps reduce the grid-connected load during peak demand periods, when electricity is most expensive.
- Mall pilots fast electric vehicle charger powered by solar panelsThe installation at Simon Property Group's site in Carmel, Indiana, also includes an integrated battery for storing the electricity.
- Google, Tesla back big electric vehicle charging rolloutThe Workplace Charging Challenge, launched by 13 big U.S. companies and the Department of Energy, is planning a massive deployment of EV charging stations.
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- Boost Mobile Cell Phone PlansBoost Mobile is the name brand of a wireless network prepaid service which is found by sprint Nextel’s, working within the sprint prepay company. Boost Mobile utilizes IDEN and CDMA coverage Network. It absolutely was originally released in Australia via Optus in 2000 was well as in New Zealand via … The post Boost Mobile Cell Phone Plans appeared first on U […]
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- Trey Gowdy Mocks WH Staff Shakeups After Trump Budget Chief Tweets Haircut Joke‘I’m just a couple of haircuts away from equaling the number of staff departures by your WH colleagues.’
- The Mystery Death in the Woods at a ‘Kinky’ British Sex FestivalFlamefest billed itself as a ‘kinky rave festival’ in the woods outside Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Now police are investigating the death of one man and injuries to a woman there.
- Senators Try to Force Trump Admin to Declare WikiLeaks a ‘Hostile’ Spy ServiceIt’s one of a number of ways the Senate intelligence committee is trying to box the White House in on Russia.
- Prisoner Almost Executed Before New DNA Test Saved His LifeThe knife prosecutors say Marcellus Williams used to kill a woman in 1998 had another man’s blood on it. Yet they wanted him to die tonight, before the governor stepped in.
- Louise Linton, the Real Housewife of the U.S. TreasuryThe wife of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin went full Marie Antoinette in a poor-shaming Instagram rant—and it’s not her first foray into viral infamy.
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- The push for UK fracking may be 55 million years too lateCuadrilla is pressing ahead with a project to drill for shale gas in Lancashire, but a geologist thinks plans for industrial-scale fracking may be doomed
- Can a crowdsourced mega-forest offset Trump’s climate chaos?It's an appealing idea, a vast forest to soak up the extra carbon released due to Trump's policies, but it may not be so easy in reality, says Olive Heffernan
- Weird creatures are spreading polluting plastic through the seaPlastic particles sink to the seabed after being eaten and excreted by animals called larvaceans, which could be why we see less floating plastic than expected
- Back to the wild: How nature is reclaiming farmlandFarmland is shrinking for the first time on record thanks in part to consumer choices. What does this mean for the environment and the future of food?
- There are almost 100 new volcanoes hiding under Antarctic iceThe 91 newly found volcanoes lurk beneath the vulnerable West Antarctic ice sheet and could accelerate its demise
- The push for UK fracking may be 55 million years too late
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- Family-sized Solar Car to Race in World Solar ChallengeBattery Technology | Electric Cars | Solar Power | TransportationSolar Team Great Britain has started a kickstarter page to help fund their design for entry in the 2017 World Solar Challenge. Founder Steven Heape leads a team of volunteers from many different disciplines, companies and universities working on a family-sized solar car to compete in the cruise […]
- The Spherical Sun Power GeneratorEnergy Inventions | Future Technology | Solar PowerGerman Architect Andre Broessel believes he has a solution that can “squeeze more juice out of the sun”, even during the night hours and in low-light regions. His company Rawlemon has created a spherical sun power generator prototype called the beta.ray. His technology will combine spherical geometry princip […]
- Hydrogen-Powered Tram Developed in ChinaFuel Cells | Hydrogen Fuel | Public Transit | TransportationIn an effort to reduce China’s harmful and plentiful greenhouse gas emissions, Chinese company Sifang (a subsidiary of China South Rail Corporation) has developed the world’s first hydrogen powered tram. The tram took two years of research and development to complete, and will be powered entirely by […]
- The WaterNest: An Eco-Friendly Floating HouseEnvironment and Sustainability | Photovoltaic Cells | Solar PowerDesigned by renowned Italian architect Giancarlo Zema and produced by EcoFloLife, the WaterNest 100 is an eco-friendly floating housing unit. The 100 square meter residential units are made of up to 98% recycled materials; including the laminate timber and aluminum hull. Skylights, balconies an […]
- Floating Solar Panels: A Viable Solution?Hydro Power | Photovoltaic Cells | Solar PowerSince 2011, French Company Ciel & Terre has been developing large-scale floating solar solutions. Their innovative Hydrelio Floating PV system allows standard PV panels to be installed on large bodies of water such as: drinking water reservoirs, quarry lakes, irrigation canals, remediation and tailing ponds, […]
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- Crowdsourced Trump Forest aims to plant 10 billion trees to offset removal of Clean Power PlanIn a bid to mitigate the effects of the current US administration's anti-climate policies, this campaign is encouraging people to step up the carbon sequestration pace by planting billions of trees.
- Photo: Chipmunk shows its cute side... as if there were a side that wasn't cute?
- Cyborg bacteria turn carbon dioxide into chemicals and fuels with zero wasteForget about Tony Stark or the Bionic Man, the real cyborg action starts with microscopic swamp creatures
- Fast Food Furniture is a worrisome trendDo we really want our furniture to be inspired by burgers and hot dogs? We prefer Slow Food.
- 6 ways to escape the back-to-school shopping crazeWho says you have to hit the mall? Here are some greener and cheaper alternatives.
- Crowdsourced Trump Forest aims to plant 10 billion trees to offset removal of Clean Power Plan
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- Speeding up chemical screening to prioritize toxicity testingResearchers have developed a high-throughput technique that can determine if a chemical has the potential to activate key genes in seconds rather than the typical 24 hours or more. The technique can be used to prioritize chemicals for in-depth testing to determine their toxicity.
- Ancient Earth’s hot interior created 'graveyard' of continental slabsPlate tectonics has shaped the Earth's surface for billions of years: Continents and oceanic crust have pushed and pulled on each other, continually rearranging the planet's façade. As two massive plates collide, one can give way and slide under the other in a process called subduction. The subducted slab then slips down through the Earth's vi […]
- Orange is the new green: How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forestIn the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture in a Costa Rican national park. Today, that area is covered in lush, vine-laden forest.
- Satellite photos reveal gigantic outburst floodsResearchers have studied satellite photographs of Lake Catalina, an ice-dammed lake in East Greenland -- and were truly amazed: Unnoticed by science as well as people living in the area, the lake has been the source of four major outburst floods over the last 50 years -- each representing an astounding mass of energy, equaling up to 240 Hiroshima-bombs, repo […]
- Earth history: How continents were recycledResearchers have used computer simulations to analyse how plate tectonics have evolved on Earth over the last three billion years. They show that tectonic processes have changed in the course of the time, and demonstrate how those changes contributed to the formation and destruction of continents. The model reconstructs how present-day continents, oceans and […]
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- New images show progress on the next world's tallest buildingNew images of Santiago Calatrava's Dubai Creek Tower have emerged, showing construction progress on what is expected to become the world's tallest building. Developer Emaar Properties released site photos and video of the 2.3 square-mile complex, which is designed to eclipse the height of the Burj Khalifa by at least 300 feet.[...]
- Zacua introduces the first electric car from MexicoYou might not know about Zacua, but the company is making headlines on both sides of the border with the first electric car made in Mexico by a Mexican company. Zacua just introduced two new electric cars to the market, the M2 and the M3 - and they are both expected to go on sale in November.[...]
- Off-grid rainforest cabin built from scratch has minimal site impactThere’s no replacement for hands-on experience - which is why architecture students at the University of British Columbia designed and built this off-grid cabin entirely from scratch. Located in the heart of a coastal rainforest on Gambier Island, SALAmander is a timber retreat sheltered beneath a leafy green canopy. The private sanctuary is only accessible […]
- Greenbuild: The world's biggest green building expo is coming to BostonThe world's biggest conference dedicated to green building is coming to Boston this November - and you won't want to miss it. The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo will convene sustainable building experts, professionals and leaders for mind-blowing exhibits, learning activities, a Net Zero zone, and pavilions packed with the latest in g […]
- Why Los Angeles has started to paint its streets whiteThough it lacks the humidity of East Coast heat, Los Angeles still burns. The City of Angels is one of the only places in the United States where heat-related deaths occur regularly during winter. This public health hazard is only expected to worsen as climate change gains strength over the next decades. Located in a desert valley and dominated by asphalt ro […]
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- Home Depot Taps GE and Tesla for Rooftop Solar ExpansionHome Depot recently announced that it would install solar panels atop at least 50 of its stores in an effort to increase the amount of renewables the company can generate nationwide.
- Trump Order Puts Nation’s Infrastructure at Risk for Climate ImpactsTrump's executive order on infrastructure doesn't address the main problems, it just puts U.S. taxpayers on the hook for flooding and climate change risks.
- Support Grows for Republican Carbon Tax PlanThe idea of a revenue-neutral carbon tax, introduced by GOP elders earlier this year, is slowly but surely gaining more support across the political spectrum.
- GMO Crop Yields Uncertain in Warming Climates According to New ResearchThe world's population is expected to increase to just under 10 billion by 2050. Food production must be smart, efficient and sustainable say scientists, and new research suggest it's agroecology, not genetic engineering, that has the best tools at hand for providing enough food for hungry populations.
- Why Investors are Still Missing the Mark on ESG IntegrationThe notion that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analysis is a complement to – not a substitute for – fundamental security analysis is nothing new. However, ESG has now become a buzzword and a check-box across much of the investment industry. More investment products and managers are touting the fact that ESG and other sustainability criteria are […]
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- Data rescue projectsIt’s often been said that while we can only gather new data about the planet at the rate of one year per year, rescuing old data can add far more data more quickly. Data rescue is however extremely labor intensive. Nonetheless there are multiple data rescue projects and citizen science efforts ongoing, some of which […]
- Sensible Questions on Climate SensitivityGuest Commentary by Cristian Proistosescu, Peter Huybers and Kyle Armour tl;dr Two recent papers help bridge a seeming gap between estimates of climate sensitivity from models and from observations of the global energy budget. Recognizing that equilibrium climate sensitivity cannot be directly observed because Earth’s energy balance is a long way from equil […]
- Observations, Reanalyses and the Elusive Absolute Global Mean TemperatureOne of the most common questions that arises from analyses of the global surface temperature data sets is why they are almost always plotted as anomalies and not as absolute temperatures. There are two very basic answers: First, looking at changes in data gets rid of biases at individual stations that don’t change in time […]
- Unforced Variations: August 2017This month’s open thread.
- Joy plots for climate changeThis is joy as in ‘Joy Division’, not as in actual fun. Many of you will be familiar with the iconic cover of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures album, but maybe fewer will know that it’s a plot of signals from a pulsar (check out this Scientific American article on the history). The length of the […]
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- Announcing “Voices in AI” PodcastArtificial intelligence has received more digital ink recently than just about any topic in technology. This level of coverage is warranted, since…
- Update on the AI MinuteThe AI Minute is our daily podcast about AI. It was designed originally to be a minute (or so) of the latest…
- Predicting Personality Traits from Content Using IBM WatsonWould you like to know what your customers want before they do? Of course. Every business wants to be able to anticipate…
- Amazon’s Alexa vs. Google’s Assistant: Same Questions, Different AnswersAmazon’s Echo and Google’s Home are the two most compelling products in the new smart-speaker market. It’s a fascinating space to watch,…
- The Future of Business is a Digital Spokesperson — Let’s Build a Preview Using Microsoft’s Bot FrameworkEveryone loves a great conversation. And the conversational U.I. is coming on quickly. Chatbots have been all the rage for the past…
- Announcing “Voices in AI” Podcast
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- Could Humanity Learn from South Africa’s “Ubuntu” Philosophy?
- 7 Spiritual Lessons from the Skyclad Jain Monks and Forest Buddhists
- 7 Liberating Catholic Pilgrimages to Take at Least Once in Your Lifetime
- 8 Pieces of Spiritual Music to Instantly Lift Your Mind and Soul
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- Sump Pump ProblemsThe importance of having a sump pump in the basement cannot be underestimated as it is responsible for keeping the home flood free. However, there are many sump pump problems that can occur, leaving the system vulnerable and opened to the possibility of not operating correctly. Some Common Sump Pump Problems One of the most common sump pump problems has to d […]
- Sump Pump PitDue to the fact that flooding occurs occasionally due to bad weather and natural disasters, having a good sump pump drainage system in the basement has now become a necessity. With a reliable drainage system in place, you can avoid the occurrence of flooding which usually cause unnecessary financial expenses and mental anguish to everyone in the family. A su […]
- Wayne Sump PumpsWayne sump pumps have been serving customers in the drainage system industry over the past 70 odd years. These sump pumps are durable and they protect many homes from the damage caused by flooding. There is a long line in the variety of Wayne sump pumps; from thermoplastic and cast iron to pedestal, backup and primary pump sumps to a combination of both. A W […]
- Sump Pump DrainageIf you have spoken to homeowners who have had trouble with flooding and dampness in their basement, or mildew and rot in their home, they would tell you that so many costly messes could have been avoided by having a sump pump installed in the basement. The cost of sump pump drainage system is definitely cheaper than cleaning up after water and moisture has d […]
- Zoeller Sump PumpsZoeller sump pumps is a well known brand of pumps designed to keep your property dry and protect it from water damage. When the rain pours heavily, are you one of those people who rush to the basement, worried that you would find it flooded? This is a common problem among many homeowners especially those living in flat terrains where water has nowhere else t […]
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- Quantum magnetometer arrays for magnetic detection of submarines
- Equal nuclear capacity but nuclear will still generate 6.6 times more electricity than solar
- AI and satellite imaging make aircraft carriers vulnerable
- China has new tanks for arms export
- Electrons in Graphene can become superballistic which start a new wave of physics
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- Trump Administration Continues to Bulldoze Environmental RegulationsAmid the global outcry over President Trump’s remarks that sought to legitimize white supremacists at a press conference
- Global Political Crises Boil Down To Two Words: Fossil FuelsThis joke is on us, with an unlikely punch line: What do Donald Trump, Russian hacking, Brexit, American Nazis, the Religious
- Scott Pruitt And Donald Trump’s Stealth War On EPAThe Trump Administration has demonstrated a great deal of high-visibility incompetence, from foreign policy pronouncements
- The Green Movement Is Led By The Same People Who Run Everything Else -- White Men“Finding qualified leaders of color to fill these positions should not be difficult."
- City Halls, Bridges Across America Glow Green To Show Continued Support For Paris Accord"World, the Empire State stands with you," tweets NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
- Trump Administration Continues to Bulldoze Environmental Regulations
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- Sweden recycles so well it needs more trashWhen it comes to recycling, Sweden is incredibly successful. Just four percent of household waste in Sweden goes into landfills. The rest winds up either recycled or used as fuel in waste-to-energy power plants. Burning the garbage in the incinerators generates 20 percent of Sweden’s district heating, a system of distributing heat by pumping heated water int […]
- IPCC 5 in Haiku.Amazing what the bout of the flu can do. International climate scientist Gregory Johnson, who co-authored the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 5th report, which came out in September, has simplified the 2000 page preview report into 19 illustrated haiku. I feel I understand it better now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0McGUF9hc0
- Russian parliament gives amnesty to 'Arctic 30'The Greenpeace activists who spent two months in jail after a peaceful protest in the Arctic have expressed relief after the Russian parliament voted to grant them amnesty. But they also declared: “There is no amnesty for the Arctic.” The Duma today voted for an amendment that extends an amnesty decree to defendants who have been charged with hooliganism. It […]
- Increased energy efficiency in China could “strand” Australian mining projectsThe Chinese government is pushing manufacturers, and in particular, steelmakers, to be more energy efficient, reducing demand for Australian coal. Image: Johannes 'volty' Hemmerlein Rapid increases in energy efficiency in Chinese manufacturing, especially in the steel production sector, will temper demand for Australian coal exports and put billion […]
- China roars ahead with renewablesDespite being the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter, China is increasing its renewable sources of energy- Image: Fernando Tomás China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has just released some remarkable data on the addition of new electric generating capacity in 2013. China’s electric power system has been growing at a tremendous rate to keep up wit […]
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- Protests over geothermal development heat up in Central JavaPURWOKERTO, Indonesia — This January, the people of Karangtengah Village in Central Java were surprised to find that the river running past their homes had turned murky. Not only do the villagers rely on the Prukut River for freshwater, it also tumbles down in the scenic Cipendok Waterfall, the centerpiece of a local tourism industry. […]
- Audio: A rare earth mine in Madagascar triggers concerns for locals and lemursOn this episode of the Mongabay Newscast we discuss a proposed rare earth mining project in Madagascar that worries both lemurs and locals, and we also speak with a researcher who uses acoustic ecology techniques to assess the success of wetland rewetting programs in Australia and shares with us recordings of some of the rare […]
- The world’s first biotacide (commentary)Many refer to it as the Sixth Mass Extinction, but it isn’t. It’s different. We are not simply in the sixth round of a continuing series of events that have devastated life on Earth. We are in the the midst of the first of a new type of event, unlike the earlier mass extinction events. […]
- Rhino horn on the auction block in South AfricaSouth Africa’s first “legal auction rhino horn auction” opened Monday online, amid a global rhino poaching crisis. The auction tests the ramifications of an April 2017 court decision to lift a 2009 moratorium on the country’s domestic rhino horn trade. The sale of rhino horn across international borders has been banned under the Convention on […]
- Massive highway planned for Philippines’ Palawan IslandPlans are underway for the construction of a massive superhighway on the highly biodiverse Palawan Island in the Philippines. The project would aim to expand the island’s existing road into a six-lane highway, spanning roughly 600 kilometers from El Nido on the northeastern end of the island to Bataraza on the southwestern side. But many […]
- Protests over geothermal development heat up in Central Java
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