The Super Bowl Saves The Country A Whole Lot Of Energy
You might think of the big game as a time of glut and excess, but it actually manages to drastically reduce our country’s power use for a few short hours on Sunday night.
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Watch This Video Of Robots Harvesting Space Junk
Recycling isn’t just happening on Earth. The military has plans to do a lot with all the hardware we’ve thrown into space.
Can The U.S. Pave The Way For Global Climate Change Fixes?
Written by: Terry Tamminen
At his inauguration, Obama said that the U.S. must lead the way toward emissions reduction. Can we live up to that promise?
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Tracking Climate Change With Melted Skating Rinks
Rinkwatch measures whether the ice is thick enough to skate at outdoor skating rinks across the U.S. and Canada, and shows that rising temperatures may be making skating a thing of the past.
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Citizen Scientists Crack The Martian Code, Image By Image
A new project lets anyone with an interest in space comb through photos taken of the surface of the red planet to help NASA figure out the geology and weather patterns without sending more really expensive rovers.
Video Maps Of The World’s Bike Lanes Let You Preview Your Ride
Cyclorodeo lets users upload helmet cam shots of their rides onto a Google Map, so you can see exactly what street conditions you might encounter.
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Redesigning Public Services So They Can Actually Help People
Written by: Rachael Chong
Reboot is a design agency that focuses on service design in international development. In other words, fixing aid programs so that they provide enough aid to the people who need it.
With Resources Running Short, It’s Time To Move To A Circular Economy
We simply can’t solve the fundamental issues of the global economy without rethinking the entire underpinnings of our "take-make-dispose" model of consumption.
