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Mining the Moon?

Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments Off

Someone please tell me if I'm missing something. The New York Times reported last week that on October 22, India launched its first unmanned spacecraft to orbit the moon. The craft is expected to remain in space ...

Dennis Meadows and Computer Modeling

Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments Off

Dennis Meadows, in an email discussing computer models, suggested that beyond their obvious functions, computer models often have one or more of the following purposes: #1: Provide useful information about the future behavior or the future coefficient ...

DNA Forensics May Prevent Elephant Poaching

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments Off

A shipment of forest timber traveled around the southern tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean before it arrived at the Hong Kong dockyards two years ago. During a routine X-ray examination, customs officials discovered ...

Bonobos, Berkeley and Mars

Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments Off

Several things I've meant to blog on and haven't: The Bonobo Conservation Initiative, which is not only saving our awesome laid-back, sexed-up little cousins, but is being smart about it, by building a network of local bonobo-supported ...

Bonobos, Berkeley and Mars

Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments Off

Several things I've meant to blog on and haven't: The Bonobo Conservation Initiative, which is not only saving our awesome laid-back, sexed-up little cousins, but is being smart about it, by building a network of local bonobo-supported ...

The Currency of Status

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments Off

by Clark Williams-Derry Brain research suggests a link between money and social standing., from Sightline Daily I've been trying to work this tidbit into a post for weeks, but I haven't found an opportune moment.  So here's ...

Mapping the Inheritance

Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments Off

One of the Worldchanging slogans is "We've inherited a broken future." That is to say, mainly, that the direction in which we're headed leads right over a cliff. But it might be read a different way: ...