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Process of Elimination
Karl Campbell is a craftsman bedeviled by bad tools. He’s a middle-aged, medium-size, muscular Australian with a five-day beard and an intense gaze who seems perpetually coiled, even angry, when at rest. He’s smiling and relaxed only when his body is in motion—preferably fixing something, building something, or killing something. His craft—and his mission—is saving…
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Meet the Amateur Scientist Who Discovered Climate Change
A few were grappling with an even crazier idea: that people were pumping enough carbon dioxide into the air to reshape the face of the Earth and put human existence at risk. Undeterred, Callendar kept working on what came to be called the “Callendar effect.” This was not because he feared the impacts of rising…
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The Physics of the 69-Degree Intersection That Kills Cyclists
Sometimes when I see an awesome analysis on the internet, I just want to make it more awesomer. Really, this should be everyone's goal on the internet—either make stuff or make it more awesome. In this case, it's a post from Singletrack (and also covered by Boing Boing) looking at a particular crossroad in the…
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The US Flirts With Geoengineering to Stymie Climate Change
The thing about humans is, for all our faults, we’re actually pretty good at fixing things we know we’ve screwed up. Lead in gasoline? Bad idea—let’s ban lead in gasoline. Running out of oil to make gasoline? Let’s switch to electric vehicles. Runaway climate change because humanity has taken too long to ditch fossil fuels?…
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Watch the sixth annual Breakthrough Prize awards live right here!
As we head into awards season, one of the first shows to lead the pack is all about science. The Breakthrough Prize, a cumulative $22 million in awards that go to superstars in the fields of physics, life sciences, and mathematics, is going into its sixth year. The show was founded by Yuri and Julia…
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Goodbye and good riddance to livestock farming | George Monbiot
As the artificial meat industry grows, the last argument for farming animals has now collapsed, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot What will future generations, looking back on our age, see as its monstrosities? We think of slavery, the subjugation of women, judicial torture, the murder of heretics, imperial conquest and genocide, the first world war…
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