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  Iconic Eames chair returns to its fiberglass roots

  By Amar Toor on May 21, 2013 05:14 am + 12 comments

  One of the most iconic chairs in modern design is returning to its structural roots, thanks to more Continue reading…

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  Arctic oil boom sparks the next great political and environmental battle

  By Carl Franzen on May 17, 2013 11:50 am + 95 comments

  Things are heating up fast in the far north. The lands and sea of the Arctic — which have been Continue reading…

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  Climate change threatens to destroy Alaskan village within four years

  By Amar Toor on May 14, 2013 03:09 am + 66 comments

  The Guardian this week published a fascinating in-depth report on the village of Newtok — a remote Continue reading…

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  Can we grow a stronger-than-steel 'wonder material' to save the world?

  By Amar Toor on April 8, 2013 09:48 am + 61 comments

  It’s stiffer than Kevlar, thinner than paper, and in a few years, it may be mass-produced using Continue reading…

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  The ethical quagmire of geoengineering

  By Vlad Savov on April 4, 2013 04:31 am + 31 comments

  The question of how to tackle climate change is as complex as its potential answers are numerous. Continue reading…

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  Why did 28,000 rivers in China suddenly disappear?

  By Amar Toor on April 3, 2013 09:09 am + 218 comments

  For years, China claimed to hold an estimated 50,000 rivers within its borders. Now, more than half Continue reading…

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  Renewable energy now powers 75 percent of Apple's facilities

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 21, 2013 04:07 pm + 71 comments

  Apple's data centers and many of its corporate offices — including the company's Cupertino Continue reading…

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  Can DNA testing put a stop to the illegal ivory trade?

  By Amar Toor on March 15, 2013 12:45 pm + 27 comments

  The world's elephants are in a state of crisis. Populations are dwindling, poaching is on the rise, Continue reading…

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  Samsung apologizes for fatal acid leakage at its Korean semiconductor plant

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 4, 2013 12:07 pm + 22 comments

  Samsung has apologized for a hydrofluoric acid leak at its semiconductor plant that left one worker Continue reading…

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  Google office threatened by toxic vapors from Silicon Valley's early days

  By Adi Robertson on February 22, 2013 05:16 pm + 20 comments

  Google says it has fixed structural problems that were letting carcinogenic gas into a Mountain View Continue reading…