Published on March 7th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Laying a pipeline across agricultural land (photo: eponline.com). Friday afternoon, and officials at the State Department are probably breathing a huge sigh of relief. The official public comment period on the northern extension of the $5.4 ... Read More →
Published on March 6th, 2014 | by Jake Richardson
Everything at Tesla seems to be full steam ahead, and their European front is no exception. Recently at the Geneva Motor Show they announced they will open over 30 new service centers and stores throughout the ... Read More →
Published on March 5th, 2014 | by Jake Richardson
The BMW i3 is a five-door all-electric urban vehicle with an appealing design, sporty performance, and zero tailpipe emissions. It has a typical range of 80 to 100 miles but can achieve another 20 when in ... Read More →
Published on March 5th, 2014 | by Jake Richardson
You might expect the #1 solar area in America to be a city like San Franciso or San Diego. According to One Block Off the Grid*, it isn’t one of the largest metro areas, though—it’s Fresno, ... Read More →
Published on March 4th, 2014 | by Derek Markham
One of the most majestic endangered species in the American Southwest, the jaguar, may get a little bit of breathing room, in the form of habitat protection across 764,207 acres (1194 square miles) of southern Arizona ... Read More →
Published on March 4th, 2014 | by Ken Whitehead
World-renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, and Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, are united by a common belief. They are members of an influential group of scientists and visionaries who believe that the ... Read More →
Published on March 3rd, 2014 | by Derek Markham
In what could be a potential gamechanger for wider adoption of renewable energy as a bigger component of utility grids, a large modular battery storage system is planned for construction later this year in Aachen, Germany. ... Read More →
Published on March 3rd, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Don’t look up… er, don’t look down… er, butt first… er, just turn around and crawl down on all fours as fast as you can (vertigo from facebook.com, no user credited)... Read More →
Published on March 2nd, 2014 | by James Ayre
An entirely new type of black hole — one that’s ‘super-powered’, and highly compact — was recently discovered by an international team of astronomers. This first of its kind black hole has been dubbed MQ1 by ... Read More →
Published on March 2nd, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) from Montana (source: nice-cool-pics.com). Last week, a small, grayish tufted screech owl found itself in big trouble. Softly gliding at dusk through a forested northern California neighborhood, the owl had his ... Read More →
Published on March 1st, 2014 | by James Ayre
The recent discovery and subsequent observations of the supernova SN 2014J have led researchers to realize that the primary ‘yardstick’ used by astronomers to measure cosmic distances may not be such a constant after all. Six ... Read More →
Published on March 1st, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
When the hydraulic fracturing measure passed the Los Angeles City Council today, several tweeters posted photos of this meeting (source of the above: Walker Foley on twitter). The City Council of Los Angeles, second-most populous metro ... Read More →
Published on February 28th, 2014 | by James Ayre
What does a shark actually see from its perspective? How does it spend its time, where/why does it travel, and how does it eat? Well, we now have a better idea — new research from the ... Read More →
