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Cut Science Funding, Cut America’s Vision for the Future: Neil Degrasse Tyson (Video)

5:41 pm in Science & Technology, television by TreeHugger

Instead of closing corporate tax loopholes or eliminating huge tax breaks for the wealthy, Congress is cutting vital programs -- and scientific research and development is on top of the list (along with funding for such things as programs that provide assistance to the poor). There are countless reasons why this is majorly problematic for the future well-being of the nation. Just talking green, we could see cuts to clean energy R&D, battery development, energy efficiency research, and so on. The proposed cuts -- and specifically the proposed termination of the successor to the Hubble telescope, the James Webb -- have renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil Degrasse Ty...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sandals Made From Computer Parts Are For the Geek Fashionista

3:13 pm in fashion, Fashion & Beauty, gadgets, recycling, Science & Technology, technology, upcycling by TreeHugger

data sandals photo Photos by Steven Rodrig Steven Rodrig is at it again. Last spring he created that awesome pair of high heels out of circuit boards, which we all ogled at either through appreciation or confusion. And this summer, he's created a rather amazing pair of sandals. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Philips 12.5-Watt LED Bulb Teardown at EDN

12:45 pm in lighting, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

Philips AmbientLED 12.5 watt LED Lightbulb photo Photo: Michael Graham Richard LED Guts I've been writing a lot bout LED lights lately, and I'm not about to stop because this technology is definitely on its way up and should eventually provide most of the electric light ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scientists Breed Spermless Mosquitoes In Effort to End Malaria

10:42 am in ecology, health care, insects, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

male mosquito photo Photo by Leszek.Leszczynski via Flickr CC In an effort to slow the spread of malaria, scientists are trying to go to the source -- not just by stopping mosquitoes, but stopping how mosquitoes reproduce. Scientists have bred a spermless male mosquito that could be released into the wild to reduce mosquito populations....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Wind Turbines Today Produce 300X the Power as Those Made 15 Years Ago

5:42 pm in alternative energy, clean energy, Science & Technology, united states, wind power by TreeHugger

wind-turbine-sunset.jpg Photo credit: jiazi via Flickr/CC BY-SA Wind power technology -- like solar, hydro, even nuclear -- is behind the times. As this report from the New York Times notes, "experts say that vast improvements in wind technology still lie ahead -- which makes sense for an industry that is about 100 years behind, say, that of t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mysterious Orange Goo on Alaskan Shores Turns Out to Be Possibly Toxic Fish Eggs

2:32 pm in alaska, biology, fish, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

kivalina-orange-goo-eggs.jpg Photo: Quinn Dombrowski under a Creative Commons license. This one sounds like the beginning of a B movie- last week, the residents of Kivalina, Alaska were surprised to find a mysterious orange goo washing up on their shores. It was determined that the goo was neither man-made nor petroleum based, and it soon dried up and blew away in the wind. So what was the goo, and how did it end up on Alaskan shores? Turns out it was a ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Altruistic Chimpanzees Documented For First Time In Captivity

12:24 pm in animals, primates, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

chimpanzees photophoto: dullhunk/CC BY For a long time altruistic behavior in chimpanzees in the wild has been documented--unrelated chimps helping one another without apparent expectation of reward--but documentation in a more controlled environment had been lacking, until now. A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (coming to us via Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Erasable E-paper Can Be Printed, Erased, Reprinted Over 250 Times (video)

11:25 am in concepts & prototypes, electronics, gadgets, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

printable e-paper image Image via video screengrab Researchers have created a new e-paper can be printed and erased over and over again, and they hope it can be a reusable solution for the posters and signs printed by the millions for bus stop ads and store front displays. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Robotic Seagull Attracts a Real Flock of Seagulls (Video)

10:35 am in biomimicry, birds, gadgets, Science & Technology, technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

seagull robotic photo Image via Youtube screenshot A few months ago we wrote about a mechanical seagull that rivals the real thing in how lifelike it looks on the wing. Well, turns out it can fool even members of the species it is mimicking. The robotic seagull was tested out at TEDGlobal and it attracted a flock of real gulls. Read on and watch a video of the birds....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Past Changing Climate Shouldn’t Be Cause For Comfort, It Should Cause Concern (Video)

9:05 am in global climate change, global warming science, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

In this final in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes guest writers here) over at Skeptical Science, John Cook explains how logical fallacies are employed by climate deniers--such as claiming that since climate has changed many times in the past, before humans, we couldn't be causing it now. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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