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13 Magnificent Renewable Energy Successes and Failures view story
1 vote- Submitted by G8rrrry
- about 8 hours ago
- (http://ecoworldly.com/2008/08/20/...)
Last week, EcoWorldly hosted a renewable energy festival, highlighting energy projects and issues around the globe. Here, with links back to the original articles, are some inspiring successes and dismal failures in renewable energy as they were explored
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Coal Power Plant Retrofit With Solar view story
4 votes- Submitted by G8rrrry
- about 18 hours ago
- (http://ecoworldly.com/2008/08/20/...)
A coal plant in New South Wales, Australia is using solar energy to reduce the use of fossil fuels. Coal and solar generate electricity using the same turbines, under the same roof.
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This is your mind on...binaural beats view story
2 votes- Submitted by G8rrrry
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Sate...)
Basically, binuaral beats consist of pulses of two different frequencies being played in each ear at the same time. The pulses, in the 1,000 hertz to 1,500 Hz range, have slight differences between them - less than 30 Hz. For about $5, you can buy a fix o
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Photographs Enhance Video in Absolutely Unbelievable Ways view story
1 vote- Submitted by G8rrrry
- 2 days ago
- (http://gizmodo.com/5038183/photog...)
Essentially, you shoot some crappy, low-rez video of a still scene. You then reshoot the same scene with a digital camera (with higher resolution). Software can automagically combine these images to upconvert the video AND fix problems in the image” all w
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The Most Polluted City on Earth view story
7 votes- Submitted by G8rrrry
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.thedailygreen.com/envi...)
I work over at VBS.tv and I wanted to share this eye opening and disturbing environmental video on Linfen China. The 2008 Beijing Olympics are underway and hopefully the smog and pollution wont ruin the fun. We have all seen and heard the environmental st
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APOD: Io s Surface: Under Construction view story
4 votes- Submitted by G8rrrry
- 3 days ago
- (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap08081...)
APOD: Io s Surface: Under Construction
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Phoenix Camera Snaps Frost on Mars [PIC] view story
5 votes- Submitted by G8rrrry
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.universetoday.com/2008...)
Its getting a little nippy at night on Mars. The Phoenix landers Surface Stereo Imager took this image at 6 a.m. on Sol 79 (August 14, 2008 here on Earth), and a thin layer of water frost is visible on the ground around the landing area. From subsequent i
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Stone Age mass graves reveal green Sahara view story
3 votes- Submitted by G8rrrry
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.plosone.org/article/in...)
Approximately two hundred human burials were discovered on the edge of a paleolake in Niger that provide a uniquely preserved record of human occupation in the Sahara during the Holocene (~8000 B.C.E. to the present). Called Gobero, this suite of closely
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Study Reveals Ocean Dead Zones Expanding Worldwide view story
3 votes- Submitted by G8rrrry
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.physorg.com/news138072...)
Oceanic dead zones where marine life cannot survive have been steadily increasing over the past five decades and now encompass 400 coastal areas of the world, a US-Swedish study said Friday.
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Fake Stroke Effect Linked to Full Moon view story
3 votes- Submitted by G8rrrry
- 4 days ago
- (http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/pos...)
THE full moon may cause people to suffer symptoms similar to those of a stroke, experts believe. The number of people treated for mystery numbness and co-ordination loss rises significantly on full-moon nights “ like tonight.

