Visualizing the level of wifi and cellular radiation we bathe in each day

Images Show How Much Cell Phone Radiation We Bathe in Every Day Ross Brooks, inhabitat.com Nickolay Lamm has already made the invisible visible with a project that showed what Wi-Fi would look like if we could see it, but for his latest series of images, the artist has turned his attention to cell phones. Cell … Continue reading Visualizing the level of wifi and cellular radiation we bathe in each day

Clean tech approaches to ship biofilms

“Twitching” Material Dislodges Bacteria From Ship Hulls By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com Surface changes in the paint-like material can reduce biofilm buildup. When a horse is dis­lodg­ing a pesky fly, it twitch­es a small por­tion of its skin to shake off the unwel­come vis­i­tor. Researchers from Duke Uni­ver­si­ty have devel­oped… http://flip.it/weh3S Related articles Cutting-edge bacteria research … Continue reading Clean tech approaches to ship biofilms

How Washington, DC became the capital of bike-sharing in the US

How Washington, DC became the capital of bike-sharing in the US By Nathan Ingraham, theverge.com Wash­in­ton, DC was never known for being bike-friendly — but over the last decade, the city is home to the largest and most suc­cess­ful bike-sharing pro­gram in the coun­try. Slate tracks its rise, pin­ning much of the suc­cess on for­mer… … Continue reading How Washington, DC became the capital of bike-sharing in the US

A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate

A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate By Climate Guest Blogger on Oct 5, 2012 at 10:30 am, thinkprogress.org by Bill Beck­er If Mitt Rom­ney and Barack Obama had been able to look through the tele­vi­sion cam­eras at who was watch­ing their first debate, it undoubt­ed­ly would have been more inter­est­ing than the debate … Continue reading A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate

Thomas Lovejoy featured at Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts & Sciences ceremonies

Introduced by noted anthropologist and dean Katherine Newman the graduation ceremony for JHU Krieger School of Arts and Sciences featured Thomas Lovejoy, founder of Nature series on PBS  and the Biodiversity Chair at the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment based in Washington, DC. Lovejoy noted that "human creativity is without limits" and critical … Continue reading Thomas Lovejoy featured at Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts & Sciences ceremonies

Public Citizen website provides news, articles

Public Citizen Home Page. Related articles Public Citizen supports Notice of Claim (timesunion.com) Public Citizen seeks rehearing of "dangerous" employee speech case (pubcit.typepad.com) At Public Citizen, Jack Abramoff Calls for End of the Revolving Door (pogoblog.typepad.com) Public Citizen Applauds Obama Administration's Continued Efforts to Reduce Teen Smoking (gloucestercitynews.net)