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Study Concludes When Civilization Will End, And It’s Not Looking Good For US

Study Concludes When Civilization Will End, And It’s Not Looking Good For US

VIA MIC.com by Tom McKay Civilization was pretty great while it lasted, wasn’t it? Too bad it’s not going to for much longer. According to a new study sponsored by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, we only have a few decades left before everything we know and hold dear collapses. The report, written by applied […]

We Need an Energy Miracle

We Need an Energy Miracle

VIA The Atlantic by James Bennet In his offices overlooking Lake Washington, just east of Seattle, Bill Gates grabbed a legal pad recently and began covering it in his left-handed scrawl. He scribbled arrows by each margin of the pad, both pointing inward. The arrow near the left margin, he said, represented how governments worldwide […]

Washington State To Construct First Wildlife Bridge Over Busy Highway

Washington State To Construct First Wildlife Bridge Over Busy Highway

VIA Discovery.com by Danny Clemens The Washington State Department of Transportation today announced the state’s first wildlife bridge, which will be built over a stretch of I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass. According the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition, which has been advocating for the construction of the wildlife bridge, 28,000 vehicles travel along I-90 each day. Such […]

It’s Raining Nitrogen In A Colorado State Park. Farmers Can Help Make It Stop.

It’s Raining Nitrogen In A Colorado State Park. Farmers Can Help Make It Stop.

VIA NPR by Luke Runyon, Stephanie Paige Ogburn It’s May in Rocky Mountain National Park, but on a mountainside 10,829 feet above sea level, snow is falling. It’s pelting Jim Cheatham, a biologist with the National Park Service. Shrugging off the cold, Cheatham seizes a teachable moment. This snow, he says, holds more than just water. “Chances […]

Australia Bans Lion Hunting Trophies From Entering/Exiting Country

Australia Bans Lion Hunting Trophies From Entering/Exiting Country

VIA The Guardian Lion body parts used as trophies from hunting will no longer be allowed to be imported or exported, environment minister Greg Hunt says. The Australian government is banning the import and export of hunting ‘trophies’ made from the body parts of lions, in an attempt to help curb the organised hunting of […]

NASA’s Curiosity Finds Water Below Surface of Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Finds Water Below Surface of Mars

VIA The Guardian New measurements from the Gale crater contradict theories that the planet is too cold for liquid water to exist, but Mars still considered hostile to life The Curiosity rover is currently ascending Mount Sharp, in the centre of the Gale crater. Illustration: Stocktrek Images, Inc./Alamy Hannah Devlin, science correspondent @hannahdev Monday 13 […]

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