Environment
Robot jellyfish pulls hydrogen fuel from water
March 22, 2012An underwater robot has been modeled after a jellyfish, and will be used in rescue efforts and surveillance.
Read moreFracking: health, environmental impact greater than claimed
March 22, 2012The natural gas industry defends hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, as safe and efficient. Research studies and numerous incidents of water contamination prove otherwise.
Read moreDairy factory linked to animal torture
March 20, 2012Adirondack Farms, a dairy factory in New York, has been responsible for severe animal abuse investigators learned. While they tout their products as fresh and wholesome, the practices that go on behind the scenes are anything...
Read moreHeat ray weapon a threat to collective action?
March 16, 2012Though originally intended for the Afghanistan War, it could soon be headed to the U.S., under the guise of a "riot control device."
Read more“Levitated Mass”: Art or environmental crime?
March 15, 2012The sheer grandiosity of the project - the nightly slow motion parade through 22 cities, the $10-to-$20 million price tag - provoked new conversations about the validity of Earth Art,
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