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Gore’s Challenge: 100% Carbon Neutral by 2018

Friday, July 18, 2008

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Who isn’t paying attention when Al Gore is talking? The impact he has on people from America and all around the world is just huge, hard to comprehend. He’s probably no saint, but he doesn’t have to be. Due to what he promotes, he managed to promote and help “green” ways of living, giving a [...]

Wrongly made, massive mangrove restoration backfires

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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How many times have you heard about a good idea applied wrongly which backfired and caused more harm than good?? This is exactly the case with one of the world’s most intensive efforts to restore coastal mangrove forests. It is failing as we speak because people planted them in the wrong places. Also, this restoration [...]

5 things there is no scientific explanation for

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

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Every once in a while, you hear about something that sounds just unexplainable, but turns out to be not that out of the ordinary a few days later. Still, sometimes, the mystery just keeps going and going and there seems to be no scientific explanation for it. Here’s a list of some of the most [...]

Science ABC: how rainbows form

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

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Photo by wikipedia Rainbows are probably the most spectacular manifestations of light; they’ve fascinated people and stimulated the imagination of millions, and continue to do so even ’til this day. There are all sorts of legends that suround them, from the treasure at the end of the rainbow to the house of gods, for which the [...]

What are Einstein’s true beliefs about religion and science?

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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I bet everybody knows who Einstein is, and many people know why he is famous and how he left is mark in the scientific world. Still, aside from his brilliant results in physics (mostly), he is also very well known for his aphorisms, metaphors and overall interesting way of expressing himself. I’ve always found it [...]