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What the world looks like naked: The amazing image of Earth's geology laid bare
"This amazing image reveals what our world looks like when it is stripped bare - shorn of all its plants, topsoil, water and man-made structures. Along with other never-seen-before images of the Earth, the...
Apples Beat Pears Due to Better Circulation
Thanks to science, we now know why apples stay fresh longer than pears. "It is all to do with how oxygen is able to find its way to the centre of the fruit after it has been picked. Belgian researchers used one of... Archaeologists find remains of Washington's boyhood home
"From Eric Marrapodi CNN Washington Bureau FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock... South African Floods Raise Death Toll
At least 10 people have died and an unknown number are missing after serious flooding burst banks, dams and bridges in Durban, South Africa. Police and rescuers said cars had been swept away and buildings, even railways tracks were damaged."At least six people have been... Village threatened by warming gets funding
Certainly distressing when an entire town must be evacuated before it is swallowed up forever. It is also reported that the State of Iowa is under 2/3 of water. Where do you relocate a state?... Sub to help search for life on Mars in a B.C. lake
A search for ancient microbialites in an ancient lakebed may offer clues what Mars is like based on Earths environment billions of years ago, which is said to mirror Mars environment today. This will help... Olympic Buildings on the Move
BLDG BLOG reports that the stadium being built for the London Olympics may be disassembled and relocated to Chicago once the games are over. I like the idea of "plug and play" architecture -- where buildings might be reused rather than simply being destroyed - but then I... Summit fire 50 percent contained; nearly 3,900 acres burned
Tha is a quick update about the fire in California"
Firefighters said this morning that the Summit fire, which has destroyed 20 homes and 18 other structures, is 50 percent contained and there was no significant... IRELAND: A monument to 1916... The fight goes on at Tara
This is one of many published Letters to the Ed. from the lovely Pauline Bleach, of the Tara Appreciation Society, based in both Galway, Ireland and Sydney, Australia. She has written an excellent analysis of the M3 Planning Process, titled "Why the Planning Process is...Architectural beauty created out of used glass bottles!
"With changing times man has learnt from being just a food gatherer to a food producer and with that not only came the advent of agriculture, but also the art of building his own place of dwelling. While initially...Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs
"Electricity revives Bali coral reefs By JOSEPH COLEMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER photo A reporter inspects corals growing on a metal structures submerged by conservationists and fed by electrical cables linked to the shoreline, in Pemuteran bay, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday,... Boy 'admits to California fire'
"A boy playing with matches has confessed to starting a devastating wildfire in California, officials say.
The unidentified child, believed to be a pre-teen, was questioned by police on 22 October about a fire that... Yucca Mountain Nuke Dump Above Fault Line
Some planned structures on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump have had to be moved after it was discovered a fault line runs beneath the planned location." LAS VEGAS (AP) — Engineers moved some planned...In the hall of the mountain king: Olafur Eliasson's Serpentine Pavilion.
"Not only is the 2007 Serpentine pavilion not as awkward as I'd feared from the early publicity images - on the contrary, it is the best of these annual summer temporary structures since Toyo Ito and Cecil Balmond's... Update August 03: Tombstoning, So Named Because Of The High Level Of Fataliti...
UPDATE: Friday August 03, 2007
Coastguards have found the body of a 16-year-old boy who they believe died after "tombstoning" at Minehead Harbour in Somerset. The body was found in the early hours when the tide...
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