The Boston Globe online has a great page of 35 amazing recent photos from the International Space Station (ISS), taken by astronauts, including this strange beauty from high above Egypt:
Entries Tagged as 'Environment'
Recent photos from the ISS
June 26th, 2009 · No Comments
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Space waste — debris or not to be
February 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Just as depicted in the animated Pixar film wall-E, now in theaters, kipple is not only covering the earth, but filling up the space around our planet as well. ScienceDaily reports, in Swerve Left To Avoid That Satellite: The Growing Issue Of Space Debris…
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Pay toilet or toilet pay
February 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Citizens in the small town of Musiri, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, can now make 14 cents a month using the bathroom (CNN): The government-backed program serves two purposes: It encourages people to discard age-old practices of urinating and defecating in the open, leading to diseases. And the waste products go into research to [...]
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Fresh hot air from a Texas oil bazillionaire
February 8th, 2009 · No Comments
A top story on CNN.com from last July, Oil billionaire Pickens puts his money on wind power, is a breath of fresh air. First, T-Boone Pickens states the obvious (unless you’re a politician in the thrall of other Texas oil billionaires that only break wind): “Our dependence on imported oil is killing our economy. It [...]
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