27 1 / 2013
New ‘Rock Candy’ Process To Manufacture Silicon Could Make Solar Power Even Cheaper
By Climate Guest Blogger on Jan 25, 2013 at 2:18 pm, thinkprogress.orgBy Tina Casey Via Clean Technica
Researchers at the University of Michigan have come up with a low-cost way to manufacture high-grade silicon, based on a concept familiar to anyone who has tried to make rock candy at home. I…
27 1 / 2013
Boy Scouts Threaten to Kick Out Troop For Supporting Gay Members
Dana Liebelson, motherjones.com
Dana Liebelson
27 1 / 2013
Judge Faults Louisiana For Inadequate Voter Registration Efforts
By Nicole Flatow on Jan 25, 2013 at 4:40 pm, thinkprogress.orgA federal judge ruled this week that Louisiana violated federal voting law in not offering voter registration opportunities to applicants and recipients of public benefits programs such as food stamps, WIC and Medicaid. In y…
06 11 / 2012
think-progress: Real life New Yorker cover....
think-progress:
Real life New Yorker cover. After Sandy damaged the original polling site, voters cast their ballot by flashlight in Staten Island, New York.
19 9 / 2012
Fire tornado captured on film in Australia - video
guardian.co.ukA fire tornado, one of nature’s rarest weather events, is caught on camera in Curtin Springs, in Australia’s Outback. The twister, made of flames reaching around 30 metres off the ground, was caused when a warm, rotating and rising column of air…
17 9 / 2012
10,000 Unwanted Books Overtake the Streets of Melbourne
Caroline Stanley, flavorwire.comWe know how some of you bristle at the sight of used books repurposed in art, so it’s with more than a little trepidation that we tell you about an epic installation by Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus that recently went up in…
17 9 / 2012
Vintage Photographs From Inside 10 Famous Libraries
Emily Temple, flavorwire.comIt’s no secret that we’re fans of beautiful libraries here, but it’s not only gorgeous architecture and shiny mahogany work benches that excite us. Inspired by a wonderful collection of vintage photographs of the New York Public…
22 8 / 2012
Reddit User Wants a Look at Obama’s Beer Recipe
Alex Fitzpatrick, mashable.comPresident Obama’s White House chefs have been hard at work for months perfecting several official homebrew recipies, including White House Honey Ale, White House Honey Blonde and White House Honey Porter.
The president’s a huge fan o…
20 8 / 2012
Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant, records show | Center for Investigative Reporting
cironline.orgVideo: Ariane Wu
Read full transcriptThe man who gave the Black Panther Party some of its first firearms and weapons training – which preceded fatal shootouts with Oakland police in the turbulent 1960s – was an undercover FBI…
