A world renowned coral reef scientist Dr. Charlie Veron joined Greenpeace activists underwater to make a bold statement against the shale oil industry and for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef from climate change.     Full Story…

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Conveniently just in time for the Plug-In 2008 conference in San Jose, Coulomb Technologies is unveiling an electric car charging station. “The company’s products include 110-volt outlets that can be outfitted in public and mounted on poles, such as streetlights.” Pardon me while I yawn (a bit). The NEMA standards includes a […]

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I’ve been wanting to install a solar power system for years. Actually during my high school years I wanted to work in solar power research, but when I got to college the computer room distracted me enough to become a software engineer instead. At the moment it doesn’t seem practical to install a […]

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In my post on the interactive map of US prescription opiate use trends provided by the Las Vegas Sun I initially missed the association with a three-part series on “The New Addiction”. This explains why the Sun came up with the map in the first place which I should have thought about a bit more. […]

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At the urging of my colleague Abel, who liveblogged his own vasectomy, I’m documenting my first mammogram. Given that I had pretty much no idea what to expect going into this, I’m hopeful that this post will demystify the experience a little for those who know they probably should get mammograms but have been putting […]

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