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Researchers identify a test which can predict whether a woman is likely to give birth when her waters break early in pregnancy.

Posted on December 11th, 2008 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Way back in 2007, 2.2 million people took part in the world’s first Earth Hour in Sydney Australia. And just one year later, 50 million people in 370 cities and towns, in more than 35 countries worldwide switched off their lights in a massive display of public action on climate change.
From Sydney to San Francisco, […]

Posted on December 11th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

A while back we wrote about Disney’s New Dream Home: Worse Than We Dreamed, the new stupid and ugly electronic McMansion that is the idiocratic update of the Monsanto House of the Future, and noted that Walt must be spinning in his cryogenic cylinder to see this failure of vision.
Now P.K. O’Rourke tours it […]

Posted on December 11th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Warehoused bales of reclaimed cardboard awaiting recycling. Image credit:Pulp and Paper Canada,
Over the past few months, the abrupt drop in prices for recyclable materials has taken many by surprise. Now questions are arising about the causes of the price drop and also how these lower prices are impacting residential and commercial recycling programs. A […]

Posted on December 11th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Kitchen appliance manufacturers Sub Zero and Wolf recently teamed up with a handful of designers and architects to create Kitchen Inspiration, a web documentary series about kitchens and sustainable design, among other things. TreeHugger caught up with architect Michael McDonough, who participated in the documentary series, and whom we’ve featured before, to chat about green […]

Posted on December 11th, 2008 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Way back in 2007, 2.2 million people took part in the world’s first Earth Hour in Sydney Australia. And just one year later, 50 million people in 370 cities and towns, in more than 35 countries worldwide switched off their lights in a massive display of public action on climate change.
From Sydney to San Francisco, […]

Posted on December 11th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Backed by the star power of folks like LeBron James and Cameron Diaz, Nickelodeon has launched The Big Green Help Global Challenge for kids. It’s the first online multiplayer 3D global game designed for their age bracket with the goal of inspiring them to take action for a greener world. And with groups like the […]

Posted on December 11th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

It may not be the prettiest thing on the road but this pedal/battery/solar powered vehicle is pretty interesting. I admit I was skeptical at first, thinking that this thing sits in a no-mans land between a true automobile, a bicycle, and an auto-rickshaw, but give it a chance.
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Posted on December 11th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Posted on December 11th, 2008 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None