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Taking fertility drugs does not increase a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer, a large Danish study reports.

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Health and Medicine. Comments: None

Image credit: Together Campaign
January CFL Sales Beat Whole of 2006
Times may be hard, but people are still willing to fork out money if it saves them energy in the long run. CFLs are being adopted at an astounding rate in the UK, at least if the latest press release from the Together Campaign is anything […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Images via Philips
TVs are the only technology making a big switch. As we head towards more advanced lighting - such as solid state lighting and energy harvesting for powering LED and OLED lights - the industries of lighting and IT collide, in a good way.
“Over time, as the shift from analog to digital technology […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Science and Technology. Comments: None

Image via: Marco Traerso - Flickr.com
The New York Times reports today that a small, but growing, segment of the US population is choosing to ditch the fridge permanently. The carbon savings, not to mention the savings on the electricity bill are not necessarily huge. Yet some feel this is just the next thing on the […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Testing granite from Green building options
We have written about the dangers of radon and radiation emitted from certain types of granite before; it is a controversial subject that draws the ire of the industry.
And while the industry says “It’s misleading to even hint that we would knowingly sell a product that might harm consumers!”, […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

Designer Joan Nadal took on the challenge to re-design one of the most common everyday objects: the humble clothes hanger. A small object with a large environmental footprint if we consider that of the 8 billion polystyrene or polycarbonate hangers manufactured per year, only 15% are recycled. That is enough to fill the Empire State […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Design and Architecture. Comments: None

What the Heck Are We Supposed to Think?
The all-new Honda Insight hybrid is going on sale in Japan tomorrow for ¥1,890,000 (~US,100). With the Japanese cycle, it is rated at 61 MPG U.S., but with the EPA cycle, it gets an estimated 41 MPG U.S. combined. Are we supposed to be happy or sad?
We’d like […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Toyota Hit Hard
When things are good, businesses often need to expand production quickly; they add shifts to existing factories, build new ones, improve processes, buy more efficient machinery, etc. But when things are bad, they also need to react. They can’t keep piling up products that aren’t selling, and so they cut shifts, shut down […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None

Now that US President Obama has finally managed to up the ante on gas mileage standards in the US and address greenhouse gas emissions, why is the auto industry acting like this is a big surprise?
Obama issued two memoranda on January 26th to address mileage standards and greenhouse gas emissions. He is pushing for standards […]

Posted on February 5th, 2009 under Cars and Transportation. Comments: None