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Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar? It's making a comeback worldwide.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Dutch researcher Jos Meeuwen would like to put in a plug for energy self-sufficiency. In fact, he'd like to put in a plug for everyone in his count...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
It took ten years, but one of the country's worst toxic waste sites is clean.
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
When it comes to selling solar cells, it pays to be cheap -- and thin. At least that's what Professor Ken Durose at England's Durham University is ...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Getting better gas mileage for the ride doesn't have to mean hydrogen fuel cells, or a fancy hybrid. One solution already exists right under the ho...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Can you imagine a world without tuna? No more, "Chicken of the Sea?" Believe it or not, most tuna species have been heavily fished, some almost to ...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
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These days, Americans are driving three times as many miles per capita as they did in 1980. Not only are longer commutes driving us crazy, they're ...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
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Imagine trying to get home by running across a busy freeway. Without a walkway, a stoplight or a crosswalk, it could be a dangerous adventure. Well...
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- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Forget Chicken Little’s paranoid delusions about the sky falling. With chicken litter, we really do have a problem. More than 5.6 million tons of i...
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- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
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Farmers, start your vacations. Because after crops come in, you can leave the debris where it is and let microbes do the rest. By feeding on the le...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Hello, Bluefin Tuna. Tag, you’re it! No, you’re really it -- you are among the last of a species that once thrived throughout the Atlantic.
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Sunday, April 14th, 1935, mid-afternoon: A monstrous black dust cloud quickly forms over southwest Kansas -- and within minutes, people were runnin...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
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Wind turbines are a great source for alternative energy. They're less great, however, for birds.
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Google going green could change the way we power our lives, and that could make us all pretty lucky. The search engine giant is investing in large-...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
And now a good news, bad news, good news story. First, the first good news. Surveys conducted in the northern Amazon nation of Suriname by Conserva...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Remember Carole King’s song, “Up on the Roof”? You know...When this old world starts a getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
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Wouldn’t it be great to have a freeway named after you, a galaxy – or, maybe a complex formula for calculating carbon dioxide’s effect on climate c...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
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Henry Ford had the right idea. Back in the early 1940s, he developed the world's first "bio-car." Actually, it was a prototype displayed once at a ...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Attention feed lot operators. Panda Energy International in Hereford, Texas, wants your manure. But only the good stuff.
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 01:30
There’s a fungus among us that could become a more environmentally-friendly way to weatherize your home, or business. Eben Bayer, a recent graduate...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
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Here’s a home that’s truly “outside the box” -- or inside, depending on where you stand. They’re made out of recycled steel shipping containers. Ye...
- Added: Nov 26, 2013
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i-Pods powered by Kool-Aid? Yep. They might be just around the corner -- no kidding! Researchers are developing biodegradable batteries that gener...
Bought by KSKQ
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Mom used to say we should eat everything on our plate. Turns out, she might’ve been right -- but for a different reason.
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- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Too much of a good thing. We all know the hazards of that: too much fat, too much beer, too much chocolate… (Maybe not too much chocolate…) But, fo...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Medieval alchemy -- you’ve seen it in the movies: A wizard-like figure hovers over a glowing vat adding mysterious ingredients in his quest to tur...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
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