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The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it’s the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
I don’t know if Santa Claus ever collected seeds, but one of his neighbors sure does. About 200 miles from the North Pole, the United States is bu...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
The biggest winner from Beijing, China's 2008 Olympic Games may be the environment.
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Old tires. Mountains of rubber. What’s happening with to them these days? Well, in Pennsylvania, they’re hitting the road!
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:38
Probably the last place you’d expect to see a photo I.D. would be in the wilds of India -- featuring a photo of a male Asian elephant no less.
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Sharks, it seems, are not unpredictable nomads. They're more like commuters: As predictable in their travels as the office carpool. And that fact c...
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.”
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Experts say that as population and water use rise, the world's fresh water supplies are shrinking. Then why don’t we desalinate more sea water and…...
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
An ecosystem is like a finely woven garment -- pull out one thread, and the entire thing might come apart. An unraveling, of sorts, happened off th...
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Are you worried about global warming? Well, here’s an idea. How about rocketing one trillion miniature umbrellas into orbit somewhere between us ...
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- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Jet propulsion doesn't always make you fast...Take, for example, the Antarctic scallop. These bivalve mollusks shouldn't even be able to move. Yet ...
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- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Why did the salamander cross the road? The same reason that would motivate most creatures: To have sex, of course.
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Bringing countries together to protect our natural environment looks good on paper. Real good, in fact.
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Is there a sex-therapist in the house? Apparently, China's pandas could use some help.
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
What does rain forest conservation have to do with preventing malaria? In the Amazon rainforest, the means to these two ends are virtually one in t...
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Crispy noodles: They're tasty, and...fuel-efficient! That is, if someday we're driving hydrogen-fueled cars.
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Ever think to yourself, “California and Iceland sure have a lot in common”? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
The environmentally polite thing to do in the future might be to give your battery the flu. That's right: Batteries may soon run on a virus.
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
One architecture professor is giving trailer parks a good name. Michael Berk of Mississippi State University has developed award-winning mobile hom...
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Gassing up new family cars with green, clean hydrogen is edging closer to reality.
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
To prepare for climate change, sometimes it’s good to get down to the bare bones. Fish bones, that is.
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- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
“Pygmy possum” and “giant rat.” They sound like rock groups, but no! These are two mammals new to science found recently in a pristine jungle in th...
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- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Sometimes you don’t have to look far to find a solution. While 300 million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition, the most popular ...
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- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
We burn a lot of fossil fuels, and many of us would like to curb our dependence on foreign oil. Ocean tides and crashing waves could be at least a ...
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- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1