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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
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
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
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
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
Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Here’s something that probably won’t be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But maybe it should be since it could impact more people than anyth...
- Added: Dec 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
f you’re looking to save energy and cold, hard cash, check out the fridge.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What’s better than a glass of cold milk? How about a glass of cold organic milk from a biodegradable bottle.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
As oil prices rise and supplies decline, interest in wind energy is soaring. But finding sites for wind farms hasn’t been a breeze.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
“Regular, unleaded or decaf?” Coffee may keep our eyes open, but coffee grounds might, someday, fuel our cars.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...
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- Added: Sep 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
You don’t have to an eco-activist to switch to solar power anymore. Just a savvy consumer.
- Added: Sep 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
How now, brown cow? With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay? That’s how researchers are generating electricity at the University of Ohio ...
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- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Is there an environmentally friendly way to land airplanes? There is.
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- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Earthworms rate pretty low on the “cuddly” scale for most people, but they do something exceedingly well: They eat all kinds of trash and turn it i...
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Don't you love urban sprawl? Right. Thirty years ago, car-friendly developments, and the freeways to get us there, were smart planning. Today? They...
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
It's good to know that tomorrow's scientists are solving environmental problems today. Meet Daniel Burd from Waterloo, Canada.
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- Added: Jul 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
