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How Extremophiles Might Help Us Save the World

Levi Novey | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Yellowstone, Research, Astrobiology, Atacama Desert, Science, Mars, Methane, Exploration, Caves, Imax, Space Exploration, Extremophile, Health, Green Technology, James Cameron, Microbiology, Climate Change, Ethanol, Technology, Breast Cancer Treatment, Medicine, Global Warming, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Microbes-on-Mars, Microorganisms, Green News
Levi Novey

Living and thriving in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, tiny bacteria-like microbes known as extremophiles might soon have an over-sized effect on our human world.

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Destination: Greenland -- Lessons from the Ice

Ben Jervey | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Exploration, Greenland, Climate Change, Global Warming, Nrdc, Destination: Greenland, Arctic, Inuit, Green News
Ben Jervey

Surrounded by a vast expanse of white, the Arctic looks and feels completely untouched by man. Yet it is where the effects of our greenhouse gas emission are concentrated.

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Behind the News: Why We're Seeing Outbreaks of Swine Flu, and How We Can Stop it Next Time (Video)

TEDTalks | Posted 05.27.2009 | World

Read More: Exploration, Video, Swine Flu Outbreak, Biology, Swine Flu, Biodiversity, Tedtalks, Science, Flu Pandemic, Pandemics, World News
TEDTalks

Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering new, deadly viruses where they first emerge.

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Nathan Wolfe: Hunting for the Next AIDS

TEDTalks | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Exploration, Science, Biology, Biodiversity, Tedtalks, Living News
TEDTalks

2009-03-27-wolfe.jpgArmed with blood samples, high-tech tools and a small army of fieldworkers, Nathan Wolfe hopes to re-invent pandemic control.

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Dig the Oceans

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Exploration, Nasa, Oceans, Space Exploration, Obama NASA, Undersea Exploration, Water, Space, Pierce-Florida, Green News
Amitai Etzioni

All we need is a good race with other nations -- measured by how much ocean we cover and who can find more goodies faster -- and ocean exploration will be all the rage.

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Merrily Skipping Into the Unknown

Jen Sincero | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Bed, Anais Nin, Fear, Lifestyle, Comfort Zone, Fear of the Unknown, Inertia, Dictionary, Exploration, Being Comfortable, Massage, Jennifer Aniston, Pillows, The Future, Living, Trying New Things, Discomfort, Living News
Jen Sincero

Our thoughts and perceptions define our realities, so redefine the way you perceive the unknown. Start thinking of it as exciting, exhilarating, something to throw yourself into and conquer.

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Re-establishing NASA's Leadership

Peter Diamandis | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Exploration, Transition, Apollo, Nasa, Darpa, Space, Obama Transition, Google Lunar XPrize, X Prize Foundation, Business News
Peter Diamandis

So long a source of national pride and inspiration as well as cutting edge research, NASA is now losing its position of world leadership.

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Whalers Fear Effects Of Off-Shore Drilling

Eric Kroh | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Exploration, Alaska, John McCain, Conocophillips, Alaska Wilderness League, Anwr, Drilling, Oil, Thomas Napageak, Whaling, Barack Obama, Nuiqsut, Offshore Drilling, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Home News
Eric Kroh

McCain and Obama debate offshore drilling but Alaskan whalers whose families have hunted in Arctic waters for centuries witness the environmental impact firsthand, from inevitable spills to routine sonic bombs.

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