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[hana-flv-player video=”http://techne.alaya.net/files/2012/09/SeaIceWwinds_slow_720.flv” width=”400″ description=”Arctic sea ice melting” player=”5″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”false” loop=”false” autorewind=”true” /] Ok it looks like I minced the video encoding parameters and squished the video, but I saw this startling video on a NASA site.  It shows the dramatic change in the amount of ice in Earth’s arctic region from August 1, 2012…

This shocking picture is a still taken from a video inside of a high-speed rail train in California.  This is the new, 220 MPH train that runs from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The full video is below:

  People prioritize their business interests. Politicians are always looking towards gentrifying places to up the real estate values for their buddies. There’s an active campaign to vilify bicycling in the United States. Just like when one turns on a TV and sees idiotic shows where the hosts are vilifying some poor person who made…

“…elections without integrity, elections that are rigged, elections that are corrupt, create enormous problems for societies…” Report of the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security will be available for download 14 September 2012. As this is being written, the United States is in the midst of its most significant electoral process, that for President…

There is a bill which has been approved by the California senate and assembly which requires motorists to give a distance of at least three feet when passing bicyclists on motorways. This is an extremely good idea. Please ask the governor to sign the bill and make it law! Tell the Governor to Protect Bicyclists

It’s a bit surprising to find out that there isn’t already a Tesla museum. I would have thought that there would be given how significant his inventions were. Tesla’s system of alternating current was superior to Edison(the sicko)’s direct current and eventually became the standard for electrical transmission. Yet Tesla’s ideas went far beyond just…

Today I was happy to learn that a company in my city which makes tofu and supplies it to the restaurant I was eating at does not use genetically-modified soybeans. Sometimes it is difficult to ask a restaurant if the tofu they use is non-GMO. I have learned that the following questions are useful: Is…

This particular bit of information which was in the news some weeks ago is of interest because it appears to be the first known instance of a drug which can actually cause new brain cells to form: Common Diabetes Drug Found to Stimulate Brain Cell Growth, May Treat Alzheimer’s and Stroke Patients …metformin increased the…

1. In rice cooker add organic brown basmati rice-millet mixture and veggie broth and stir before adding water. Cook. 2. Put rice-millet mixture in wok on med-low setting with organic high-heat safflower oil. Stir. 3. Add farmers market veggies. I added some nice heirloom-type peppers, very tasty tomatoes, broccoli crowns, asian scallions which are a…