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The Emerald-Skinned Women Who Make the Universe a Greener Place [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 28, 2008 The most recent Star Trek trailer briefly featured a particular species of green-skinned female known for their seductive powers. Green women are a force to be reckoned with in science fiction, and they range from … Also tagged: aliens, women, triviagasm |
io9 - Sep 18, 2008
At the Cleantech Forum this week in Washington, DC, prominent futurist Peter "Long Boom" Schwartz argued before a packed room of investors that peak oil is wrong. He claimed that the Earth would not be running out of …
Also tagged: energy, science, environment, rant
io9 - Aug 6, 2008
Nothing like a stark data visualization to impress upon you just how bad pollution has gotten in Beijing. Here you can see the levels of sulfur in the air over the past several years in three similarly-sized regions of …
Also tagged: science, environment, olympics, ecology, mega pollution
io9 - Aug 5, 2008
It's the famous Tokyo 109 building (named after io9 of course), now falling into the same eco-ruins that overtook Manhattan in plague wipeout movie I Am Legend. In fact, Tokyo Fantasy has posted a whole series of …
Also tagged: art, japan, tokyo, environmental, concept art, eco
io9 - Jul 13, 2008
You may have thought Pixar's trashbot epic Wall-E was an environmentalist screed about humans ruining the planet through over-consumption. But you'd be wrong, say a rising chorus of conservative commentators. Rather …
Also tagged: politics, movies, pixar, gawker, environmentalism, wall e
io9 - May 12, 2008
Although it's tempting to turn every piece of news about environmental science into a dystopian scenario, dire predictions are not always warranted. Today the U.S. government released the results of a 20-year study of …
Also tagged: science, environment
io9 - May 6, 2008
Crispy noodles are the missing link between today's carbon-emitting cars and tomorrow's clean hydrogen cars. It turns out that the structure of crispy noodles — rigid, twisty, and porous — perfectly matches that of a …
Also tagged: pollution, technology, cars, environmental, noodles, polymer, carbon emissions, hydrogen cars, futurism
io9 - Apr 23, 2008
Today is Earth Day, a celebration that's supposed to focus on attention on ecological balance — keeping our planet green and healthy. But as futurist Jamais Cascio points out in an essay published today, the point of …
Also tagged: earth day, environmentalism, jamais cascio
io9 - Apr 15, 2008
Could this parking garage in Santa Monica, California, become the first certifiably "green" parking garage in the U.S.? LEED, a green building organization that awards certifications to structures that are demonstrably …
Also tagged: architecture, cars, environmental, parking garage
io9 - Apr 14, 2008
Could this parking garage in Santa Monica, California, become the first certifiably "green" parking garage in the U.S.? LEED, a green building organization that awards certifications to buildings that are demonstrably …
Also tagged: architecture, cars, environmental, parking garage