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Watch Bill Gates’ Firefly-Enhanced TED Talk Online
9:04AM Kyle VanHemert | At this year’s TED conference Bill Gates discussed the importance of eliminating CO2 emissions, bringing out a jar of fireflies as an example of a living “energy miracle”. Now you can watch Gates’s entire talk – bugs and all – online. [TED]
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Doomsday Clock Moved Back One Minute
3:20AM Kyle VanHemert | The Doomsday clock, a measurement of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, biotechnology and climate change, has been moved back one minute, to six minutes before midnight, signalling a more “hopeful state of world affairs”. More »
Software
Google Earth To Tackle Deforestation
3:16AM Kat Hannaford | Google’s services are getting stronger and more powerful with every passing week. Today’s announcement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen could be a real game-changer, especially in South America and Australia, where deforestation is rife. More »
Random Stuff
11:00AM Danny Allen | I woke up Wednesday, to a scene from Total Recall. Sydney had been blanketed by an apocalyptic glowing red dust storm. Red from iron-oxide: rust. And if I couldn’t breathe, my tech gear wouldn’t like this either… More »
Waking Up On Mars: Australia’s Bizarre Dust Storm
11:00AM Danny Allen | I woke up Wednesday, to a scene from Total Recall. Sydney had been blanketed by an apocalyptic glowing red dust storm. Red from iron-oxide: rust. And if I couldn’t breathe, my tech gear wouldn’t like this either… More »
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