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This competition-winning design uses upcycled materials to frame a street-facing experience, in part through a fresh take on ‘window shopping’. ... No comment yet.
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These hidden shanty towns, often invisible from the streets below, sprawl like surrealist suburbs across the roofs of one of the most densely-populated and ...
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“My wife got sick. She was constantly nervous because of problems at work, personal life, her failures and problems with children.
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With 400 breeds of dogs to take into consideration, coming to a conclusion on the most expensive dog... Via Rudy Montigny
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Winners of the Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition snapped some of the year’s best images of sharks, marine mammals and other sea life. Via Wildlife Defence
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Having a dog — even a dirty one — may help fend off allergies in young children Via Rudy Montigny
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A mathematical pattern of movement called a Lévy walk describes the foraging behavior of animals from sharks to honey bees, and now for the first time has been shown to describe human hunter-gatherer movement as well. Via Jocelyn Stoller
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An almanac of the 100 best news snippets selected by the Magazine in 2013.
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Last week, Jalopnik's Michael Ballaban posted about what is easily one of my favorite urban stories of all time, which is that parts of Manhattan are actually built on the wartime ruins of English towns—churches, homes, pubs, libraries, shops, and...
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Christmas is now only a few days away! If you haven't quite gotten into the holiday spirit, do we have something for you. Today, we've put together some of th… Via Leggo Tung Lei
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In the spring, the countryside of Luoping in eastern Yunnan, China turns into an ocean of flowers. It's that time of the year that the rapeseed flowers (or ca… Via Leggo Tung Lei |
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Lounge in large wooden vats that once contained gallons upon gallons of beer, gazing up at the original stone arches in subterranean vaulted chambers. The ...
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Smithsonian's Around the Mall blog recently dug up an awesome FAO Schwarz catalog from 1911, found over at the Internet Archive. Via F. Thunus
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A recent incident at the Primrose oil sands project near Cold Lake, Alberta - operated by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) - is a case study of the threat of voracious oil extraction within an unfettered petrostate.
In July, CNRL's in situ mining operation near the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range experienced a massive underground oil blowout that has leaked more than 1.5 million liters of bitumen (heavy crude) emulsion. Oozing and percolating from the surface, the leak has polluted surrounding wetlands, forests and muskeg, as well as the traditional lands of the Beaver Lake Cree and Cold Lake First Nations.
The full extent of the Primrose leak is not yet known. Unlike a pipeline rupture, where leaks are readily detected and measured, it is nearly impossible to monitor the scope of an underground spill in real time. The spread of bitumen emulsion through subsoil as it threatens reservoirs and expansive swaths of wilderness is difficult to track from the surface. Oil from the Primose leak already has enveloped sacred gravesites and hunting land of the Beaver Lake Cree.
Alberta Environment reports that four distinct bitumen releases have been identified at Cold Lake. One was caused by a fissure at the bottom of a small, unnamed lake that has since been drained to mitigate long-term damage to wetland and amphibian life. Damage to the caprock at this site has allowed bitumen leakages to contaminate aquifers and groundwater.
As pressurized steam technologies gain traction in Alberta - there are 122 sites in the province - the safety of in situ mining technologies has been called into question. First Nations communities whose lands are threatened by leakages have been at the forefront of demands to end environmentally dangerous practices.
Click headline to read more-- Via Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc 
Lyle Dighton's curator insight,
March 14, 2014 7:38 AM
This article presents a valid report on the environmental detriments of mining specific resources. Occupational health and safety professionals would seek to implement precautionary strategies to ensure exposure to poisonous materials are monitored and protective equipment is made available.
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Often dubbed the unicorns of the sea, narwhals are strange and beautiful creatures with long tusks protruding from their heads. Check out some common questions about these near-threatened whales. Via Wildlife Defence
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Plenty of social animals have ways to police each other's behavior — so that if an animal enters the wrong territory or reproduces when it's not supposed to, it's punished.
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Jack The Balancing Dog Gets Into The Christmas Spirit (PHOTOS) Via Rudy Montigny
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The people who make these have the coolest jobs.
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The year 2013 has shown how science and technology can be a huge asset for medieval studies.
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Vesa-Matti Loiri's "Naurava kulkuri" musical sketch with English subtitles. This song is actually based on Jim Lowe's "Gambler's Guitar" from 1950, but these...
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In celebration of its 125th anniversary, National Geographic teamed up with Taschen to release a three-volume photo retrospective. BuzzFeed gets an exclusive peek at some of the rare images. Via OdysseyTreks 
OdysseyTreks's curator insight,
December 24, 2013 1:32 PM
Hard to believe that National Geographic has been around for 125 years. I know growing up I always wanted to be a photographer for them as it was my dream job. What is your dream job? Does it involve travel? Let us know! |
