Film “The Martian” was right, experiment suggests potatoes CAN grow on Mars

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From the INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER / CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE LA PAPA and the “do you want fires with that interplanetary travel” department comes this interesting finding that I thought worth sharing for the sheer novelty of it. In case you’ve never seen the movie “The Martian“, our intrepid space castaway, played by Matt Damon, is […]

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March 8, 2017 at 07:00AM

Peter Thiel Sees More ‘Economic Progress’ From Fracking Than Silicon Valley

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Peter Thiel, a tech billionaire and confidante to President Donald Trump, said something you don’t often hear from Silicon Valley moguls: hydraulic fracturing did more for progress than the tech boom. “What’s very striking is that on some level I think fracking represents a bigger economic form of progress for our society as a whole […]

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March 8, 2017 at 05:43AM

Enviros Turn Their Sights On Agency Regulating Pipelines

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Environmentalists have moved away from opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline to working against the regulatory agency responsible for approving energy projects. A group of environmentalists will announce a campaign Wednesday to stop the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from gaining new members needed for approving new natural gas pipelines and other projects. One of the […]

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March 8, 2017 at 05:43AM

Gov’t Study: Caribou Are Handling Global Warming Just Fine

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Alaskan caribou are much more resistant to global warming than scientists previously thought, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game. The study found caribou successfully adapted to a warming climate and changing growing seasons for their food over the past 30 years. Previously, scientists worried that global […]

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March 8, 2017 at 05:43AM