THE ENERGY REVOLUTION HAS 1 PE...

Jun 22, 2015 by

THE ENERGY REVOLUTION HAS 1 PERCENTERS SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS

[Translate] Director Shalini Kantayya talks to Salon about the incredible potential of solar power Lindsay Abrams SALON.COM   When...

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Our massive new monopolies: Am...

Jun 9, 2015 by

Our massive new monopolies: Amazon, Google and Facebook have the power to move entire economies

[Translate] Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos (Credit: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Beck Diefenbach/AP/Matt...

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THE DISH NETWORK’S DISGR...

Jun 3, 2015 by

THE DISH NETWORK’S DISGRACEFUL HEIST: HOW THE CORPORATE GIANT CHEATED TAXPAYERS OUT OF $3 BILLION

[Translate] (Credit: lafoto via Shutterstock)   In a recent auction for publicly owned airwaves, the company executed a deceptive...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals ho...

May 5, 2015 by

Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals how the world’s first trillionaires will make their fortunes

[Translate] “You have to innovate” VIDEO Joanna Rothkopf   SALON.COM Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals how the world’s...

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Drug companies aren’t telling ...

Apr 25, 2015 by

Drug companies aren’t telling you the whole truth

[Translate] (Credit: oknoart via Shutterstock)    Only some of drug studies—the positive ones—ever have a good chance of being...

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Secrets of the Scientologists:...

Apr 19, 2015 by

Secrets of the Scientologists: Why people do horrible things for belief

[Translate] Tom Cruise, in a still from “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” (Credit: HBO) “Going...

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The Scientology paradox of Nei...

Apr 11, 2015 by

The Scientology paradox of Neil deGrasse Tyson: What his defense of the religion gets wrong

[Translate] Tyson is right that people have the right to believe what they want—but not when it leads to exploitation and abuse Steve...

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The incredible shrinking megac...

Apr 8, 2015 by

The incredible shrinking megacity: How Los Angeles engineered a housing crisis

[Translate] SALON.COM Los Angeles used to be the promised land for America’s homeowners. Now it’s tearing at the seams...

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Amazon’s frightening CIA partn...

Dec 7, 2014 by

Amazon’s frightening CIA partnership: Capitalism, corporations and our massive new surveillance state

[Translate] Hundreds of millions flow to Amazon from the national security state. It’s a kind of partnership we shouldn’t...

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Listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Dec 5, 2014 by

Listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye make fun of anti-science trolls

[Translate] The “Cosmos” host and the Science Guy slam creationists, climate deniers and everyone else who cherry-picks...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining...

Nov 29, 2014 by

Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining black holes is just as awesome as it sounds

[Translate] Sorry “Interstellar,” Tyson explains that you don’t want to be anywhere near a black hole Sarah Gray ...

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Politico’s dopey climate denia...

Oct 6, 2014 by

Politico’s dopey climate denial: Global warming might be fake because Neil deGrasse Tyson did something dumb

[Translate] A conservative writer draws hilariously sweeping conclusions from a controversy involving Neil deGrasse Tyson Peter...

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Zero-calorie sweeteners may be...

Sep 17, 2014 by

Zero-calorie sweeteners may be affecting our guts in a surprising way

[Translate] A new study may have found a causal link between artificial sweeteners and high blood sugar Sarah Gray  SALON.COM  ...

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Planet earth vs. roads: The ep...

Sep 15, 2014 by

Planet earth vs. roads: The epic conflict that will define the future of the world

[Translate] Roads are essential to human civilization, but they disrupt vitally important ecosystems. So what do we do? Henry Grabar ...

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America is so over homeownersh...

Sep 3, 2014 by

America is so over homeownership: Why the shift to a renting economy might actually be a good thing

[Translate] Fewer Americans are buying houses than at any point in recent decades. Some fear this shift—but maybe we shouldn’t...

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Cataclysm in suburbia: The dar...

Aug 31, 2014 by

Cataclysm in suburbia: The dark, twisted history of America’s oil-addicted middle class

[Translate] How the same things that contributed to the rise of the middle class are also now leading to its downfall Robert O....

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Something very strange is happ...

Aug 10, 2014 by

Something very strange is happening in Miami

[Translate] Florida’s biggest city is undergoing a real-estate boom stemming from an unexpected source. But is it a bubble?...

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Why our brains love the ocean:...

Jul 23, 2014 by

Why our brains love the ocean: Science explains what draws humans to the sea

[Translate] Since time immemorial, tadalafil humans have been captivated by water. And the reasons go beyond evolution Wallace J....

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Amazon’s loathsome tax scheme:...

Jul 12, 2014 by

Amazon’s loathsome tax scheme: How behemoths defeat Main Street — and how we can stop them

[Translate] T If Amazon had to pay its fair share of taxes, its bottom line would be squeezed. Finally, a level playing field...

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The suburb of the future is he...

Jul 9, 2014 by

The suburb of the future is here

[Translate] How one city avoided the worst of suburbanization and revealed the path toward sustainable urban development Henry...

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Free markets killed capitalism...

Jun 29, 2014 by

Free markets killed capitalism: Ayn Rand, Ronald Reagan, Wal-Mart, Amazon and the 1 percent’s sick triumph over us all

[Translate] Monopoly is back: Barry Lynn on the concentration of American economic power — and how we can restore fairness...

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The Ancient Egyptian invention...

Jun 23, 2014 by

The Ancient Egyptian invention that made everything else possible

[Translate] At the dawn of civilization, settlers on the Nile River made use of an everyday material to do something amazing John...

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One planet, 36,422 selfies

May 23, 2014 by

One planet, 36,422 selfies

[Translate] : NASA mosaic presents a spectacular view of life on Earth Explore the world’s first “global selfie”...

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Tonight’s spectacular new mete...

May 23, 2014 by

Tonight’s spectacular new meteor shower can be seen and heard: Here’s how

[Translate] Tonight’s meteor shower could bring up to 1,000 meteors per hour, which are large enough to stir up radio waves...

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Kickstarting the city: Can cro...

May 19, 2014 by

Kickstarting the city: Can crowd-funding save our neighborhoods?

[Translate] Sunday, May 18, 2014 06:00 AM PDT New tools are emerging to help communities plan underfunded projects and ward off...

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Creationists now losing their ...

May 19, 2014 by

Creationists now losing their minds because Neil deGrasse Tyson explained electricity

[Translate] Monday, May 19, 2014 06:00 AM PDT We wish we were joking Dan Arel, Alternet Neil deGrasse Tyson (Credit: AP/Richard...

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GOP’s “inane” war on science: ...

Mar 3, 2014 by

GOP’s “inane” war on science: Plasma physicist congressman takes on the denialists

Retiring Rep. Rush Holt tells us why…

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