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Slovakia-based photographer Ondrej Pakan snapped these astonishing photos of insects tickled with raindrops after a downpour.
For more images, visit Pakan’s website.
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Wind Energy Without the Blades?
What if we could harness wind energy without the fields of enormous blade turbines that have come to be associated with modern wind farms. It would certainly help eliminate the “spinning blades of death” that many birds have to deal with, as well. Levant Power of Cambridge, MA turned to nature for an inspired alternative:
The proposed design calls for 1,203 ““stalks,” each 180-feet high with concrete bases that are between about 33- and 66-feet wide. The carbon-fiber stalks, reinforced with resin, are about a foot wide at the base tapering to about 2 inches at the top. Each stalk will contain alternating layers of electrodes and ceramic discs made from piezoelectric material, which generates a current when put under pressure. In the case of the stalks, the discs will compress as they sway in the wind, creating a charge.
Not to mention that I wouldn’t mind having one of these near my house at night … just beautiful. If this doesn’t work, then all we have to turn to is purple turbines.
(via DiscoveryNews)
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Miss Philippines, Gwendolyn Ruais, placed second in the recently concluded Miss World 2011 held at London, United Kingdom. Gwendolyn Ruais attains the best Miss World finish for the Philippines since Evangeline Pascual who also won first runner-up in Miss World 1973. Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos, bagged the crown this year.
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Pumpkin today, power tomorrow
Oakland power company is turning old Halloween pumpkins into green energy. Here’s how it works.
Recipes usually can be divided into three categories: the aspirational, the trendy and the seasonal. But the eternal question binding them all is, “Does a dish have to be complicated in order to be good?” The short answer is no.
5 easy dishes with 8 or fewer ingredients
Study finds women still prefer to take husband’s last name
50 percent of those surveyed also supported a law requiring women to take their husband’s name.
