Articles Tagged with #earth
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Video
A Trip Around the World, One Second at a Time
A man and his selfie stick circumnavigate the world. Here’s the footage of his travels, one second for each of his 200 days.
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Video
Meet the Earthship
An off-grid community’s 65 homes are made entirely of natural or recyclable materials and collect and produce all their own energy and resources.
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Video
Alpha Centauri Is in Central New Jersey
Friends build the first scale model of the solar system so we can feel how big it is—and how small we are.
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The Travel Desk
Around the World on 18 Plates
We asked people around the globe—in Uganda, Ecuador, Fiji, and more—to make food from the opposite side of Earth.
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The Sky Is Falling
Apocalypse How
Big-budget films tell us earthquakes are bad, volcanic eruptions can be catastrophic, and meteorite strikes—barring the presence of Bruce Willis—may kill us all. Seeking expert advice on how scared we should be.
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Gallery
Electric Light Formula
Manmade light is normally considered pollution before it’s thought of as beautiful. A series of luscious portraits of Earth’s brightest hotspots.
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Opinions
Planet Zoo
More than a generation of Americans have been urged to save the Earth. A survey of the current climate and every H.G. Wells-inspired geoengineering project shows it’s time to pray for Homo sapiens.
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Spoofs & Satire
The Edge of Sustainable Living
U2’s guitarist has recently been slammed by environmentalists for his California real-estate development. An FAQ for concerned neighbors.
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Spoofs & Satire
How I Survived the Various Apocalypses
From zombies to aliens to zombie-aliens, the times that, with civilization at its very brink, against all odds—you know the drill.
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Op-Ed
Water to Burn?
Today is UN World Water Day, and for many of the planet’s residents, one of our most plentiful resources has become all too scarce. The rest of us are busy playing golf in the desert.
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Spoofs & Satire
The Bright Side
In this day and age of unmet expectations and underwhelming results, it’s more important than ever to follow the examples of others and look at things in the right light. Welcome to the Bright Side.
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Spoofs & Satire
Changed Equations That Changed the World
As it turns out, the rules of science are more flexible than you’d think. When you tinker with the mechanics of the universe, however, you’d better be prepared for drastic repercussions.