Thoughtful piece on the political liability of "perfection": The price of perfection http://t.co/XcdWVdn5
NASA has released a phenomenal image:
Big Blue Marble, 2012 Edition. Click through and download the hi-res image to zoom in. It's worth your time.
Taken by the the Suomi NPP spacecraft on January 4. Ball Aerospace built the NPP spacecraft; the instrument, the snappily named Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), is Goddard's work. Unbelievable.
If it looks…
This is either the coolest or most pathetic thing I've ever seen. I can't decide. http://t.co/vEjhNfiM
Scientific American's David Biello, a sharp observer of clean (and less-clean) energy, posted this piece on peak oil yesterday. The long and short of it is peak oil (the moment when we've collectively burned as much oil -- about a trillion barrels -- as is left in the ground) actually happened in 2005.
Peak oil is important…
The apocalypse is upon us: @MedPageToday: Bacon, Sausage Linked to Pancreatic Cancer http://t.co/ABYdzub9