Forget Wall-e. Matt Cole is already building bots to clean up the worst nuclear waste around the planet. The May 2010 issue of Wired carried this profile in its Alphageek section.
Monday, June 28, 2010
For a decade and a half, the U.S. government's toxic-cleanup program, Superfund, has neither been super nor much of a fund. Now, Superfund might finally earn its name again.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Take note, Gulf Coast: After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, coastal managers embarked on an ambitious mapping project to monitor and protect the state's shores. A short article from Nature Conservancy Magazine, Summer 2010.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Colleges in Colorado are fine-tuning curriculum to attract green job seekers, including returning veterans. Can higher ed teach old dawgs new-energy tricks?
Monday, February 22, 2010
The first new U.S. uranium mill in three decades could be coming to Colorado and the rugged valley of the Dolores River in the southwestern corner of the state. The river — originally named RÃo de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, or River of Our Lady of Sorrows, by Spanish priests in 1776 — and [...]
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
More than 80 percent of oyster reefs are in severe decline due to overfishing and habitat loss, which spells bad news for coastal water quality and marine life, not to mention our future appetites on the half-shell. A short article from Winter 2009.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Howard Zinn Among the many recorded moments of American history impacted by Howard Zinn, who died at age 87 in late January, one of the most significant is the Ludlow Massacre, a 1914 labor skirmish between Colorado’s militia and the families of striking coal miners. Calling Ludlow a skirmish is putting it gently: In April 1914, the [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
Winter Diversions “Between Two Ferns” with Zach Galifianakis Nice to see a fellow Greek getting ahead with his very own talk show *** The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón In the spirit of Garcia Márquez…probably one of my favorite fiction reads in a long time *** Errol Morris on the New York Times Opinionator blog His series on [...]
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Even the National Mining Association says it's time to update the the Mining Act of 1872. But will reform be a giant leap, a baby step, or something still off in the distance?
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Long after the benefit concerts are finished, the victims of hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis suffer severe emotional aftershocks. Is there a better way to respond to disaster? An article from the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Miller-McCune magazine.
The Moth Podcast
Weekly installments of first-person stories, told without notes, which frequently bring laughs and/or tears in under 15 minutes
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Baseball:
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? by Jimmy Breslin
Breslin's book on the '62 Mets, baseball's worst team ever, is clever and cutting, and it sets up the historical backdrop for forlorn Mets fans
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
The scene between Roy and Iris swimming in the lake stands out. A deeper, darker story than Redford's film
Baseball History Podcast
Host Bob Wright is a baseball nerd's nerd, and I've already learned the origin of stadium tailgates, batting gloves and baseball fantasy camps
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TED
"Riveting talks by remarkable people," which are sometimes wonky, but usually enlightening
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Greek food and Ouzo
With much inspiration coming from Susanna Hoffman's The Olive and the Caper, a 2004 narrative cookbook that encourages healthy consumption of fennel, feta and olive oil
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All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
A great nonfiction book integrating Bragg's upbringing in rural Alabama with his experiences and lessons from journalism
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"Bored to Death"
The latest, greatest series from HBO...but it might be a little too close to home
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Mike Birbiglia: "What I Should Have Said Was Nothing"
Self-deprecating humor at its finest, with plenty of sports, family, drugs and wildlife jokes along the way
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Horseshoes
Ready to get my ringer on this summer
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