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A recent study illustrates the connection between consumer demand in the U.S. and increased furniture production in China, which is, in turn, fueling logging in Central Africa. By John C. Cannon – Sustainable logging in Cameroon. (Photo: Brent Stirton/Getty Images) Logging to feed …
Michael Irving – Sandia researchers Michael Chandross (left) and Nic Argibay, overseeing the testing of the platinum-gold alloy that’s now the world’s most durable alloy (Credit: Randy Montoya). Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, in Albuquerque, have developed what they say is the most durable …
by Frank Jacobs – The geographic distribution of places named after animals provides an indication of the former range of those animals. In Feral, his book proposing a re-wilding of our natural environment, George Monbiot refers to Shifting Baseline Syndrome as …
“Rapa Nui is not a story about collapse.” By Sarah Sloat – Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is a 63-square-mile spot of land in the Pacific Ocean. In 1995, science writer Jared Diamond popularized the “collapse theory” in a Discover magazine …
What you need to know if you were a MOBE customer by Alvaro Puig Consumer Education Specialist, FTC We recently wrote about steps that the FTC took to stop MOBE, an internet business-coaching scheme that was promoting a bogus online business opportunity to …
by Brandon A. Weber – Residents of Dade county, Florida, use electronic voting machines to cast their votes at a local polling station 29 October 2004, in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo credit ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) It’s a time-honored tradition …
by Mike Colagrossi – Shangri-La concept art, Far Cry 4, Wikimedia Commons. Throughout history, mankind has often been enthralled by stories of mythical places, cities, and paradises shrouded in secrets and lost to the sands of time. These legendary locations pervade all great …
Ben Coxworth – The Polaris Slingshot Grand Touring might even make other Slingshot owners take notice. Even though it was first introduced four years ago, the three-wheeled Polaris Slingshot is still quite the attention-getter when spotted “in the wild.” Should you …
America’s Ozone Problem Has Now Spread to Its National Parks Humans can’t leave good things alone, huh? By Peter Hess – Who doesn’t like escaping into the wilderness to get some fresh air reset their brain from the stresses of civilization? Well, we …
Rich Haridy – Mada’in Saleh: Winner in the Nature category (Credit: Gabriel Scanu). The Drone Awards is a new photography competition dedicated to the emerging art of aerial photography. This year’s inaugural competition has just revealed its winning snaps, a spectacular assortment …
