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Today on Planet 100: Botox Kills Emotions (Video)

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Sprawling US Cities Heating Twice as Fast as Dense Ones

photo: Matt Lemmon via flickr It may not offer relief from the sweat dripping down your forehead in the midst of a heatwave as you walk down the street, but you can take comfort that it’s not all in your head. Heatwaves are indeed getting more pronounced. As Our Amazing Planet reports, sprawling cities have seen the

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Smart Computer That Learns from Videos Can Make Traffic More Efficient

Image credit D. Küttel / ETH Zurich; via PhysOrg ETH researchers Daniel Küttel and Michael Breitenstein teamed up with professors Luc Van Gool and Vittorio Ferrari from the Institute of Image Processing to create a new software program that can learn from watching moving objects, analyzing things like street scenes and figuring out patterns and habits of things like moving vehicles. The new technology allows the computer to recognize things like the movements of normal traffic flow and any changes in that “normal” situation. It may have a big use in analyzing traffic a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Security Is Next Multi-Billion Dollar Boom for Smart Grid

Photo via [jeremy] The security of the smart grid, from privacy and ownership of personal information among consumers to hackers’ ability to fell the entire grid in one sweep of malicious code, has been a hotly debated topic since the smart grid’s earliest days. So it is no surprise to hear that security measures that protect the grid is set to be a multi-billion-dollar industry in the very near future. According to a new report by Pike Research, 15% of all smart grid investments over the next few years will be for security, representing about $21 billion by 2015… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Deadly Bat Disease Set to Go Global

Image credit: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Northeast Region /Flickr No one likes to have their sleep disturbed but for hibernating bats it can actually be deadly. Geomyces destructans is caused by a white fungus that irritates infected bats’ skin, rousing them from their slumber and causing them to expend precious reserves of energy—often leading to starvation. Since first being discovered in Northern New York, the syndrome has spread west. Now, an outbreak in caves in Oklahoma have experts worried it is poised to spread across the hemis… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Underwater Robot Accident Causes 100,000s of Gallons of Oil to Gush from BP Spill Source

Image via BP If it all wasn’t so catastrophic, the series of mishaps that have plagued BP’s attempts to contain its gigantic oil spill would almost be comical. Almost. After all, we’ve seen failed ‘top hats’ and ‘junk shots’, the rig literally struck by lightening, and now, witnessed a misguided underwater robot bump into a venting system — forcing BP to again remove the cap that was collecting some of the oil. The leak is again flowing unabated into the Gulf. Here’s how it happened: … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sony Ericsson Adds The Cedar Cell Phone to GreenHeart Line

Image via Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson is adding on to their GreenHeart line of greenish cell phones with a new release, the Cedar. Just two years ago, the GreenHeart line held only a concept phone , but now it is several models strong as Sony Ericsson focuses on designing cell phones with ever smaller footprints. The Cedar features business practicality with social networking too… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Georgia Rep Says Clean Energy Bill Will Kill Grandma

Representative Paul Broun says clean energy legislation will cause electricity prices to rise, which will make it too expensive to run air conditioning, and people will die of hypothermia. Joe Romm types it out: … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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City Bees Go to Church in London and Get Saved

Image from the Times The plight of the bumblebee is a matter of great concern. Their numbers are declining, some species are on the brink of extinction and colony collapse disorder has spread in the U.S. Albert Einstein may (or may not) have said that “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live.” The City of London is celebrating bees by putting hives on the roof of 8 different build… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Brazil’s Lula Slams "Gringo" Protests of Amazon Dam

Photo via EyeBrazil Brazil’s proposed construction of what would be the third largest hydroelectric dam on the planet has drawn ire from environmental groups the world over. The planned dam at Belo Monte , protestors say, will flood and destroy much of the region’s plant and animal life, as well as displace the indigenous peoples there. So contentious ha… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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