The first new premiere is at 9pm EST on the Discovery Channel, with the 2008 Mythbusters shark special, testing tons of theories about shark attraction and shark attacks.
They’ve been reviewing some of their best material all day, culminating in last year’s Mythbusters: Jaws Special this evening.
As I mentioned a couple of day ago, I’ll be [...]

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Wired.com had an article on their front page this week covering the debate over “assisted migrations,” and in particular a recent proposal to relocate polar bears to the South Pole.
If the most dire climate predictions come to pass, the Arctic ice cap will melt entirely, and polar bears could face extinction.
So why not pack a [...]

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UPDATE: 

Mythbusters Shark Myths of 2008
Surviving Sharks with “Survivorman” Les Stroud

 
As many of my readers will already know, I’m a shark fanatic - they’re what I like to read about, what I like to write about, and what I’m hoping to work with in my career.
As a result, Shark Week every year on the Discovery Channel [...]

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“The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk…I don’t remember a time in our country when so many things seemed to be going so wrong simultaneously” - Al Gore
Al Gore gave a speech yesterday in Washington pushing for America to switch to renewable energy. His main points were:

Produce [...]

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President Bush announced today that he is going to lift the executive order that bans offshore oil drilling.
Some have labeled this move as purely symbolic, since there is additionally a federal law in place.
This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Why It Must Be Stopped
President Bush’s decision, coupled with John McCain’s campaign promises, are part of [...]

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