Tag Archive | "life"

Environmental Graffiti’s Movers and Shakers: Kurt Kohlstedt from WebUrbanist, WebEcoist and Dornob

Friday, June 26, 2009

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Environmental Graffiti’s Movers and Shakers: Kurt Kohlstedt from WebUrbanist, WebEcoist and Dornob

As the founder of three awesome sites in the shape of WebUrbanist, WebEcoist and Dornob, Kurt Kohlstedt knows where it's at when it comes to making the web a place full of interesting and insightful content. Here Kurt gives the backstory on himself and his endeavours, talks about the common threads and differences between his sites, reveals what he's up to now and more. Oh, and man is this guy articulate.

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Ice: the Cradle of Life?

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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Ice: the Cradle of Life?

It is one of the most sought after answers in modern science: where did life come from? How did those first molecules put themselves together in such a way as to form molecular machinery capable of reproducing itself and thereby fueling the creation of the vast and amazing diversity we see on this planet today?

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Capillary Carafes For Your Wine? [pics]

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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Capillary Carafes For Your Wine? [pics]

This amazing set of wine decanters resembling human capillaries was first discovered by our friends over at Neatorama. They're very cool, but isn't the point of a decanter to open the wine up to the air? Well traditionally yes, but who cares when you've just paid between €2000 and €5000 for a beautiful piece of sculpted borosilicate.

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We May Have Found Aliens, And Not Known It

Monday, April 21, 2008

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Mankind has always been curious about the possibility that “we’re not the only ones in the universe.” A great deal of effort has been spent on the attempt to find extraterrestrial life. Unfortunately for us, we may not even know what we’re looking for. Image from Sea Frost

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Mars Stinks

Sunday, December 23, 2007

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Ever wondered why there isn’t life on Mars? Except for that giant head in the sand, Mars has been pretty dead for a very long time. But it wasn’t always like this.

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Mother Earth: How Ice Shaped the Face of the Planet

Monday, December 10, 2007

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Welcome to post number five in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far, we’ve covered the big bang to the formation of the earth, volcanoes, the early atmosphere, and water. Today, we’ll be discussing

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