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A Superfly Dragonfly for NYC?

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The future may look greener for New York City: Belgian firm Vincent Callebaut Architectures has designed a winged vertical farm for Roosevelt Island in NYC, called the Dragonfly. This funky, wind and solar-powered structure would stand over 600 meters (close to 2,000 feet) and house the equivalent of 28 agricultural fields. Read more here.

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Climate Control: Predicting Floods and Volcanic Eruptions

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SMOS over Earth – via ESA

As anyone who’s been caught in a sudden rainstorm can attest that predicting the weather can be dodgy business. Global warming has produced more erratic weather patterns, making this task even more difficult. Recent large-scale natural disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, highlight the need for better climate-monitoring systems.

Fortunately, this past month the European Space Agency launched the Soil Moisture and Salinity (SMOS) probe, a $460 million satellite that promises to help predict floods and droughts across the globe.

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Update: Pork Grown in Dutch Lab

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In a timely update to our last featured story, Where’s the Turkey, Dutch scientists have reportedly succeeded in growing pork in a lab for the first time. [PopSci]

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Products Made From Mushrooms

Ecovative Design: COO Ed Browka, Chief Scientist Gavin McIntyre, and CEO Eben Bayer

Eben Bayer invented biodegradable packaging material and building insulation made from mushrooms and other agricultural byproducts.

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Where’s the Turkey?

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Doctors and nutrition scientists have long warned us about the potential dangers of meat. The over-consumption of animal fats – especially red meat – has been linked to such problems as obesity, heart disease, and cancer; and the harvesting of livestock puts a serious strain on the environment. So beyond limiting one’s meat intake (and following food journalist Michael Pollan’s advice to “eat food, not too much, mostly plants”), what’s a burger-loving person to do?

As it turns out, the future of your Thanksgiving feast might just lie in a test tube.

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