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This is a video of a bottle coated with LiquiGlide, which makes condiments come out more easily.  That’s regular ketchup.  More on this from fast.coexist.
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4/25/12: Immodest Proposals XVI: One Pill Makes...
  Join John Skylar and Better Worlds for the sixteenth installment in the Immodest Proposals discussion series!  This time, we’ll be talking about the ethics of using mind-altering substances to affect the creative process.  Is it the same thing as using steroids in sports?  Is it different?  Are there special rules?   We’ve assembled a panel of creatives from every corner of the...
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March 2012
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Think the US is actually undergoing "Moral Decay?"... →
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And we're back!
Hey all, BW has been on hiatus for the past couple months as we plan the future for our organization, but now we’re back with new plans and will return to posting regularly. It’s good to see you all again. -The BW team
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Wavefunctions: once thought to be a mathematical means to describe where an electron could be. Now, possibly a physical object.  Kinda wild. At the heart of the weirdness for which the field of quantum mechanics is famous is the wavefunction, a powerful but mysterious entity that is used to determine the probabilities that quantum particles will have certain properties. Now, a preprint...
Nov 25th
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ANNOUNCING Immodest Proposals XIII: Occupying the...
Better Worlds is happy to announce the return of its discussion series for a lively meeting about Occupy Wall Street! With panelists: Kimberly Warner-Cohen, novelist and economic activist Manny Jalonschi, journalist for the Indypendent RSVP on meetup.com (for advance cover) RSVP on facebook THE EVENT After a short break, Immodest Proposals triumphantly returns! We’ve worked hard...
Nov 25th
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Growing fish in rice paddies is good for...
Translated from science: If you grow fish in rice paddies, the fish protect the rice and fertilize it, and then you can harvest both rice and fish using less pesticide and fertilizer. Awesome.  Two problems solved, one approach. From the paper abstract. For centuries, traditional agricultural systems have contributed to food and livelihood security throughout the world. Recognizing ...
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CERN Gets Closer to Proving It Broke the Light... →
New tests at the European science facility CERN yet again confirm the results of their prior experiment which showed faster-than-light particles, reports the BBC and The Washington Post. Back in September, CERN scientists clocked neutrinos — funky, ghostly particles that pass through every square inch of Earth billions of times a second — at 60 nanoseconds faster than the speed of light. Sixty...
Nov 18th
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We’ve blogged about this group before, but we felt this video was worth a look too. You have to take it with a grain of salt, though, because some of these ideas are a little too far beyond sanity—like the one about mosques made of, um…well, you’ll see.  It doesn’t sound appealing…but maybe ignore that part. But it’s certainly interesting to think about...
Nov 15th
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Utne Reader: Minnesota High School Teachers Write... →
utnereader: Ask any college student and they’ll tell you that course textbooks are a racket. But pose the same question to a middle- or high-school student and they’ll shrug with an air of hormonally augmented indifference. High schoolers don’t typically need to purchase their textooks, but borrow them…
Nov 9th
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USA.gov: Find Your Polling Place for Election Day →
Kicking and screaming about things you don’t like isn’t enough.  You have to stand up and do things. This blog is all about positive things that people do to change the world. Voting is something you can do that will change the world.  If there’s an election, go add your voice to it. climateadaptation: Vote tomorrow. End the need for more OWSs. Several states will be...
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China's Clean Energy Lab
China is a huge coal-based polluter, and it gets worse every year. But, the country has just opened a clean-energy research facility to help overcome the problem and work to build a China that uses cleaner coal. It’s not a perfect solution, but anything that makes the present situation better should be commended. After five years of preparation, China has officially opened a ...
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