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Dr. Edward Arnett (in the orange vest), a scientist with Bat Conservation International and his bat-finding labrador retriever accompany plant manager Chris Long at the Casselman Wind Power Project in Pennsylvania.

Can Wind Power Be Wildlife Friendly

New research aims to stop turbines from killing bats and birds

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Rebuilding Greensburg Green

Everyone assumed this Kansas town was destined to fade away. What would it take to reverse its course?

Tom Casten (right) is chairman and his son Sean is president and CEO of a company called Recycled Energy Development (RED) that is installing a heat-recovery system at West Virginia Alloys.

Converting Energy Waste into Electricity and Heat

Energy recycling wiz Tom Casten explains how to capture power that goes up in smoke

Photovoltaic panels are ideally suited to remote locations, as in this island community in Denmark, where the infrastructure required to connect to a centralized power grid is prohibitively expensive or too destructive to the natural landscape.

Energy Saving Lessons From Around the World

The curator of an exhibit at the National Building Museum highlights case studies of community involvement in energy conservation

Author of Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt's Shadow, Mathew Gurewitsch.

Matthew Gurewitsch on “Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt’s Shadow”

Matthew Gurewitsch on “Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt’s Shadow”

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The National Zoo Diet

Six-o-clock in the morning is when the action begins at the National Zoo. Think you’re grumpy without breakfast?

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Beer Behemoths, Part Two

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Culinary Culture Shock

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Meet the Artist: Ori Gersht

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Climate Change Rap

What’s your take on this? Dorky? Effective?(Hat tip to the Knight Science Journalism Tracker)

Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Murrells Inlet, S.C.

The seafood capital of South Carolina

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Can’t Be in New Orleans? Listen to Mardi Gras Music at Your Desk

We thought we’d treat our cabin fever with a little bit of Louisiana jazz and zydeco courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways

Dinosaurs in the Ice Age?

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Cornelius, N.C.

Established in 1905

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Debunking Dowsing

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