The 14 biggest carbon bombs that could doom the planet

Are the following fossil fuel extraction projects—all oil and coal. This new report from Ecofys reveals which will contribute most to climate change, in the number of gigatons of carbon each will emit by 2020:

China’s Western provinces / Coal mining expansion / 1,400
Australia / Coal export expansion / 760
Arctic / Drilling for oil and gas / 520
Indonesia / Coal export expansion / 460
United States / Coal export expansion / 420
Canada / Tar sands oil / 420
Iraq / Oil drilling / 420
Gulf of Mexico / Deepwater oil drilling / 350
Brazil / Deepwater oil drilling (pre-salt) / 330
Kazakhstan / Oil drilling / 290
United States / Shale gas / 280
Africa / Gas drilling / 260
Caspian Sea / Gas drilling / 240
Venezuela / Tar sands oil / 190

The 130 things that scare the world’s biggest brains

Your fears are probably a lot more grounded.

High tech ‘road trains’ turn highways into old trains

Cars have been turning into trains for a while now. The evolution is almost complete.

The truly immense value of public art

“The private marketing benefits, in real-dollar terms, of this modest public art investment are almost inestimably high. The continuing visibility, publicity, and brand identification that public art provided for the project were purchased for less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the project’s total cost.”

Half of Germany can run on solar power. We can do it too

This is what can happen when citizens and government agree that it’s worth spending a bit more for clean, carbon-free power: Half of all of Germany was powered by electricity generated by solar plants.

The pregnant lady in the window seat might be a bomb

No longer content to stuff bombs in its agents’ underwear and socks, al-Qaeda is now hoping to actually surgically implant explosives inside what would have to be some seriously horrified would-be martyrs.