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Farmers Put 220 Acres Under Glass to Create Vast Artificial Environment

On the chilly Isle of Thanet in Kent, England, farmers are placing 220 acres of land under glass so they can grow vegetables all year round. The greenhouse, when completed, will house 1.3 million plants and increase the UK's crop of green vegetables by 15%. Called Thanet Earth, the project will be a series of 7 connected grenhouses with a relatively small carbon footprint. And nothing grown inside Thanet Earth will ever touch soil. More »

7:00 AM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,546 views, 48 comments

Latest by n/a: @bjarmson: Organic means carbon-based, therefore gasoline is organic - and so are all foods no matter what their growing environment. Seriously. Buzzwords are a disservice to us all. more »

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Please Help Us Send Google To Mars

If only today's announcement from Google and Virgin were true. Supposedly Google and Virgin Inc. are teaming up to create Virgle, a scheme to settle Mars by about 2015, possibly because Mars is the last place Google can keep its server farms the right temperature. In this video, Google founders Sergey and Larry ask you to send in your Youtube videos explaining why you should be one of the first Mars settlers. More »

11:14 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,166 views, 9 comments

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Forget The Earth, Let's Terraform The Moon!

Artist James Clyne, who already wowed us with what turned out to be a racer lost in Antarctica, also has a gorgeous vision of what it would be like if we started modifying and hacking the moon into a place to live and do business. But what's up with that giant ball in the middle of downtown? City-to-city low-gravity volleyball? Find out the answer, along with details of http://www.jamesclyne.com/artist's vision, after the jump. More »

5:00 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Kevin Kelly
3,893 views, 35 comments

Latest by Ray Gunn: @Imipolex_G-Unit: "Aaaaaaand...dance by the light of the earth." more »

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Refugees from the Halo Wars

The massive juggernaut of gaming that is the Halo trilogy has a strategy game prequel coming out this year, and while there hasn't been much news about it since last summer's E3, the developers have quietly been putting up new concept art over the past few months. This newest piece shows what seems to be a mass exodus from one of the human colonies before all hell breaks loose. We've got even more concept art that fills in the Halo backstory. More »

9:20 AM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By Kevin Kelly
7,166 views, 4 comments

Latest by Eac_o_System: Keith Olbermann asked: "What is a 'Halo 3'?" an annoying amount when it came out ... this artwork will just confuse him further. more »